24-hour stock trading: Where you can get started
Typically brokers offering overnight trading open from Sunday 8 pm ET to Friday 8 pm ET – effectively 24 hour trading five days a week. The overnight session fills in the gap between the pre-market session, regular session and after-hours session:
- Pre-market trading: 4 am ET to 9:30 am ET
- Regular trading: 9:30 am ET to 4 pm ET
- After-hours trading: 4 pm ET to 8 pm ET
- Overnight trading: 8 pm ET to 4 am ET
You have a few choices when it comes to trading stocks and funds overnight, including the following brokers.
Robinhood
At Robinhood you’ll be able to trade more than 900 stocks and exchange-traded funds, including large-caps such as the Magnificent 7 stocks and other top large-cap funds. The brokerage has quickly expanded the number of available securities since starting overnight trading in mid-2023.
Interactive Brokers
Interactive Brokers offers a robust selection of securities after-hours, including more than 10,000 U.S. stocks, ETFs and U.S. equity index options – virtually all you’ll likely want. Clients need to request permission to trade in the night session, and permission is typically granted overnight.
Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab offers overnight trading through its well-regarded thinkorswim platform. The brokerage offers a narrower selection of funds – just 23 as of April 2024 – but this selection may suffice for those looking to trade the most liquid names at one of the best brokers.
E-Trade
E-Trade’s overnight offering is more limited than others’ but it does provide access to more than 20 funds, including some of the most popular large-cap ETFs, notably those based on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100. So you can get long the market in the overnight session.
