The US stock market (NYSE and Nasdaq) is open 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time (ET), Monday to Friday. Around that core session there is an early pre-market and a late after-hours window, and the exchanges close on about ten US public holidays a year. This guide covers the full schedule, why the local time shifts twice a year, and how you can trade US stocks like Apple, Nvidia and Tesla around the clock — from your own wallet — on Himbit.
Full US trading hours (Eastern Time)
- Pre-market: 4:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET — lower liquidity, wider spreads.
- Regular session: 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM ET — full liquidity, the official market.
- After-hours: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET — post-close moves and earnings reactions.
“Eastern Time” is EST (UTC−5) for most of the year and EDT (UTC−4) during US daylight saving time. That one-hour difference is the most common reason people get US market hours wrong.
What time is that where you are?
Because most Himbit traders are in Asia, here is the regular session (9:30 AM – 4:00 PM ET) in local time. The US market runs overnight for Asian time zones:
- Vietnam (UTC+7): 9:30 PM – 4:00 AM next day on US standard time, or 8:30 PM – 3:00 AM on US daylight time.
- Korea & Japan (UTC+9): 11:30 PM – 6:00 AM next day, or 10:30 PM – 5:00 AM on US daylight time.
- Taiwan & Hong Kong (UTC+8): 10:30 PM – 5:00 AM next day, or 9:30 PM – 4:00 AM on US daylight time.
Daylight saving time: why the hours move an hour
The United States moves its clocks forward one hour in mid-March and back one hour in early November. During that daylight-saving period the US market opens and closes one hour earlier in your local time. Most of Asia does not observe daylight saving, so the gap between your clock and New York changes twice a year.
When is the US stock market closed?
The NYSE and Nasdaq close for these US public holidays each year:
- New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (third Monday in January)
- Presidents’ Day (third Monday in February)
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
- Juneteenth (June 19)
- Independence Day (July 4)
- Labor Day (first Monday in September)
- Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November)
- Christmas Day (December 25)
When a holiday falls on a weekend the closure usually shifts to the nearest weekday. A few days each year are half-days with an early 1:00 PM ET close — typically the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and the day before Independence Day.
Trade US stocks outside Wall Street hours — on Himbit
Here is the part the clock doesn’t tell you: the NYSE closes, but the demand to trade Apple, Nvidia, Tesla and Google doesn’t. Earnings drop after the bell and macro news breaks overnight in Asia — by the time New York reopens, the move has already happened.
On Himbit you can hold perpetual positions on US-stock markets — Apple, Google, Nvidia, Tesla and more — that trade around the clock, including nights and weekends, when Wall Street is shut. What makes it different from a brokerage account:
- You keep custody. Himbit is a self-custodial front-end on the Hyperliquid on-chain order book. Your funds stay in your own wallet — Himbit never holds them.
- No KYC. Connect a wallet and trade — no account application.
- Perpetual markets on tokenised stocks. You trade the price, long or short, with leverage — you can short a name as easily as go long.
- Published fees. A low 0.025% builder fee with no hidden spread — see the full fee schedule.
Available markets change over time — see the live markets page for the US-stock names trading right now.
How to trade a US-stock perp on Himbit
- Open himbit.com/perps and connect your wallet.
- Search for the stock market you want (for example AAPL, NVDA or TSLA).
- Choose long or short, then set your size and leverage.
- Confirm from your wallet — the trade settles on Hyperliquid; Himbit never takes custody.