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When is the Global Markets platform open for buying and selling?

The platform is generally available for trading from 8:05:00pm ET (New York time) Sunday evening through 7:59:00pm ET Friday evening whenever US markets are open. Specifically, trading is available during the following times:
  • 4:01:00am ET - 9:29:00am ET (Pre-Market)
  • 9:31:00am ET - 3:59:00pm ET (Core Session)
  • 4:01:00pm ET - 7:59:00pm ET (Post-Market)
  • 8:05:00pm ET - 3:55:00am ET (Overnight)
That said, there are some times when specific assets (and/or the platform generally) may not be available for trading. For example, there may be 1-5 minute pauses. Read the rest of this section to find out more. You can always check the exact status of what is and isn’t trading on our status page, status.ondo.finance

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Why are there small periods of time when trading is not available?

Tokens are generally available to trade during the same hours as the underlying assets trade on traditional exchanges. Stocks and ETFs that trade on the NYSE and NASDAQ typically trade during the following trading sessions:
  • 4:00:00am ET - 9:29:59am ET (Pre-Market)
  • 9:30:00am ET - 3:59:59pm ET (Core Trading Session)
  • 4:00:00pm ET - 7:59:59pm ET (Post-Market)
In addition, over the past few years there has been growth in an overnight trading session that runs from 8:00:00pm - 3:59:59am ET (Overnight) that occurs on an Alternative Trading System (ATS) called Blue Ocean (we — like many other providers of 24/5 trading — leverage this platform to enable trading to occur 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.)For platform and security reasons, we may temporarily halt trading a few minutes before and after a new session in the underlying trading venue begins.

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Does it make any difference to me during which trading session I buy or sell tokens via the platform?

For most users, the answer is likely to be no. That said, there are some small caveats when trading during the overnight session:
  • Because in general the liquidity in the overnight session is lower than during the other sessions, you may need to break larger orders into multiple smaller ones. In addition, the bid-ask spread can be wider, which can result in slightly worse pricing.
  • Also because of this, the largest order / trade size you can place during the overnight session may be smaller than during the other sessions.

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Are all tokenized stocks always available to trade during market hours?

In general, yes, but there are exceptions. See the next question.

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Under what conditions is trading halted?

All Assets
  • Outside of trading hours
  • On all NYSE Market Holidays
  • If certain proprietary platform-level risk control thresholds are met
  • During scheduled or emergency platform maintenance
Specific Assets
  • During corporate actions (learn more)
  • If certain proprietary asset-level risk control thresholds are met
  • During scheduled or emergency asset-level maintenance
Note: You can always check platform- and asset-level trading availability at status.ondo.finance