Where can you trade right now?
A live look at which brokers will take your order for stocks, futures and gold at this exact moment, how many hours a week each covers, and where each one is available.
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How trading hours work
A US stock’s official session is 9:30am–4:00pm ET. Brokers add sessions around it; stacked together they reach almost 24 hours a day, five days a week. Futures, gold and crypto run on their own, longer clocks. In the grid, Gold shows the best gold access each broker offers: Robinhood’s 24/7 1-ounce gold futures, standard gold futures elsewhere, or a gold ETF where there are no futures.
| US stock session | Hours (ET) |
|---|---|
| Pre-market | 4:00am – 9:30am |
| Regular | 9:30am – 4:00pm |
| After-hours | 4:00pm – 8:00pm |
| Overnight | 8:00pm – 4:00am |
Stacked, the overnight-enabled brokers run continuously from Sunday 8:00pm to Friday 8:00pm ET, what the industry calls “24/5.” Here is how long each instrument trades in a full week:
| Instrument | Per week |
|---|---|
| US stocks · 24/5Sun 8pm – Fri 8pm ET | ~120h |
| CME futuresSun 6pm – Fri 5pm ET, 1h daily break | ~115h |
| Gold · 1-oz futures24/7, halt Sat 3–5am ET | ~166h |
| Crypto24/7, never closes | 168h |
Overnight and weekend sessions are usually limit orders only, with thinner liquidity and wider spreads. All hours exclude market holidays. Every broker here also offers 24/7 spot crypto, so it is left off the grid rather than shown as an always-open column.
Trading-hours questions
Informational only, not financial advice. Hours and ratings current as of August 2026. Ratings: NerdWallet, StockBrokers.com and (for IG) ForexBrokers.com.