Questions tagged [after-hours-trading]
After-hours trading refers to the buying and selling of securities outside of regular trading hours.
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What is the least amount of time i can own a stock to get dividend? [duplicate]
As we should own the stock at the close of trading on the day before the ex-dividend date,
does the extended trading close at 7:59 PM or 11:59 PM.
So buy at 7:59 PM and sell at 8:00 PM
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buy at 11:...
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Can we trade in Australian Stock Market outside of regular trading hours?
ASX regular trading hours are from 10 AM to 4:10 PM (including CSPA). I want to know if we can trade outside of these hours i.e. before 10 AM or after 4:10 PM. I know we can place orders from 7AM to ...
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What is the explanation or significance of this single, out-of-whack after-hours trade?
On September 23, 2022, at about 5:03 PM (ET), there appears to have been a single after-hours trade of about 220 shares of META at a price of over $289, well more than double its relatively stable ...
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Volatility cost of buying Vanguard ETFs before market open on e-trade
I am buying Vanguard ETFs on e-trade. For the purposes of this question, suppose I am buying VO (a multi-sector mid-cap fund). It is a popular symbol (share class total net assets: 51B).
I typically ...
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Will a pending stock buy/sell order get invalidated if the symbol or its structure changes (e.g. split)?
When placing orders for buying or selling ETF stocks, will a pending order get invalidated if there's a stock split, reverse split, or some other form of symbol/name change happen while the order is ...
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Should overnight trades be avoided, and can risks be mitigated by adjusting order limit (TSX)
I live in PST timezone and trade ETFs on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). The market is open for me from 6:30am to 1:00pm weekdays. I'm often tempted to place orders after close, for the next opening ...
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Bid and asks above last closing price on a weekend?
I am a bit confused about the situation.
What I understand is that the last trade, on friday, was at 74.212. However, once the market reopens on monday, the initial bid and asks will be those in the ...
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Gap between previous day closing and next day opening prices on chart for FB [duplicate]
Why is there a gap in closing and opening prices on this chart for FB? The previous close on Feb 2 is 323.00 and Feb 3 opening is 244.65. Shouldn't the previous day's close be the next day's opening?
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Are there market makers in EXT hours?
Are there market makers in EXT hours? or they only work during regular hours?
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Last stock trades in after hours sessions of a single share that causes huge movement in price
When I sometimes scan down after hours price changes, I notice tickers where there is a single last transaction that has a huge effect on the AH price.
This is not an anomaly. I see it everyday on a ...
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NVDA stock After Hours spike on Google Finance
I've recently got my 13 year old son interested in learning about stock trading and options. He recently came to me with this question that I did not have an answer for. I am hoping someone in this ...
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How do we estimate the pre-market opening price?
I am trying to determine how to estimate the pre-market opening price of a stock.
Stocks trade in the main session from 9:30 to 16:00, then in after-hours from 16:00 to 20:00.
I've always been taught ...
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What are the extended trading market hours during a partial trading day for US stocks
Day after thanksgiving and Christmas Eve are example for partial trading days for NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges. During these days, normal trading takes place from 9:30 AM EST to 1 PM EST. I searched but ...
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Why wouldn't a stock sell below the bid-ask spread?
In the TD Ameritrade cellphone app and in the browser site (I tried both) in post market after hours, I can't seem to sell Facebook at $261.06 a share even though the bid is 261.30 and the ask was 261....
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Can I trade in off-hours and if not what does the graph shows in that case?
I new to trading and I would like to know why the graph of the stock after closing still follows a path up and down and why it is not a straight line.
Can I trade using on the weekend using the gray ...
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What are the factors affecting Pre-Market/overnight market prices
During the past few weeks, it seems to me, that there are different cohorts of people affecting the prices of, say, SPY--the S&P 500 ETF during normal hours and after-hours. This may be a ...
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If an exchange is closed when does my trade execute and how?
Hi If an exchange (NYSE/LSE) is closed and I place an order, when and how (is price based on brokers users only) is it executed?
I know there is pre-market, post market and out of hours periods, so ...
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High volume equity sale w/price lower than bid and ask. What is this?
