What Are the Benefits of Using the 24-Hour Market?
The main benefit is freedom from the Regular Market timetable. Because eligible US Stocks and ETFs can be traded across the weekday cycle rather than only between 21:30 and 04:00 WIB, you are no longer forced to wait for NYSE and NASDAQ to open before you can act on something. That matters most when news breaks: a company announcement or a global market event that lands in the Indonesian daytime can be responded to immediately, instead of sitting on it for most of a day. It also gives you more flexibility in managing entry and exit strategy, because you can choose a moment that suits you rather than one dictated by the exchange calendar. For an investor in Indonesia, this turns US stock trading from an overnight activity into something that fits an ordinary day.
- Trade at any point in the weekday cycle: eligible stocks are no longer confined to the 21:30–04:00 WIB Regular Market window
- React to news immediately: respond to announcements and global events as they land rather than waiting for the next session
- More entry and exit flexibility: choose a moment that suits you instead of one dictated by the exchange calendar
- Practical for Indonesian time zones: US stock trading fits into an ordinary day rather than requiring you to stay up overnight
- Same fees: trading in the extended sessions costs the same as trading during Regular Market hours
- Same account and portfolio: there is nothing separate to open or activate before you start
Related questions:
Q: What is the single biggest advantage?
The ability to react immediately to global news and events as they happen, rather than sitting on the sidelines until NYSE and NASDAQ open hours later. This matters most around major announcements or global market moves that occur while Regular Market hours are still many hours away, when a delay of half a day can genuinely change your decision. Waiting is no longer the only option open to you.
Q: Does using the 24-Hour Market cost more?
No. The fee structure in the extended sessions is the same as during Regular Market hours, so extended access is not a premium feature you pay for. What you trade off instead is order flexibility and liquidity: Limit Orders with DAY validity only, a narrower stock list, and thinner trading than the Regular Market session offers you. The cost side of the decision is genuinely neutral between the two.
Q: How does it help with entry and exit strategy?
It widens the set of moments in which you can act. Rather than planning a purchase or a sale around a single narrow window overnight, you can place a Limit Order at a time that suits your day and let it work through the cycle. That flexibility is particularly useful when you are managing a position around a known event.
Q: Do I need to do anything to start using it?
No. It is part of the existing US Stocks product rather than a separate feature to activate, using the same account, the same balance, and the same portfolio. All you need is a stock carrying the "24" marking in the app, and you can place a Limit Order in any of the extended sessions straight away. No approval step or waiting period applies before your first trade.