Binance Offers Stock Options on 1,000+ U.S. Stocks and ETFs
Binance has added another dimension to its business by introducing Binance Stock Options for over 1,000 listed stocks and ETFs in the U.S. physically settled options contracts. The product launched on September 1, 2026, and offers the product to customers outside the U.S. Users can now exercise options on stocks like Tesla and Nvidia and have the exercise settled against shares, rather than having to pay cash to settle.
Binance Stock Options Details
All contracts for Binance Stock Options are physically settled and rely on a broker and custody arrangement. Nest Trading Limited is the introducing broker, and Alpaca Securities LLC is the U.S. clearing broker and custody broker. Following physical settlement, eligible shares are placed in custody by Alpaca, securing the shares for Binance users.
This first stage is a long-only market, allowing users to buy calls or puts, but does not allow users to write options, or to take short positions on options. Limits are set to limit orders only.
The trading of options is funded from the Binance Funding Account. Users need Spot and Flexible Earn balances to support this funding structure, which is available in USDC, USDT, USD1, U, and BNB.
Binance Stock Options Trading Hours
Trading follows the standard U.S. options market hours. Most stocks trade between 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, and some ETF and ETN contracts trade until 4:15 p.m. ET. Before the market opens and after the market closes, trading is generally not available.
To see if a certain stock or ETF has options available, go to their stock kline page and click on the “Options” tab.
What Physical Settlement Means for Investors
Physical settlement is one of the things that differentiates Binance Stock Options from commodity options offered by Binance. With cash settlement, profits are payable in USDT. However, a physically settled stock call means an exercise would result in a share ownership of the stock.
Exercise instructions must be submitted before the expiration-day deadline. Failure to submit an exercise instruction may result in the Best-efforts liquidation of the position before the market closes.
Binance Expands Its TradFi Strategy
This is one more step in Binance’s broader strategy to tap into Traditional Financial Markets. In June 2026, Binance introduced direct trading for more than 7,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs, including fractional shares from $5 and funding through stablecoins and BNB.
After Binance’s introduction of bStocks, ADGM-approved certificates on BNB Chain that can be converted 1:1 into underlying shares, and cash-settled gold and silver options, the July launch of stock options adds another layer to the platform’s derivatives offering.
With stock options now available, Binance brings together crypto, direct equities, tokenized stocks, commodity options, and listed equity options, all in one place.
What Does Binance’s New Stock Options Offering Mean?
Eligible non-U.S. Binance users now have an additional avenue for taking directional exposure or hedging equity position via a crypto-native platform. However, the first phase of this offering includes some significant caveats such as buy-side positions only, limit order, trading during U.S. market hours, eligibility criteria, and suitability checks.
Binance Stock Options allows more integration of crypto trading with traditional financial markets, while the physical settlement of stock adds more equity options trading equivalence to this product.
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