Alpaca Launches 24/5 Trading for Broker API, Helping Deliver Global Access to US Markets

Growing foreign ownership of U.S. equities and demand from investors in APAC, EMEA, Oceania, LATAM, and MENA are increasing pressure on brokerages to offer access beyond standard U.S. market hours. The piece describes 24/5 trading as an emerging brokerage capability, supported by regulatory and exchange efforts following SEC approval in November 2024, and argues that it may increase trading activity, account funding, customer retention, and platform differentiation. Alpaca presents its 24/5 infrastructure as a service for broker-dealers, neobanks, and fintechs, offering order routing, real-time overnight market data, REST and FIX APIs, developer tools, and implementation support. It also notes that extended-hours trading carries risks including lower liquidity, greater volatility, delayed or partial executions, and potential limitations on fractional trading.

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