Interactive Brokers has introduced a new functionality on its electronic trading platform allowing investors to trade 24 popular US-listed ETFs 23 and a half hours a day, five days a week.
The functionality is available on Interactive Brokers’ Eos Automated Trading System (IBEOS) from 8:00 pm ET to 3:30 am ET with the first session of the week beginning on Sunday at 8:00 pm ET and the last session of the week ending on Friday at 3:30 am ET.
Any trades occurring during overnight trading hours will be settled on schedule as if they had occurred during the next US stock regular trading hours session.
The new functionality enables clients with US stock trading permission to react immediately to market-moving news, benefitting US-based investors as well as those in Europe and Asia who may seek greater access to US equity markets during their trading day.
Steve Sanders, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Development at Interactive Brokers, said: “Global investors need to respond to market-moving news whenever it happens, not just during regular US market hours. With overnight trading hours on IBEOS, our individual and institutional clients now have greater flexibility when to trade and can take advantage of investment opportunities around the clock.”
The following US-listed ETFs are available for overnight trading on IBEOS:
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY US)
Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ US)
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA US)
iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (IJH US)
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI US)
iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM US)
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF US)
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE US)
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK US)
iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA US)
iShares MSCI Australia ETF (EWA US)
iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ US)
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM US)
iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI US)
ProShares Short S&P 500 (SH US)
ProShares Short QQQ (PSQ US)
ProShares Short Dow30 (DOG US)
ProShares Short Russell 2000 (RWM US)
iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG US)
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT US)
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD US)
iShares Silver Trust (SLV US)
United States Oil Fund (USO US)
United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG US).