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Professional traders don't trade all the time in a trading day, and the most successful traders often trade only a few hours a day. Different from amateur investors, these professional traders will lock in the daily profit target within a few hours, so investors should not only know the trading hours of US stocks, but also know the characteristics of each time period in each trading time. Let's take a look at the trading hours and characteristics of the US stock market.
1. Trading hours of American stocks
The trading hours of US stocks are from 9: 30am to 4: 00pm EST, with lunch break. It is equivalent to 10:30 pm Beijing time to 5:00 am the next day. The United States adopts daylight saving time, and the corresponding trading time is equivalent to 9:30 pm Beijing time to 4:00 am the next day. If pre-market and after-market trading are added, it will open at 7:30 am EST and close at 8:30 pm EST.
In addition, stock index futures of US stocks, such as small S&; Ampp and Dow Jones Industrial Average trade 24 hours a day, with only a few short breaks.
Two. Pre-and after-hours trading of US stocks
Generally speaking, the trading volume of US stocks before and after the market is not high, the liquidity is not strong, and the bid-ask spread is relatively high. A large number of economic data will be released at 8:30 am US time, so during the pre-market trading hours, the stock price is likely to fluctuate greatly, which is risky. But after-hours trading is not a pricing transaction between professional institutions, and anyone can do after-hours trading.
Whether you can do pre-market and after-market trading depends on the brokerage firm where the investor opens an account. Most brokers in the US stock market are allowed to do pre-market and after-market trading, while a few brokers are not allowed to do pre-market and after-market trading, or need manual telephone entrustment. For example, Snow Eagle Securities (backed by British investment securities company) provides pre-market and after-market trading.
Third, the characteristics of different trading hours of US stocks.
9336030-9:45, this fifteen minutes is called "free time", and large institutions usually come in after 9:45. During this period, brokers and market makers will execute customers' orders, which is one of the most unstable moments of the day.
10 is called "critical reversal moment". 10 There will be a lot of economic data released, and the market often reverses at this moment.
1:30- 1:30 These two hours are called "lunch time". During this period, the more powerful market makers will go out for lunch and order the assistants to do nothing but provide liquidity, so the turnover during this period will be relatively small. During this period, there will be no smooth sailing trend, and the sideways situation is more common.
1:30-4336000 is "professional time", and many institutional investors will choose to enter the market during "professional time". During this period, the most powerful market makers and brokers will continue to execute customers' liquidation orders and trade their company accounts. In addition, it should be noted that 2:30 is another key trading moment, and many strong trends often start from this time.
At zero, US stocks closed.
Opening an account in a US stock market is very simple.
Related Q&A: The trading time and rules of the US stock market. The opening hours are from Monday to Friday, 9: 30- 16: 00 eastern time, and the domestic time is: China 265438+ 0: 30-4: 00 daylight saving time and 22: 30-5: 00 non-daylight saving time. At present, there are many domestic traders speculating in US stocks. Like A-shares, US stocks also have closing time and opening time. It's just that the time is different The opening time of US stocks is equivalent to the night in China.
First, the trading code, the trading code is the English abbreviation of listed companies, such as Microsoft's stock trading code is msft.
Second, the trading unit, the trading unit is not limited, with 1 share as the unit.
3. There is no limit to the fluctuation range. The original unit of stock price fluctuation is $65,438+0/65,438+06, and now it is mostly changed to decimal (the minimum is 65,438+0 cents).
4. Account opening procedures: You only need to open a securities account to buy and sell US stocks. The securities account also has the function of a bank account. If you deposit money into this account but don't buy stocks, the broker will pay you interest, but it will deduct 65,438+00% tax. If you want to be tax-free, you can choose to transfer short-term funds automatically, and the brokers will make profits for you.