They get the real-time price. The after hours/pre-market prices fluctuate

to reflect the actual trading. But the volume of after hours trading is usually very low compared to the actual trading day, so the after hours prices don't have much momentum behind them.

The big changes you see at market opening are the result of the queue of orders that has built up overnight from the folks that don't have access to after hours trading.

In response to this post by HokieSignGuy

Posted: 03/10/2020 at 10:33AM

Curious... do the institutional investors that do after hours trading -- HokieSignGuy 03/10/2020 10:25AM

Edit: I wasn't accurate enough to leave it up** -- jmanatVT 03/10/2020 11:55AM

The cash price of equities will gap in the direction where futures indicate -- lchoro 03/10/2020 11:29AM

Bitcoin- bitcoin and charmin ** -- bigbadbird 03/10/2020 11:42AM

No, the first trade is not yesterday's last trade -- MrBayAreaHokie 03/10/2020 11:17AM

I don't think convicted prisoners are allowed to trade at all ** -- HokieDan95 03/10/2020 10:34AM

They get the real-time price. The after hours/pre-market prices fluctuate -- Hokie360 03/10/2020 10:33AM

Yeah, so no matter what WE, personal investors do, -- HokieSignGuy 03/10/2020 10:40AM

Fidelity just launched after-hours trading, or maybe it was 20+ years ago -- HWA 03/10/2020 11:38AM

Mutual funds typically price at the end of the day. ETFs are traded -- Hokie360 03/10/2020 11:30AM

You are not suggesting that this is rigged too ? ** -- bigbadbird 03/10/2020 11:11AM

That's why the little guy needs to do dollar cost averaging, and not try... -- EDGEMAN 03/10/2020 11:01AM

What was the overall market doing in that same timeframe? ** -- Hokie360 03/10/2020 1:03PM

It was just plugging along normally ** -- EDGEMAN 03/10/2020 1:15PM

Exactly. Most day-traders are no better than gamblers & weathermen. -- HWA 03/10/2020 1:15PM

If one can program all that with trading software, and pick the right stock -- HokieSignGuy 03/10/2020 11:03AM

His research was time intensive, but once he had it down... -- EDGEMAN 03/10/2020 11:07AM

Technical analysis is fascinating. -- MP4VT2004 03/10/2020 12:35PM

Do you need special trading platforms as small investor? -- HokieSignGuy 03/10/2020 12:56PM

I don't know of a platform that allows you to use AI-assisted trading... -- MP4VT2004 03/10/2020 6:53PM

Cool write-up. thanks. I'll have to look into some of this. -- HokieSignGuy 03/10/2020 7:21PM

Nope. Retail investors can trade after-hours and pre-market. -- vtbones 03/10/2020 11:00AM

They get the real-time price. The after hours/pre-market prices fluctuate

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