Can someone explain this sale below. First time I have seen this, and I don't understand what happened here. The stock is trading in the post market at $11.90 with normal volume for that time of day, ...
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After hours matching
I put in an after hours sell order, well below the standard hours and after hours ask, on a liquid Dow futures security. The transaction did not complete. I looked in the ledger detail and found that ...
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how does after hours / premarket trading work?
When I place an order during after hours, is the order processed right away?
If I close my position in after hours, is it closed right away?
Is my order queued? If so, is it queued on my broker's ...
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Is there a relationship between Post Hours Trading Volume spikes and Options?
So, I have watched a short video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXRAhoNd-50) of Lawrence McMillan talking about trading options on or near expiration. He discuss that arbitrageurs says that they buy ...
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Close vs. Ask vs. Open
In after hours trading, if I wanted to buy a stock and the closing price was $3.00, the Ask price was $3.50 and the Open is $3.75. What would be the price of the stock when purchased after the closing ...
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Trading and day trading
I would like to buy a stock in the aftermarket today and then sell it when the market opens tomorrow. Is this a pattern day trade? Will it meet the criteria of a swing trade instead?
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After Hours S&P 500
I know that while major stock markets are closed, many instruments continue trading overnight. I imagine that some of these instruments track the S&P 500. Is there some easy way to follow these? ...
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Market Hours and Valuations
As most stock exchanges operate a limited number of working hours, generally Monday to Friday during traditional office hours, but many businesses now operate 7 days a week, often 24/7, to what extent ...
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Why there is a boost in the after hours trading?
I noticed that there is a boost peak in the after-hours trading for TWTR. Why is that happening?
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How will a limit order be executed when the stock market opens if there is a large change from the price of the day before?
Maybe a dumb question, but I'm just learning.
So news and after/pre market trading all help to determine what the price will be for a stock when it opens, but does this affect all orders the same?
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After Market Price change, how can I get it at that price?
I am new to stock marketing. I have a question about all the price change after market closes. Let's say a share closes at 2.50 and after market is 2.80 and next day open is 2.80 or so. How can I make ...
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Stocks: do Good Till Cancelled orders get executed during after hours?
If I place a stop loss GTC order on my shares at $80, and it reaches that price during pre-market or after hours, will my order get executed?
I ask because a lot of the time the stock opens at a ...
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Do equity options trade outside regular hours, similar to after hours trading for some stocks?
Is there an after hours trading market for equity options also, similar to that of the equity market?
I am specifically interested to know if BB (TSX) and BBRY(NASDAQ) options trade outside regular ...
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How does pre-market trading work?
From what I understand pre-market and post market trading is basically an extension to regular hours trading.
How does it compare in terms of buying stocks? What I mean is if I order a stock at 10:...
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What could be the cause of a extreme high/low price in after hours market?
I am just curious that for the stock FEYE there was a very boost in the price and then back to normal level (at least close to the average) again.
The volume for that boost trade is 27.60k, not a ...
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Will the market price be definitely lower than 'after hours' number?
I purchased a stock but sadly forget to sell at a very good timing because its quarterly report indicates its benefit below expectation.
But the time that report was released is not in the trading ...
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Why GOOG is "After Hours" while FB is "Pre-market"?
I used to invest in HK market and weeks before I opened an account in US market. I noticed that there's a "after hours trading". But now (9:22 GMT+0) I found there are two different status from Google ...
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What is the best strategy for after hours trading?
I'm new to stock market trading and while I do understand the basic concepts; researching the companies, buy low/sell high, and including setting good push/pull calls for both high and low margins.
I ...
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How does the concept of regular vs. after-hours trading work for an online marketplace?
In an exchange like NYSE, with an actual trading floor, I understand that the floor, say, opens at 9:30am and ends at 4:00pm. These are the 'trading hours'. So,
After 4:00pm, there are after-hours ...
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Why can it be a bad idea to buy stocks after hours?
I've heard people say is foolish to buy stocks after hours. Why do they say this?
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Selling dividend securities in after-market hours: Who gets the dividend?
Consider this scenario:
During normal market hours, you buy a security 1 day before the ex dividend date.
You sell this security in after market trading that same day.
Who gets the dividend, you or ...
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