After-hours trading

After-hours trading

According to the Securities Exchange Commission:cquote|After-hours trading refers to stock trading outside the traditional trading hours of the major exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market. (Since 1985) (t)he regular trading hours have been from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Trading outside these regular hours is not a new phenomenon, but it has generally been limited to high net-worth investors and institutional investors, such as mutual funds. The emergence of private trading systems, known as Electronic Communications Networks, or ECNs, has allowed individual investors to participate in after-hours trading. [cite web |publisher=SEC |url=http://www.sec.gov/answers/afterhours.htm |title=Answers - After-Hours Trading |accessdate=2007-04-11] [cite web |publisher=NYSE |url=http://www.nyse.com/about/history/timeline_1980_1999_index.html |title=About Us: History |publisher=NYSE |accessdate=2007-04-11] [cite web |publisher=SEC |url=http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/afterhours.htm |title=Investor - After-Hours Trading: Understanding the Risks |accessdate=2007-04-11]

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*cite web |url=http://www.invest-faq.com/articles/trade-after-hours.html |publisher=Invest FAQ |title=Trade After-Hours


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