Nasdaq Plans to Extend Trading Hours with New 5X23 Model

According to BlockBeats, Nasdaq is preparing to submit a proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to introduce a 24-hour stock trading service. The plan aims to extend the trading hours for stocks and exchange-traded products (ETPs) from the current five days a week, 16 hours a day, to 23 hours a day. The new '5X23' model will feature two main trading sessions. The daytime session will start at 4 a.m. Eastern Time and end at 8 p.m., maintaining the pre-market, regular, and post-market trading periods, with the regular session opening at 9:30 a.m. and closing at 4:00 p.m. The nighttime session will run from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. the following day. Trades executed between 9 p.m. and midnight will be considered part of the next calendar day's trading. Under this new schedule, the trading week will commence at 9 p.m. on Sunday and conclude at 8 p.m. on Friday after the daytime session.