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Questions tagged [after-hours-trading]

After-hours trading refers to the buying and selling of securities outside of regular trading hours.

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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 the after hours buyer? Does it depend on the…
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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 Finance view. Pre-market vs After Hours. So what…
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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 different price than what it closed at, so if the…
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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? I don't want to trade overnight, I just wish I…
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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? Here is what I mean: suppose a stock ends the day…
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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 10:30am and the price at that time is $10 then I buy…
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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 hours. So here is what I see: I am very new to…
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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 small one. As given in Google Finance. What could…
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How does the concept of regular vs. after-hours trading work for an online marketplace?

In an exchange like NYSE, with an actual trading floor, I understand that the floor, say, opens at 9:30am and ends at 4:00pm. These are the 'trading hours'. So, After 4:00pm, there are after-hours trading with reduced liquidity, but what does this…
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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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After hours matching

I put in an after hours sell order, well below the standard hours and after hours ask, on a liquid Dow futures security. The transaction did not complete. I looked in the ledger detail and found that a similar amount of shares had sold for 5 cents…
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how does after hours / premarket trading work?

When I place an order during after hours, is the order processed right away? If I close my position in after hours, is it closed right away? Is my order queued? If so, is it queued on my broker's platform or at the actual exchange? If it is…
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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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What is the best strategy for after hours trading?

I'm new to stock market trading and while I do understand the basic concepts; researching the companies, buy low/sell high, and including setting good push/pull calls for both high and low margins. I would like to know if there is anyone that can…
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Volatility cost of buying Vanguard ETFs before market open on e-trade

I am buying Vanguard ETFs on e-trade. For the purposes of this question, suppose I am buying VO (a multi-sector mid-cap fund). It is a popular symbol (share class total net assets: 51B). I typically cannot get to my stock account during market…
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