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Re:Financial systems take a holiday by jimmydorry on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:03PM (#39556898)
Except sophisticated traders are allowed to trade outside of market hours (after hours markets are a thing). When news drops, price is absolutely affected in the after-hours market.

It's only the regular Joe's that are not allowed the priviledge to trade at all hours.

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Re:Financial systems take a holiday by dmurray on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:41PM (#39557148)
In the US, retail investors have been allowed trade after hours since (Googles...) mid-1999.

[0] https://seekingalpha.com/article/4453440-after-hours-trading

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Re:Financial systems take a holiday by jmb99 on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:36PM (#39557116)
I'm a regular Joe (in Canada no less) and my discount brokerage lets me trade after hours with no extra verification or fees.
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Re:Financial systems take a holiday by kortilla on Friday March 01, 2024 @01:25AM (#39559118)
Anyone can trade after hours. It’s just a shit illiquid market so you shouldn’t be doing it unless you are absolutely certain on the price you want to pay. It’s not a special privilege.
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