Welcome to our video in our Tiger Academy Series - US stock market investing for beginners
After watching the previous video about 'the US stock markets', you should now understand the characteristics of the three main US exchanges, NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX. This week, we are moving on from investment basics to US stock investing.
Trading on the US market can sometimes be hard for Singaporean investors as the US market opens at 9:30 a.m. EST, that is around 1:30 a.m. in Singapore. However, with Tiger Brokers you can trade US stocks during the 'pre-market' and 'after-hours' session, which gives you 16 hours in total to trade on US stocks. Are you unsure about what 'pre-market', 'after-hours' and 'market-hours' are? This Tiger Academy video will explain the differences in detail and the pros and cons of trading at different time frames.
Let's start with our video about 5 practical points of stock.
This Tiger Academy video will take you through the 5 practical points of trading US stocks, which include:
The ticker symbol for US stocks
The trading unit for US stocks
The difference of 'pre-market', 'after-market', and 'market-hours'
The price limit for US stocks
How long will it take for U.S. Stock-redemption
After watching the video, you should understand the 5 practical points of stock trading, which will give you a better understanding of specific details when trading stocks and the trading hours of the US exchanges.
See you next time!