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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Options Trader Alert #2026 - 3
Qualified Securities Listing Dates

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As noted in Options Trader Alert #2026-2, Nasdaq ISE (ISE) received approval to amend its Short Term Option Series Program (STO) at Supplementary Material .03 of Options 4, Section 5 to permit the listing of up to two Monday and Wednesday expirations for options on certain individual stocks or Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Shares (collectively “Qualifying Securities”) on all of its options markets.

On January 26, 2026, the Nasdaq options markets will begin listing Qualifying Securities with the following 2026 expiration dates: February 2, 4, 9, and 11, 2026, except that GOOGL will be excluded from the February 4 date because of an earnings announcement.

The following securities are Q1 2026 Qualifying Securities: Tesla, Inc. (TSLA); NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA); Apple Inc. (AAPL); iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT); Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN); Meta Platforms, Inc. (META); Broadcom Inc. (AVGO); Alphabet, Inc. (GOOGL); and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT).

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