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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 or 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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