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Market hours
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- After-hours trading Trading in US stocks after the 4:00 p.m. ET close, typically until 8:00 p.m., with thinner liquidity and wider spreads.
- Extended-hours trading Trading outside the regular 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. ET session, in the premarket and after-hours sessions.
- Forex trading sessions: Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York hours When the 24-hour forex market is open, how the Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions overlap, how daylight saving shifts them and why liquidity changes by hour.
- Premarket trading Trading in US stocks before the 9:30 a.m. ET open, from as early as 4:00 a.m. on some venues, with thinner volume and wider spreads.
- Stock market hours: regular, pre-market, after-hours and overnight US stock market hours in Eastern Time, the 2026 holidays and early closes, how pre-market, after-hours and overnight sessions work, and their risks.
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