This feature is in a gradual rollout process, all accounts will have access soon...
Extended hours trading lets you access opportunities outside regular market hours. You have access to this advanced trading feature and live extended hours prices for free with Hatch.
What is extended hours trading?
Extended hours trading is the buying and selling of US shares outside the regular market session of 9:30am–4pm US Eastern Time.
Pre‑market trading: before the regular market opens
After‑hours trading: after the regular market closes
| US time (EST) UTC-5 | NZ time (NZST) UTC +12 |
Pre‑market trading | 4am – 9:30am | 8pm – 1:30am |
Regular market session | 9:30am – 4pm | 1:30am – 8am |
After-hours trading | 4pm – 8pm | 8am – 12pm |
*Based on time from April to September. Note that this changes with daylight saving time, for times between October and March check here!
How do I enable extended hours trading?
You can turn extended hours on or off from Settings > Preferences
When enabled, you can:
View the current trading session and today’s hours in the app header
View the extended hours price alongside the most recent regular market close price
Select whether to allow an order to be completed during extended hours trading sessions (available for limit orders on all investments, and market orders for highly traded investments)
🚨Important: Before you enable extended hours trading, make sure you know the risks! Read all about it in our guide to extended hours trading.
Important things to know
Lower liquidity – During pre‑market and after‑hours sessions, fewer people are actively buying and selling shares. Because of this, your order could take longer to fill, only partially fill, or might not fill at all before the extended trading session ends.
Higher volatility – With fewer orders in the market, prices can change more rapidly during extended hours.
Restricted order types – Extended hours trading primarily supports limit orders in whole shares. Limit orders allow you to set the maximum price you’re willing to buy at, or the minimum price you’re willing to sell for. Highly-traded investments may support market orders, but limit orders help reduce the risk of trading at an unexpected price.
Extended hours trading is not available with stop-loss or stop-buy orders, these order types will not be triggered in pre-market or after-hours trading.
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