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Outside Regular Trading Hours

Trading outside of regular trading hours is possible via LYNX. This means you never miss an opportunity.

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Information:

The regular trading hours on German stock exchanges such as Xetra are from 09:00 to 17:30. Trading on American exchanges such as the NYSE or NASDAQ runs regularly from 15:30 to 22:00 (09:30 to 16:00 local time). However, on some trading venues, trading is also possible outside the regular trading hours. This allows you to trade shares after the announcement of company figures or to react to other market events.

LYNX+

After selecting the trading instrument and opening the order ticket, select the addition Fill/Trigger outside RTH. You can than create your order and submit it.

Trader Workstation

  • New Order Ticket

Once you opened the TWS platform, click Order at the top left corner. Now there opens up an order ticket where you have to fill in multiple things as ticker, order type and order price, at the right part you have the possibility to select the option Allow order to be activated, triggered, or filled outside of regular trading hours. Once you finished those steps, click Transmit and you submitted the order.

  • Adjust Order Row

Might you already opened up an Order row in your TWS platform, it is also possible to adjust this to be able to executed outside regular trading hours. First you have to click with your right mouse button on that specific Order row. Click on Edit and choose for Order ticket, now the same order ticket opens up as in the previous mentioned step. Select the option Allow order to be activated, triggered, or filled outside of regular trading hours. Once you finished those steps, click Transmit and you submitted the order.

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Please Note:

It is possible to configure your settings in a way that every order can be executed outside regular trading hours on default. Please find the instruction in our FAQ section below.

LYNX Trading App

After selecting the trading instrument, creating an order to buy or sell and select a supported order type such as a LIMIT, next please click button below Show more options. At the line Time-in-force for trading outside regular trading hours, active the slider in the order ticket at Outside RTH. You can than submit the order.

FAQ

How to add Outside Regular Trading Hours to a preset?

Please select the configuration button at the dashboard, once the menu opened select presets.

Once you selected your product type, select the option Allow order to be activated, triggered, or filled outside of regular trading hours. Once selected, you can scroll down and click on Apply.

Please be aware: You have to apply these settings for every product type on it’s own.

Which products can I trade outside regular trading hours?

Among other things, you can trade shares and ETF’s outside regular trading hours. You can also trade futures contracts outside so-called liquid trading hours. This is not possible with warrants and certificates, options or CFD’s.

Where can I view the trading hours of a security?

You can view the trading times of a security with just a few clicks in the Trader Workstation. To do this, double-click on a financial instrument to open its description. Under the Trading Schedule section, the regular and total trading hours of the selected security are displayed.

What risks appear when trading outside regular trading hours?

Outside regular trading hours, the lower trading volume leads to a substantial difference between bid and ask prices (spread). The trading volume is also generally significantly lower. Your orders may be executed only partially or not at all.

What is the cost of trading outside regular trading hours?

Trading outside regular trading hours does not incur any additional explicit costs. You can buy and sell at the usual prices and conditions. However, please note the general risks that arise outside regular trading hours.

Which order types are supported for trading outside regular trading hours?

Only selected order types are supported. These include limit and trail limit orders. Order types such as Market and Stop are not permitted.
Futures are an exception: Even outside the so-called liquid trading hours, orders with the order types Market and Limit are executed regularly. You can also configure this for the order type Stop in the order settings.

An overview of the common order types via LYNX can be found under: Order types and durations