Guidance

Hong Kong Stock Trading

1. What is the trading hours for Hong Kong stocks?

 

Hong Kong stocks are traded Monday through Friday.  Specific trading hours are as follows:

【Morning call auction session】

9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

【Continuous trading session】

9:30 AM – 12:00 PM; 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

These are normal trading sessions.

 

 

2. What is the minimum trading unit for Hong Kong stocks?

 

Hong Kong stocks’ minimum trading unit is a “board lot”.  The number of shares in each board lot is determined by the price of each stock.  One board lot can be 100 shares, 500 shares, 1,000 shares or 2,000 shares.  For example, Tencent Holding is 100 shares per board lot, while BYD is 500 shares per board lot.

 

 

3.  What is the share price fluctuation range of Hong Kong stocks?

 

Hong Kong stock market operates in a similar fashion to the U.S. stock market. There is no 10% limit up or limit down practice.

 

 

4. Day trade for Hong Kong stocks?

 

Hong Kong stocks trade on a T+0 basis, so you can definitely sell the stocks bought on the same day.  With Tiger Brokers, your T+0 trades on Hong Kong stocks do not take up your quota for T+0 trades on U.S. stocks.  In other words, you can exercise unlimited T+0 trades for Hong Kong stocks.