NEW CBOT GRAINS HOURS FAQ CBOT ELECTRONIC GRAINS TRADING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What are the new electronic trading hours for CBOT Grain, Oilseed and Ethanol products? Excepting holidays, Globex trading will begin Sunday evening at 7 p.m. Central for Monday's trade date and will end at 1:15 p.m. Central Monday afternoon. There will be a daily trading halt from 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Central. Trading will resume at 7 p.m. Central Monday evening for Tuesday's trade date, and so forth through the week. Open Outcry (pit) hours will also change. The new hours are 8:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Central. These hours go into effect Sunday, April 7, 2013 for trade date April 8.