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You can check the designation to fill outside Regular Trading Hours by entering a stock into the order entry such as IBKR and click on the Time in Force drop down.
If outside of regular trading hours is not available for a given product, the preset for that attribute will not be applied. 
Within Trader Workstation, you can view the regular trading hours and the total trading hours for a given product.
As we’ve discussed, it is possible to trade many exchange-listed products outside of regular trading hours and to enable this order attribute for eligible products by default using TWS Presets.
can an order be opened in RTH as opposed to being live RTH
Please describe the difficulty you are experiencing in more detail, and we will do our best to help.
What is the settlement period for an order made outside regular trading hours? For example, if an ETF stock is sold on 11.12.2024 and the sell order is filled Outside RTH at 20.00h, is the trading day still 11.12.2024 and if so, does the settlement happen on T+2= 13.12.2024? Or is it processed on the next business day and in this case I sould add one more business day? Thanks!
Thank you for asking. It depends on when outside of RTH the trade is executed. A trade at 7pm ET is the “after hours” trading session (4pm – 8pm) carry the same Trade Date (day of execution) as RTH trading and settle on the following business day (all US equities settle on a T+1 basis since May 2024). For trades that are executed in the overnight session, beginning at 8pm ET, those trades carry a Trade Date of the following business day. They will settle on a T+1 basis as well relative to the Trade Date. We hope this helps!
The option to execute outside of RTH is greyed out for future contacts (eg. NQ, SI and other CME group contracts). Is that because by default they are trading past 17pm EST Time during Asia/London session? Also, when leaving conditional orders on future contracts, will the condition be checked outside of RTH? Thank you
Can trails be active outside business hours?
Hello, thank you for asking. It depends on the product you are trading. Futures are available outside RTH. US stocks are not. We hope this provides clarity!
Hello, If an Open a position outside RTH, let say 8:30 pm, and close it at 10:00 am next day! Is this considered a same day trade (for pattern day trade?)
Hello, thank you for asking. Trades executed outside regular trading hours will fall in the regular trading session having the same trade date. Please view this FAQ for more information: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/faq?id=29082342
We hope this helps!
Hi, there is an option to attach take-profit command to my parent order on pre-market session? I understand you cant do it for stop-loss command.
how to exit a trade during pre market I can buy but how can I sell my position during pre market as stop loss orders don’t work outside regular trading orders?
No stop loss possible for US stocks during pre market or post market…How could this be ? I mean IBKR is supposed to be the best, and stop loss is in the top 3 features you need for trading (limit order, market order and stop loss). This is beyond me.
Hello, thank you for reaching out. Only Day Limit orders are allowed in the US overnight trading session. In this scenario, “DAY” implies the time during which the overnight market is open. Orders will only be active during the overnight trading hours and will expire automatically at 3:50am ET if not executed. We hope this helps!
Hello, You didn’t really answer Tim’s question. Why for cash accounts, the stop loss can’t be placed outside RTH, but the take profit can. I suppose that it’s because cash accounts can’t short stocks, but a stop loss is just a position closing. So will you add the possibility to attach stop loss orders, to limit orders, that works outside RTH as take profit orders already do ? Please take what I say into consideration !
Hi Simon, thank you for asking. Stop Limit orders can be set to work Outside RTH, but plain Stop orders do not work outside regular trading hours. Please view this FAQ for more information: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/faq?id=691836583
We hope this helps!
Any differences in terms of costs/commissions when trading outside of RTH? Anything to take in this aspect? Also, how long will an “outside RTH” order remain valid?
Hello, thank you for asking. The Commissions outside of regular trading hours are the same as regular trading hours. We hope this helps!
Are there additional costs/commissions incurred when trading outside regular hours?
Hello, thank you for asking. No, there are not additional costs/commissions incurred when trading outside RTH. You can review our Commission structure here: https://spr.ly/CampusCommissions
We hope this helps!
Hello, I wanted to know about day trading rules outside RTH. Do they apply ? Thanks !
Hello GIL, thank you for contacting us. Pattern Day Trader rules apply outside of Regular Trading Hours. Please reach back out with any additional questions. We are here to help!
If I change the global config in Trader Workstation, will it apply to Trading View too? I’m unable to trigger stop losses or sell at all in trading view outside RTH.
