Stock Market Trading Hours - A Guide For Trading Round the Clock

stock market hours of trading

Such is the overlapping nature of global stock market trading hours, that it’d be fair to say that at any point in the working week a market is always open somewhere in the world. The advent of the internet and online brokerages have also created the chance of trading world markets.

This bring with it great opportunity especially for those whose circumstances do not permit them to trade their local marketplaces. If you’re employed at a full-time job that requires your presence in the standard market hours of your local market, you are ruled you out from actively taking part in the stock exchange, unless you’re a long term trader.

Listed below are the ordinary Market hours of some of the major stock exchanges.

NYSE : 9:30 - 16:00

NASDAQ : 9:30 - 16:00

London Stock Exchange : 8:00 - 16:35

Paris Stock Exchange : 9 hundred - 17:30

German Stock Exchange (Deutsche Borse): 9:00 - 20:00

Tokyo Stock 9:00 - 11:00 & 12:30 - 15:10

Hong Kong - 11:00 & 12:30 - 12:30 & 14:30 - 16:15

Shanghai Stock Exchange : 9:45 - 12:30 & 13:00 -15:00

Shenzhen Stock Exchange : 9:30 - 11:30 & 13:00 -15:00

Shenzhen Stock Exchange : 9:30 - 16:00

Please note that these times are the local times of the listed exchanges. Some of these exchanges also have pre & post market trading. There are many more exchanges than those listed above, of course, but unfortunately I can’t list them all. If the exchange you are interested in is not listed, you can have a look at websites such as http://www.world-exchanges.org/member-exchanges/list-members

Online brokerages like Interactive interest in isn’t listed, you to trade International markets. This means that someone resident in the United States could wake up very early during the European Stock Market Trading hours and participate in that market. Alternatively, they could trade could trade the Asian markets late at night.

With opportunity early in and participate in that the foreign stock market trading hours might be alien to your body clock. This means that both your mind and body will not be performing at their peak. In fact, if you have a full time job you are very likely to be very tired. It is not advisable to trade when you are tired.

Another risk is the fact that you are quite removed from the activities of the foreign market. This makes it that much more important to keep abreast of reports and events that would influence prices during the exchange hours. This takes time, but unfortunately time is not a commodity you’ll have much of if you’re employed full time.

While the overlapping stock exchange hours of Global markets give the opportunity to trade at any point of the day, it is critical to be aware of the benefits and disadvantages of doing so.

If you do decide to go ahead, you’ll have to find out what hours of the day the market you are open. Next, check the time difference between your own time section and the time section of that market, this could tell you what hours in your own time the foreign market will be open.