Early Order Acceptance Period and Pre-Market Open

The Cboe Equities Market Opening Process begins with an Early Order Acceptance period where orders are accepted and queued beginning at 6:00 a.m. ET on the BYX and EDGA exchanges. Orders are accepted and queued beginning at 2:30 a.m. ET on the BZX and EDGX exchanges. Effective 12/07/26 on EDGX, orders are accepted beginning at 8:55 p.m. ET.

A PITCH Trading Status of A will be disseminated on all symbols to indicate that the Early Acceptance Period has begun. A PITCH Trading Status of T is sent for each symbol to indicate when the Exchange has started trading the symbol. All orders eligible for trading at 7:00 a.m. ET (BYX and EDGA), 4:00 a.m. ET (BZX and EDGX) (effective 12/07/26, 9:00 p.m. ET on EDGX) that are not marked as Regular Hours Only (RHO) will be automatically submitted to the Exchange order book for processing in time priority. Orders that are routable may be routed away if they are marketable and liquidity is not available on the local exchange book.