Best extended hours broker

If you want to trade "after-hours" you want to trade futures. ES trades quite a bit (70,000-90,000?) before 9:30 eastern. No stock on an ECN will even come close to this in terms of volume not to mention a much smaller spread on ES.
 
Thanks for the replies.

Do you have any idea why a lot of the major discount brokers only have extended morning hours to 9:15 am and not 9:30? I've seen this at several.

For instance, here is Ameritrade's info:

* A.M. Extended Hours Trading session: 8:00 A.M. to 9:15 A.M. ET, Monday through Friday.

* P.M. Extended Hours Trading sessions are: Nasdaq® 4:15 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. ET, Monday through Friday; and NYSE and AMEX listed securities 4:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. ET, Monday through Friday.

They even have a 15 minute black out AH...

:confused:
 
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Thanks for the replies.

Do you have any idea why a lot of the major discount brokers only have extended morning hours to 9:15 am and not 9:30? I've seen this at several.

For instance, here is Ameritrade's info:

* A.M. Extended Hours Trading session: 8:00 A.M. to 9:15 A.M. ET, Monday through Friday.

* P.M. Extended Hours Trading sessions are: Nasdaq® 4:15 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. ET, Monday through Friday; and NYSE and AMEX listed securities 4:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. ET, Monday through Friday.

They even have a 15 minute black out AH...

:confused:

It's confusing but I believe you can trade from 8am to 8pm.
You need to choose "Day + Ext".
 
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