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Hey everyone. This is Kirk here again from Option Alpha and welcome back to the daily call. Today, we’re going to answer the question, “Can you buy stocks on the weekend?” The simple answer to this question is no, you can’t buy stocks on the weekend. You have to buy stocks when the markets are open and that’s usually Monday through Friday for the regular equity markets specifically here in the US. If you want to trade stocks, you want to get into or out of positions, you have to trade them during normal regular market hours. Now, there’s some exceptions where you could get approval to do a little bit of afterhours trading, but that’s on the far end of the spectrums. For most retail investors, say the vast majority of retail investors, all you can do is buy and sell stocks during regular market hours. 9:30 AM Eastern Standard Time to 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday is when you can start trading. As always, hopefully this helps out. If you guys have any other crazy questions you want to ask