Derivatives

Market States

State

Accepted Orders

Order Matching

Closed

No orders are accepted.

No order matching, no trades occur.

Pre-open

No unpriced (market) orders are accepted.

No order matching, no trades occur.  Orders on opposite sides may cross.

Pre-open No Cancel

No unpriced (market) orders are accepted. Cannot cancel orders.

No order matching, no trades occur.  Orders on opposite sides may cross.

Open

All supported orders are accepted.

Regular price-time priority matching.

Halt

All supported orders are accepted.

No order matching, no trades occur.

Pause

No orders are accepted. Order cancellation is allowed.

No order matching, no trades occur.