[Latest News] Longbridge Securities Enhances After-Hours Trading: Now Covers 10,000+ Stocks with Short-Selling Support for Seamless 24-Hour Global Market Access

On 24 March 2025, Longbridge Securities announced the expansion of its U.S. after-hours trading feature to include more than 10,000 U.S. stocks, further enhancing investor flexibility and market accessibility during non-regular trading hours. Since its launch in mid-2023, the feature has seen strong user adoption, with over 1.8 million trades executed to date. This upgrade highlights Longbridge's continuous innovation in fintech and reinforces its position as a leader among digital brokerage platforms.

Expanded Trading Universe, Enhanced Investment Flexibility

Committed to offering seamless and efficient trading services to global investors, Longbridge now enables trading of over 10,000 U.S. equities during extended market hours. The after-hours trading session runs from 8:00 PM to 3:50 AM (ET)—equivalent to 8:00 AM to 3:50 PM (SGT) during Daylight Saving Time, and shifts one hour later during Standard Time. This broader access allows investors to respond quickly to overnight news and market events. Most importantly, Longbridge supports both buy and short-sell orders during after-hours sessions. This two-way trading flexibility empowers users to implement hedging strategies and capture opportunities in volatile conditions—without being constrained by regular trading schedules.

Multi-layered technical safeguards to ensure trading stability

To support uninterrupted trading, Longbridge's after-hours feature is backed by an advanced technical framework that integrates multiple upstream trading systems. This setup ensures redundancy, minimizes single points of failure, and allows for real-time switching if one provider experiences downtime or maintenance. For example, if one upstream system fails, Longbridge can seamlessly reroute trades through an alternative provider, avoiding service interruptions. This distributed architecture not only enhances system resilience but also ensures stable operation during periods of high trading volume or volatility. For users, this means reduced risk of missed trades or execution errors. Compared to other platforms that suffer from outages, Longbridge's contingency capabilities deliver a significantly more reliable experience—reinforcing investor trust and strengthening the platform's competitive edge.

A spokesperson for Longbridge Securities commented, "We fully understand investors' demands for flexible trading hours, which is why we continue to optimize and expand our U.S. after-hours trading. Reaching over 10,000 stocks is a major milestone, but our true goal is to offer a safer, more stable, and more efficient trading environment."

In line with its core mission to reduce trading costs, Longbridge's lifetime 0^ commission policy for US and HK stocks has saved users over USD 20 million in trading fees over the past year. With the enhanced after-hours functionality and 0 commission trading combined, Longbridge gives investors greater access to global opportunities—while helping them optimise their trading experience through lower costs and improved flexibility.

^Other fees apply.