| Place an After Hours Stock Order | |
| To place an order during the After Hours session, you must have a Fidelity brokerage account. | |
| Also, please read After Hours Session Hours for information on when you can place orders during this session. | |
| Note: To place an After Hours session order where you have specified tax lot shares, refer to After Hours Session Specific Shares Order. | |
| Before you begin, select Lookup Symbol if you don't know the stock's trading symbol. | |
| 1. | Select the Accounts & Trade tab and then select Trade. |
| Tip: To calculate the commission for the order, select Commission Calculator before proceeding to the next step. | |
| 2. | From the table of contents, select Trade Extended Hours. |
| The After Hours session and the After Hours Trade Stock Orders screen are only available from 4 to 8 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday excluding market holidays. | |
| 3. | Select an account for the trade order. |
| 4. | Select and enter the order information. |
| Tips: | |
| You cannot change the Order Price Type. | |
| Enter a symbol in the Extended Hours Quote box to get a real-time quote* from the ECN. | |
| * This quote will be the best real-time quote for a stock eligible for trading during the Premarket session from the ECN in which Fidelity participates. Premarket quotes obtained from Fidelity.com will only reflect the prices available in the ECN, linked ECNs, and Nasdaq's SelectNet, when available. | |
| Select Order Book, and then enter a symbol in the Order Book Symbol box to get an expanded view of the extended hours market. The Order Book quote provides a list of the current best ten matching ask and bid orders for the security. | |
| The Time-in-force can be either Day or Immediate or Cancel. | |
| There is no minimum number of shares and the maximum quantity is 5000 shares. | |
| For immediate or cancel orders, the minimum quantity is 200 shares. | |
| The trade type field only displays if you have a Margin Agreement on file with Fidelity. When this field displays, Margin is selected. However, you can change the selection to Cash. If this field does not display, the Trade Type for the order is Cash, because Cash is the only applicable option. | |
| Do not select the Tax Lots Choose Specific Shares field unless you want to specify the tax lot shares to trade as part of the order. If you select this field, refer to After Hours Session Specific Shares Order and begin with step 5 for further instructions. | |
| 5. | Click Preview Order to continue. Or, click Clear to clear the order and start over. |
| 6. | Review the order and make sure the information is correct and do one of the following: |
| - | If correct, click Place Order |
| - | If not, click Void to return to the order entry screen without placing the order |
| 7. | After you place the order, you receive a confirmation number indicating that the order was received. |
| Tip: From your browser's File menu, select Print to print the confirmation. From the Orders screen, you can select Details and use the order confirmation number and market session information to identify particular orders placed during different market sessions. | |
| During a portion of Fidelity's After Hours session, the ECN will have the opportunity to route orders to other ECNs and market makers for execution via Nasdaq's SelectNet system while SelectNet remains open (currently, until 6:30 p.m.). After Nasdaq's systems close, only those ECNs with links to the ECN will be accessible for order display and execution. | |
| After Hours Session Hours | |
| ECN orders in the After Hours session can be placed from 4 to 8 p.m. Eastern Time. Between 4 and 8 p.m., Fidelity transmits orders to the ECN and the transmitted orders are available for immediate display and execution according to the time received and the specified limit price. | |
| After 4 p.m., Fidelity continues to send orders to the ECN in the order in which Fidelity receives them until 8 p.m. Eastern Time unless trading is halted prior to 8 p.m. | |
| In the event that an ECN becomes unavailable during the extended hours session, Fidelity may submit orders to another eligible and available ECN to maintain order flow. Thus, your order may be presented in any one of several eligible ECNs. | |
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