Thinkorswim now on schwab - can you trade after-hours 16:00 - 16:05 PM?

[elite1974]

streetsmart edge will be discontinued as far as I can tell

streetsmart edge was nice because it was easy to use.
thinkorswim is more robust but it is not as intuitive and takes a little more time to learn (as there are more features)

 

[ironchef]

Schwab reps said that? I was gonna look into SSE, but now I'm thinking well ... what's the point if they're just gonna discontinue it. Can anybody confirm?

Thanks.

Just call CS. They answer 24/7.

 

[ironchef]

On SSE, what are trading hours for equities? I think TDA starts at 7am et for most securities.

Robert,

I can trade post till 20:00. Pre starts at 6:00. The only limitation is they only accept limit order until a few minute before open or a few minutes after close. They said to prevent clients getting killed from huge bid/ask and low volume.

 

[Robert Morse]

No routes accept market orders outside regular trading hours. Too much risk of bad fills. Thank you for the response.

Robert,

I can trade post till 20:00. Pre starts at 6:00. The only limitation is they only accept limit order until a few minute before open or a few minutes after close. They said to prevent clients getting killed from huge bid/ask and low volume.

 

[ironchef]

No routes except market orders outside regular trading hours. Too much risk of bad fills. Thank you for the response.

Robert, you were wrong.

No. It is the other way around. Most after hour trades are limit order only. The only time they allowed me to trade market is one minute prior to market opens at 9:30 ET.

 

[ironchef]

That’s exactly what you said.

Edited: I’ve never seen a M-PM or M-AH option. Is there?

I was referring to trading stocks, not options.

 

[Robert Morse]

it was a typo, I updated it. No routes “accept”market orders outside regular trading hours.


QUOTE="ironchef, post: 5886872, member: 485947"]Robert, you were wrong[/QUOTE]

 

[TrailerParkTed]

What ever the case, the Schwab 16:00-16:05 blackout and ending pre-market at 9:25 EST is stupid. They have not fixed it for years, lots can happen.

 

[ironchef]

What ever the case, the Schwab 16:00-16:05 blackout and ending pre-market at 9:25 EST is stupid. They have not fixed it for years, lots can happen.

I got burned a couple of time when I started live day trade 6 weeks ago and now use limit during pre.

 

[Maverick2608]

The logical approach that Schwab should take is to make clients actively tick yes to trading from 16 PM and likewise from 9:25 AM instead of putting their clients at a disadvantage to clients using other brokers.