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VIX

Introduction

This page shows the trading hours, holidays, and time zone of the CBOE Volatility Index market.

Pre-market Hours

The following table shows the pre-market hours for the CBOE Volatility Index market:

WeekdayTime (America/Chicago)
Monday02:15:00 to 08:15:00
Tuesday02:15:00 to 08:15:00
Wednesday02:15:00 to 08:15:00
Thursday02:15:00 to 08:15:00
Friday02:15:00 to 08:15:00

Regular Trading Hours

The following table shows the regular trading hours for the CBOE Volatility Index market:

WeekdayTime (America/Chicago)
Monday08:30:00 to 15:15:00
Tuesday08:30:00 to 15:15:00
Wednesday08:30:00 to 15:15:00
Thursday08:30:00 to 15:15:00
Friday08:30:00 to 15:15:00

Post-market Hours

The following table shows the post-market hours for the CBOE Volatility Index market:

WeekdayTime (America/Chicago)
Monday15:15:00 to 16:00:00
Tuesday15:15:00 to 16:00:00
Wednesday15:15:00 to 16:00:00
Thursday15:15:00 to 16:00:00
Friday15:15:00 to 16:00:00

Holidays

The following table shows the dates of holidays for the CBOE Volatility Index market:

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
1998-01-011998-01-191998-02-161998-04-101998-05-25
1998-07-031998-09-071998-11-261998-12-251999-01-01
1999-01-181999-02-151999-04-021999-05-311999-07-05
1999-09-061999-11-251999-12-242000-01-172000-02-21
2000-04-212000-05-292000-07-042000-09-042000-11-23
2000-12-252001-01-012001-01-152001-02-192001-04-13
2001-05-282001-07-042001-09-032001-09-112001-09-12
2001-09-132001-09-142001-11-222001-12-252002-01-01
2002-01-212002-02-182002-03-292002-05-272002-07-04
2002-09-022002-11-282002-12-252003-01-012003-01-20
2003-02-172003-04-182003-05-262003-07-042003-09-01
2003-11-272003-12-252004-01-012004-01-192004-02-16
2004-04-092004-05-312004-06-112004-07-052004-09-06
2004-11-252004-12-242005-01-172005-02-212005-03-25
2005-05-302005-07-042005-09-052005-11-242005-12-26
2006-01-022006-01-162006-02-202006-04-142006-05-29
2006-07-042006-09-042006-11-232006-12-252007-01-01
2007-01-022007-01-152007-02-192007-04-062007-05-28
2007-07-042007-09-032007-11-222007-12-252008-01-01
2008-01-212008-02-182008-03-212008-05-262008-07-04
2008-09-012008-11-272008-12-252009-01-012009-01-19
2009-02-162009-04-102009-05-252009-07-032009-09-07
2009-11-262009-12-252010-01-012010-01-182010-02-15
2010-04-022010-05-312010-07-052010-09-062010-11-25
2010-12-242011-01-012011-01-172011-02-212011-04-22
2011-05-302011-07-042011-09-052011-11-242011-12-26
2012-01-022012-01-162012-02-202012-04-062012-05-28
2012-07-042012-09-032012-10-292012-10-302012-11-22
2012-12-252013-01-012013-01-212013-02-182013-03-29
2013-05-272013-07-042013-09-022013-11-282013-12-25
2014-01-012014-01-202014-02-172014-04-182014-05-26
2014-07-042014-09-012014-11-272014-12-252015-01-01
2015-01-192015-02-162015-04-032015-05-252015-07-03
2015-09-072015-11-262015-12-252016-01-012016-01-18
2016-02-152016-03-252016-05-302016-07-042016-09-05
2016-11-242016-12-262017-01-022017-01-162017-02-20
2017-04-142017-05-292017-07-042017-09-042017-11-23
2017-12-252018-01-012018-01-152018-02-192018-03-30
2018-05-282018-07-042018-09-032018-11-222018-12-05
2018-12-252019-01-012019-01-212019-02-182019-04-19
2019-05-272019-07-042019-09-022019-11-282019-12-25
2020-01-012020-01-202020-02-172020-04-102020-05-25
2020-07-032020-09-072020-11-262020-12-252021-01-01
2021-01-182021-02-152021-04-022021-05-312021-07-05
2021-09-062021-11-252021-12-242022-01-012022-01-17
2022-02-212022-04-152022-05-302022-06-202022-07-04
2022-09-052022-11-242022-12-262023-01-022023-01-16
2023-02-202023-04-072023-05-292023-06-192023-07-04
2023-09-042023-11-232023-12-252024-01-012024-01-15
2024-02-192024-03-292024-05-272024-06-192024-07-04
2024-09-022024-11-282024-12-252025-01-012025-01-09
2025-01-202025-02-172025-04-182025-05-262025-06-19
2025-07-042025-09-012025-11-272025-12-25

Early Closes

The following table shows the early closes for the CBOE Volatility Index market:

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)Time Of Market Close (America/Chicago)
1999-11-2612:15:00
2000-07-0312:15:00
2000-11-2412:15:00
2001-07-0312:15:00
2001-11-2312:15:00
2001-12-2412:15:00
2002-07-0512:15:00
2002-11-2912:15:00
2002-12-2412:15:00
2003-07-0312:15:00
2003-11-2812:15:00
2003-12-2412:15:00
2003-12-2612:15:00
2004-11-2612:15:00
2005-11-2512:15:00
2006-07-0312:15:00
2006-11-2412:15:00
2007-07-0312:15:00
2007-11-2312:15:00
2007-12-2412:15:00
2008-07-0312:15:00
2008-11-2812:15:00
2008-12-2412:15:00
2009-11-2712:15:00
2009-12-2412:15:00
2010-11-2612:15:00
2011-11-2512:15:00
2012-07-0312:15:00
2012-11-2312:15:00
2012-12-2412:15:00
2013-07-0312:15:00
2013-11-2912:15:00
2013-12-2412:15:00
2014-07-0312:15:00
2014-11-2812:15:00
2014-12-2412:15:00
2015-11-2712:15:00
2015-12-2412:15:00
2016-11-2512:15:00
2017-07-0312:15:00
2017-11-2412:15:00
2017-12-2412:15:00
2018-07-0312:15:00
2018-11-2312:15:00
2018-12-2412:15:00
2019-07-0312:15:00
2019-11-2912:15:00
2019-12-2412:15:00
2020-11-2712:15:00
2020-12-2412:15:00
2021-11-2612:15:00
2022-11-2512:15:00
2023-11-2412:15:00
2024-07-0312:00:00
2024-11-2912:00:00
2024-12-2412:00:00
2025-07-0312:00:00
2025-11-2812:00:00
2025-12-2412:00:00

Late Opens

There are no days with late opens.

Time Zone

The CBOE Volatility Index market trades in the America/Chicago time zone.

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