By default, you can only trade stocks, shares and options during the hours where the stock exchange is open.
But on some platforms, they allow you to trade during after-hours.
The pre-valent market that allows you to do that is the stock exchange in the United States.
And with Interactive Brokers and some other exchanges, you as a retail investor will be able to trade after-hours.
Why would you want to trade after-hours?
There can be a number of reasons why you would want to do that.
You can trade after normal markets close so that you can react quickly to breaking news or fresh information before the next day’s market open.
You may find that the prices during after hours, for some stocks to be more appealing.
In a way, with after-hours trading, it is as if you have a longer period of time to trade and execute, and...