SubscribeThe Time Periods of a Trading Day
July 23rd, 2006 • Related • Filed Under
The following are very important shifts in trading throughout the day. Although this outline is geared for the day trader, longer term investors may be able to place orders at optimal times and get a better sense of market consistencies.
9:30 a.m. eastern time – market opens
9:50-10:10 – first reversal period
10:25 – milder reversal
11:20 – market tends to retreat, investors head out to lunch
1:30 p.m. – post-lunchtime market begins to improve and some stocks start to move
2:30 – stocks break out (or down) with more conviction
3:00 – Treasury bonds stop trading, possible market reversal
3:30 – mild reversal possible
4:00 p.m. eastern time – market closes
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