Do stop loss orders carry into after hours and pre market trading?

Question

Lets say I bought a call option for $2.00.

So I paid $200 for that one call option.

If i put a stop-loss oder in for $1.50 that is good until cancelled (GTC 60 days) will this oder carry into the pre market trading hours and after market trading hours?

Answer 1

Options are not traded in after hours or pre-market trading. Consequently the stop-loss order cannot be filled in after hours or pre-market trading.

Answer 2

The price should not be moving after market hours so that isn't a factor.  The question for me is how fast your broker can execute the stop-loss fast enuf to help you.  Remember when the auction-rate securities tanked, there were no buyers so the stop-loss function froze.

Answer 3

No, stop orders (for stocks) placed during the regular session do not apply to the after hours/premarket trading sessions.

Answer 4

Options only trade during exchange hours. This means from 9.30 am to 4 pm ET. Stocks continue to trade after hours as well as during pre-opening. NASDAQ stocks (4 letter symbols)are more liquid and easier to trade then NYSE stocks (3 letter symbols).