What is Cboe (formerly Chi-X)?
Cboe Australia Pty Limited (' Cboe ' - formerly Chi-X) is Australia’s second largest ASIC-regulated stock exchange. It is an alternative trading venue to the ASX.
Continuous trading hours for Cboe are between 10:00am EST and 4:13pm EST, Monday to Friday and unlike the ASX, Cboe Australia does not operate an opening and closing auction. Cboe is also a day-only market, and as such all orders expire once the market closes and need to be re-entered each day. You can learn more about Cboe by visiting their website ( www.cboe.com.au ).
Regardless of whether or not you choose to subscribe to Cboe data, when your market order is placed through your Marketech Focus platform, we check for the best price available on both the ASX and Cboe markets, however you cannot choose Cboe or Cboe Mid-Point markets as specific order destinations. Clients registered for access to Cboe can elect to place orders directly to all available markets ie ASX, ASX Centre Point, Cboe, Cboe Mid-Point and NSX markets.
For more information on Cboe Mid-Point and ASX Centre Point dark markets, click here.
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Can I have more than one watchlist?
FocusPro subscribers have access to unlimited watchlists with unlimited stocks. FocusPlus users have 1 x 10 stock watchlist. FocusLite users have 1 x 5 stock watchlist.
Why can’t I see all the orders in the depth?
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