Yeah this is dumb but it’s actually par for the course for firms I’ve worked at. Build up all the garbage during trading hours (and on days like this hope you don’t hit resource limits) then start collecting it and rebooting at the end of the day.

Most services are shut down after trading/brought up again before trading.

After trading you would have accounting and other processes that would take hours. These are not done in real time and rely on daily downtime.

I honestly can’t imagine these firms figuring out 24/7 trading hours.