NYSE American Options trading halted on a technical issue

NYSE American Options halted trading on Friday morning, October 23, 2026, on a technical issue, according to a notification from the exchange reported by Bloomberg Law at 11:16 AM Eastern. Other exchanges are disregarding quotes from the venue while the halt is in effect. Bloomberg describes the venue as one of 20 US options venues, accounting for about 10 percent of the more than 70 million US equity options contracts traded daily, and describes the halt as covering some options securities. Seeking Alpha, reporting the NYSE status page, says trading was suspended in all underlying symbols on TXN 4 and 6. This incident is also tracked on the SecurTek Outages board. No indication of a cyberattack has been reported, and no resumption had been published as of the last check in this cycle.

Sourcing note: this report rests on a single primary reporting chain, the NYSE status page and exchange notification, as reported by Bloomberg Law and Seeking Alpha, and the two reports phrase the scope differently, as stated above. It has not been independently confirmed beyond that chain. This item will be updated when a resumption or independent confirmation appears.

Sources: Bloomberg Law; Seeking Alpha