What is post-market trading and why is trading stocks after hours is allowed and to who?
Post-Market trading is exactly that: trading that occurs after the market closes.
Due to the advent to electronic systems, people can be in the comfort of their own homes or offices to trade, and they sometimes do. Almost everybody who could trade during market hours can trade post-market. The problem is liquidity: most people would rather go home than continue to trade after the market closes.
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Lonk said :
October 4, 2008 at 10:36 am
Post-Market trading is exactly that: trading that occurs after the market closes.
Due to the advent to electronic systems, people can be in the comfort of their own homes or offices to trade, and they sometimes do. Almost everybody who could trade during market hours can trade post-market. The problem is liquidity: most people would rather go home than continue to trade after the market closes.
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