Weekend trading guide
24/5 vs 24/7 trading
The marketing sounds identical. The difference is the weekend — about 65 hours when 24/5 products go silent and 24/7 products keep printing prices.
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The distinction in one paragraph
24/5 means trading continues through weekday nights but stops on Friday evening until Sunday or Monday. Broker overnight sessions and futures are 24/5 products. 24/7 means the market also runs through the weekend — today that describes crypto venues and the stock-linked perpetuals they list, nothing else.
Why the weekend gap matters
News does not respect the closing bell. Earnings leaks, geopolitics, product announcements and crypto moves land on Saturdays too. In a 24/5 product, that news is priced in as one jump at the next open. In a 24/7 market, it is priced in continuously — which is why the weekend perpetual price is the earliest read on Monday’s open that exists.
The weekly session map
- Regular session: Mon–Fri, 9:30 AM–4:00 PM ET — shares on the exchange.
- After-hours and pre-market: weekday mornings and evenings — shares, broker-dependent.
- Overnight sessions and futures: weeknights — shares at some brokers, index futures at futures brokers.
- Weekend (Fri evening – Sun): stock, metal, oil and index perpetuals only.