Stock Exchange & Broker Guides
Guides for 23 stock exchanges and brokers from DennTech Trading Solutions. An exchange is a listing and matching venue. A broker is who you open an account with. They are not the same object.
U.S. NMS venues (NYSE, Nasdaq, Cboe, IEX and their families) run regular hours 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Pre-market and after-hours windows differ by venue. Broker overnight access is typically an ATS, not the exchange’s own overnight session. Educational only — not personalized investment advice.
Exchange Stock Exchanges 16 guides
Sydney cash-market phases with random auctions; Adjust overnight is not U.S. 9:00 p.m.–4:00 a.m.
The world's largest options exchange and creator of the VIX volatility index, offering equity options, index options, and multi-asset derivatives on a global scale.
Pan-European operator: 2026 holiday calendar locked; session 09:00–17:30 not invented.
FWB cash market: Xetra 9:00–17:30 CET, retail extensions, and Börse Frankfurt generally 8:00–22:00 CET.
Hong Kong securities hours with a lunch extension, random CAS close, and named half-days.
NMS stock exchange with Pre-Market from 8:00 a.m. ET, Regular to 4:00 p.m., Post-Market to 5:00 p.m., and no overnight matching.
Europe's premier stock exchange and one of the oldest in the world, providing access to FTSE 100 blue chips, international listings, and the AIM growth market.
U.S. national securities exchange with official equities hours 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET; no overnight on the MEMX hours page.
The world's first electronic stock exchange and the preferred listing venue for technology, biotechnology, and growth-oriented companies globally.
NYSE equities market with heritage as the American Stock Exchange, 7:00 a.m. ET early trading, late to 8:00 p.m., and no overnight session.
Fully electronic NYSE equities market with a 4:00 a.m. ET Early Session, late trading to 8:00 p.m., and overnight planned for 6 December 2026, not live.
The world's largest stock exchange by market capitalisation, hosting over $25 trillion in listed equities across every sector of the global economy.
Not an NMS national securities exchange: OTC Link ATS and official disclosure tiers, not NYSE, Nasdaq, or IEX.
Zurich cash-equity venue: official share hours 09:00-17:30 CET, not a U.S. overnight 23/5 clock.
JPX cash equity market with a 9:00–11:30 and 12:30–15:30 Japan-time session, founded 1 April 1949.
TSX continuous trading 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. ET; pre-open 7:00 a.m.; extended 4:15–5:00 p.m. ET.
Broker Brokers & Trading Platforms 7 guides
The API-first commission-free broker built for algorithmic traders, quantitative developers, and fintech builders who need programmatic market access without manual interface friction.
Broker-dealer (Member SIPC); international extended-hours access is not an exchange session.
One of the most respected brokerage and asset management firms in the world, offering commission-free trading, best-in-class research, and a comprehensive retirement planning ecosystem.
The premier agency broker for professional and serious retail traders, offering global market access, industry-leading margin rates, and institutional-grade execution technology.
The fintech pioneer that eliminated stock trading commissions and redefined retail brokerage with a mobile-first interface, fractional shares, and commission-free options trading.
TradeStation Securities broker access 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET; no overnight U.S. equity session found.
Webull Financial LLC broker access including overnight ATS — not an NMS exchange.
How to Read These Stock Guides
The venue you trade on and the broker you log into are different layers. An exchange lists symbols and matches orders. A broker holds your account, routes those orders, and applies margin. Mixing the two is how traders treat a mobile overnight window as “the NYSE is open” when they are actually on an ATS.
Exchange vs broker
Stock exchanges on this hub (NYSE, Nasdaq, Cboe, LSE, and the next venues we add) are listing and matching markets. U.S. national market system (NMS) exchanges are SROs. Pre-market and after-hours windows are venue-specific. OTC Markets / OTC Link is an ATS, not an NMS exchange and not an SRO. See the U.S. session hours 2026 page for the clock table. Overnight on NYSE Arca is still planned for December 6, 2026, not live. Cboe C1 equity-options global trading hours remain TBA.
Brokers (Interactive Brokers, Fidelity, Robinhood, Alpaca, and others on this hub) are where you open the account. Commission, PFOF versus agency routing, and overnight access are broker facts. Do not treat a broker fee table as an exchange fee table. Numbers not on an official schedule stay unmarked here rather than invented.
Session hours, not 24/7 crypto
U.S. regular trading hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern. Early and late sessions vary: IEX pre-market is 8:00–9:30 a.m. ET with post-market to 5:00 p.m. and no overnight; NYSE Arca early starts 4:00 a.m. ET; NYSE American early starts 7:00 a.m. ET. Halts and LULD apply in regular hours. Extended-hours prints are thinner and are not the same tape as RTH.
Sizing and post-PDT margin
The Pattern Day Trader 4-trade / $25,000 floor is historical (FINRA RN 26-10; Rule 4210(d)(2) effective June 4, 2026). Current operator language is a typical ~$2,000 equity minimum for a margin account (broker-dependent) plus intraday margin. Size from dollars of risk, not share-count folklore. Example: $10,000 account, 1% risk, ~$1.50 stop, 66 shares after rounding down. Work it on dollar risk per share and the risk calculator (crypto UI; treat the unit as shares, round down).
Educational only — not personalized investment advice. Pair these guides with the stock glossary, stock courses, and stock pulse. The optional U.S. stock scanner at /stock-scanner is coming soon, not a live desk.
Size the stock trade before you send it
Dollar risk per share and position size. The risk calculator UI is shared; treat the unit as shares and round down.
Risk CalculatorStock profiles
Company guides for 50 widely traded U.S. stocks. Educational, not investment advice. See all stocks
- NVDA NVIDIA
- AAPL Apple
- MSFT Microsoft
- AMZN Amazon
- GOOGL Alphabet
- AVGO Broadcom
- META Meta Platforms
- MU Micron Technology
- BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway
- LLY Eli Lilly
- JPM JPMorgan Chase
- AMD Advanced Micro Devices
- WMT Walmart
- V Visa
- XOM Exxon Mobil
- JNJ Johnson & Johnson
- MA Mastercard
- ORCL Oracle
- BAC Bank of America
- ABBV AbbVie
- CSCO Cisco
- INTC Intel
- CVX Chevron
- PLTR Palantir
- COST Costco
- LRCX Lam Research
- MRK Merck
- CAT Caterpillar
- UNH UnitedHealth
- HD Home Depot
- PG Procter & Gamble
- KO Coca-Cola
- PEP PepsiCo
- MCD McDonald's
- DIS Disney
- NFLX Netflix
- CRM Salesforce
- IBM IBM
- GE GE Aerospace
- QCOM Qualcomm
- TXN Texas Instruments
- ADBE Adobe
- AMGN Amgen
- HON Honeywell
- RTX RTX
- WFC Wells Fargo
- GS Goldman Sachs
- BLK BlackRock
- NEE NextEra Energy
- TSLA Tesla