Good to know about these symbols in case you have any position in any of them. I am not sure if this is platform-specific, but I wouldn't think so. --Phillip. Options that Trade Until 3:15 PM Central When do equity and ETF options stop trading? Options on most underlyings cease trading when the market closes at 3:00 pm Central Time (Chicago Time). However, there is a handful of ETF options that trade until 3:15 pm Central Time or 15-minutes after the equity markets close (3:00 pm Central). Options that trade until 3:15 pm Central Time (Chicago time) AUM, AUX, BACD, BPX, BRB, BSZ, BVZ, CDD, CITD, DBA, DBB, DBC, DBO, DBS, DIA, DJX, EEM, EFA, EUI, EUU, FXI, GAZ, GBP, GLD, GSSD, IWM, IWN, IWO, IWV, IYR, JJC, JPMD, KBE, KRE, LQD, MDY, MLPN, MNX, MOO, MRUT, MSTD, NDO, NDX, NZD, OEF, OEX, OIL, PZO, QQQ, RUT, RVX, SFC, SKA, SLV, SLX, SPX, SPX (PM Expiration), SPY, SVXY, TLT, UNG, UUP, UVIX, UVXY, VIIX, VIX, VIXM, VIXY, VXEEM, VXST, VXX, VXZ, XEO, XHB, XLB, XLE, XLF, XLI, XLK, XLP, XLU, XLV, XLY, XME, XRT, XSP, XSP (AM Expiration), & YUK Exception for Cash-Settled Indices All PM-settled day of expiration options for NDX, OEX, RUT, SPX, XEO and XSP stop trading at 3:00 pm.