Can I trade outside of regular trading hours in IBKR Global Trader?

To trade during pre-market hours with Interactive Brokers (IBKR), you need to enable the "Fill Outside RTH" (Regular Trading Hours) option when placing your order. This allows your order to be filled outside regular trading hours, including pre-market. Here is how to do it on different IBKR platforms:…

The Show data outside of regular trading hours item in the TWS Chart Parameters window is greyed out when no outside of regular trading hours session is available for the product in the chart.

You can check the trading hours for a product by right-clicking its ticker row in TWS, and selecting:…

When available, you'll see the Extended Hours toggle in the Time in Force drop-down section of the order ticket. Tap to toggle on or off. The Extended Hours feature is only available for Limit orders.

Additional Information…

There are two choices available when selecting "Allow Outside Regular Trading Hours" for a stock Stop Limit order or a Trailing Stop Limit order. The first choice is for "Allow this order to be triggered or filled outside of regular trading hours" and the second choice is for "Allow order to be…