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Cboe Lists MRUT Binary Options: How the New Mini-Russell 2000 Contracts Work
Cboe began listing binary options on the Mini-Russell 2000 Index (MRUT) today, October 26, 2026, trading under the root symbol MRTBW. These contracts pay a fixed $100 if the index settles at or above the strike at expiration, and $0 if it doesn’t, a flat yes/no payout that works nothing like a standard option. Key…
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The SEC’s Options Regulatory Fee Overhaul: Why Your Per-Contract Fee Changed on July 1, 2026
If your options trading statement has shown a smaller regulatory-fee line since July 2026, you’re not imagining it. Every U.S. options exchange changed how it assesses the Options Regulatory Fee (ORF) on July 1, 2026, closing a long-standing gap where a single trade could get charged ORF by more than one exchange even though it…
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Cboe Predicts Is Adding Earnings KPI Binary Options, and Robinhood Gets Them First
The SEC approved Cboe’s rule change on October 13, 2026, clearing the path for binary options tied to specific corporate earnings metrics, like SpaceX revenue or a bank’s credit-loss provisions, rather than a stock’s price. Robinhood will be the exclusive launch broker. Nothing is tradable yet, since Cboe still has to name the specific contracts…
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Robinhood’s New $0.50 Options Fee for Professional Traders: What Changes October 15, 2026
Robinhood is adding its first-ever per-contract options fee, and it only applies to a narrow slice of accounts. Starting on or after October 15, 2026, any account that carries the exchange-defined “Professional” options designation will be charged $0.50 for every contract bought or sold. Everyone else keeps paying $0 per contract, unchanged. Key Takeaways Only…
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The SEC Just Approved Cboe’s VIX Future-Option Orders: What It Means for Volatility Traders
The SEC approved Cboe’s new VIX future-option order on August 28, 2026, letting traders package a VIX option and VX future into one order. Here’s what changed and what’s still pending.
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CBOE Extended Hours Options: What the July 13, 2026 Launch Means for Retail Traders
CBOE’s extended hours options trading launches July 13, 2026. See what’s confirmed since SEC approval, which ~20 stocks qualify, and how to prepare.
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SpaceX Options (SPCX) Begin Trading June 16: What Retail Traders Need to Know
SpaceX options began trading on Cboe on June 16, 2026, four trading days after the stock listed on Nasdaq following its June 12 IPO. Nearly four months on, the day-one dynamics that made those first contracts tricky (extreme implied volatility, wide bid-ask spreads, no historical anchor) have long since resolved. This guide covers what happened…
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CBOE Extended Trading Hours for Single-Stock Options: What It Means for Options Traders
CBOE approved extended hours for ~20 stock options (NVDA, AAPL, TSLA), delayed twice with no launch date as of Sept 2026. See what changes when it goes live.
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Interactive Brokers + Claude AI: What the Agentic Trading Integration Means for Options Traders
Interactive Brokers now lets you query your live portfolio in plain English, generate trade instructions, and review them before submission, all from within Claude’s interface. The integration, launched June 1, 2026, is the first time a major retail brokerage has embedded an AI assistant directly into account-level trading rather than offering it as a separate…
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What Replaces the Pattern Day Trading Rule? FINRA’s New Intraday Margin Standard Explained
The $25,000 PDT barrier is going away. What replaces it changes how small accounts manage intraday exposure. For more than two decades, the Pattern Day Trader rule’s $25,000 minimum equity requirement defined what was and wasn’t possible in a small trading account. FINRA’s new amendments to Rule 4210 eliminate that fixed threshold and replace it…