Hello, thank you for reaching out. It will apply to TradingView advanced charts in TWS. However, it will not carryover to the TradingView application. If this is in the TradingView app, please contact them directly regarding the issue.
https://www.tradingview.com/support/
Hello I am an intraday day trader, I trade sometimes 7am and sometimes at 3:30pm EST what are the initial and maintenance margin requirements for trading those hours that are outside of RTH but yet not overnight? I trade micros MNQ for now. and plan to evolve to NQ Thank you
Hi, thank you for reaching out. Margin accounts that have lower Intraday futures margins will have the higher Overnight future margin requirements go into effect 15 minutes before the end of that future contract’s designated Regular Trading Hours session. You can monitor the “Look Ahead Available Funds” and the “Look Ahead Next Change” in your Account Window’s Available for Trading section (Click on the green “+” on the right to expand the section). The Look Ahead Next Change time shows the time the Intraday and Overnight margins will change. The Look Ahead Available Funds includes any amount of the change in the margin requirement from Intraday to Overnight margins. Please view this FAQ for more information: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/faq?id=32642361
We hope this helps!
My bracket orders don’t seem to execute OTH. How do I have tis also for OTH? I have set GTC, but I dont see an option for OTH eg, if I set a stop there is no option for OTH.
Hello, thank you for reaching out. You can view what order types are available outside RTH by navigating to our Order Types page: https://spr.ly/IBKR_OrdersCampus
Then you can filter by Time In Force. We hope this helps!
I need is stock trail to work outside RTH. I can sell manually why can’t I ask trail to stop loss outside RTH? This has caused me to lose a lot many times.
Hi Sunil, thank you for reaching out and we apologize for the delayed response. It is not possible to submit market orders outside of RTH, including a stop loss. Also, Trailing stop orders can only be attached to limit or stop limit orders only. Please review this FAQ for more details: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/faq?id=71890902
We hope this information is helpful.
Why in TWS there is no possibility to set up Hot Keys with RTH (to use hot key on re-post market hours) And HOT Keys doesn’t work on advanced chart, you néed to click on stiker first to make it work. Please fix it.
Hello, thank you for reaching out. The ChartTrader hotkeys should be configured separately from TWS Hotkeys. Please view this FAQ for instructions to configure ChartTrader hotkeys: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/faq?id=38440984
Also, it is possible to order through presets during Outside RTH. Please view Traders’ Glossary for more information.
To configure your hotkeys: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/faq?id=32650708
For now, we have only basic hotkeys available:
https://ibkrguides.com/releasenotes/ibkrdesktop/2023/preview/ntws-preview-v0.04.htm
You can assign any keystroke, or a combination of the “Ctrl” and “Shift” keys with one of the 26 keyboard letters, to map specific order creation and order transmission commands, such as buy, sell, transmit and cancel.
Advanced keys are certainly in our development queue for future releases. We hope this information is helpful!
Hello , I had tried to Put a Iron Condor trade now( Out side RTH ) . My order has preset for enable RTH. Submitted order and I got the message that the Order will be sent to exchange 8:30 AM CT . Why it wil lnot be sent to exchange for trade in RTH ? am i missing something ?
Thank you for your question about your Iron Condor order outside of Regular Trading Hours (RTH).
The message you received is actually confirming that your order will be sent to the exchange at 8:30 AM CT, which is when Regular Trading Hours begin. This is happening because:
You submitted your order during non-regular hours
Your order has “Enable RTH” selected (which is the default setting)
Complex option orders like Iron Condors can typically only be executed during Regular Trading Hours
When you receive the message that “the order will be sent to exchange at 8:30 AM CT,” this means:
Your order is accepted by IBKR’s system
It will be queued until the market opens
At 8:30 AM CT, it will be routed to the exchange for potential execution
You’re not missing anything – this is the expected behavior for RTH-enabled option orders submitted outside of market hours. The order isn’t being rejected; it’s simply being held until regular market hours begin.
If you want to modify any aspects of your order before it’s sent to the exchange, you can do so through the Pending Orders section of your trading platform. We hope this helps!
Can I place a GTC order for options on US indexes or ETFs with ‘Outside RTH’ enabled? What happens on the last day for IS index ETF options – do they expire at the close of regular market hours, or does ‘Outside RTH’ still apply?