Weekend trading guide

Overnight stock trading

Overnight trading now comes in two flavors: real shares at brokers on weeknights, and 24/7 contracts that keep going when even those sessions stop.

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Real-share overnight sessions

A growing set of brokers offers overnight trading in actual shares — typically Sunday evening through Friday morning ET, in a few hundred liquid symbols. Orders route to an overnight venue and fills are real share trades. Spreads run wider and size is thinner than the day session, and weekend nights are not included.

What trades after those sessions stop

From Friday evening to Sunday evening the only live single-stock prices are perpetual contracts on 24/7 venues. They are not share trades, but they track the same companies continuously — this site lists them side by side with each stock’s official market status.

Overnight moves and the next open

An overnight or weekend move does not guarantee the same open on the exchange, but it is real money agreeing on a price with real news in hand. Watching where the 24/7 contract settles before the bell is the closest thing to a preview the market offers.