According to CoinMeta, as reported by Cailian News on October 16th, with the U.S. stock market essentially entering a "24-hour trading" mode, the trading hours for options associated with stocks are also set to expand. According to a announcement from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), its options contracts will start adding morning and post-closing trading sessions for designated stocks and options from next Monday. Options on popular companies such as Alibaba, TSMC, NVIDIA, Apple, and Tesla are all included in this announcement. Investors will be able to participate in pre-market trading on U.S. Eastern Time from 7:30 AM to 9:25 AM, as well as continue trading for an additional 15 minutes after regular trading hours end. This expansion covers the "Big Seven Tech Companies" of the U.S. stock market, as well as other popular companies like Broadcom, Intel, Micron, Oracle, Marvell Technology, SanDisk, AMD, and others. Alibaba, TSMC, Nokia, Pfizer, Bank of America, and Ford are also on the list of affected companies.