What Time Does Questrade Start Trading?
Canadian stocks do not have pre-market trading. Questrade's Canadian market starts at
9:30 a.m. ET.
Questrade's U.S. pre-market hours run from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET.
Questrade Extended-Hours Trading Time
A limited post-market session exists for Canadian stocks close to the closing price. To trade Canadian stocks in the post-market, from about 4:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET, please follow these steps.
- The order must be a Limit at the last traded price on its home exchange (TSX or TSX-V)
- Select AUTO as the preferred ECN
- Select DAY as the duration
- The quantity must be in multiples of a standard board lot (100 or 200 shares)
For U.S.-listed securities:
U.S. pre-market hours run from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET, and post-market hours go from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET. To trade during these special times, please do the following:
- Place the order as a limit order
- Select ARCA as the preferred ECN
- Select GTEM (good til extended market) as the duration
Though ECNs allow after-hours trading until 8 p.m. for U.S. markets, Questrade's cut-off is 5:30
p.m. EST.
Webull Canada provides access to the pre-market trading, from 4:00 AM ET until 9:30 AM ET.
Webull clients also have extended hours session, from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM ET, starting when the market closes.
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Why Questrade
Many of our readers are “income investors,” so we wanted a firm with a cost-effective way to earn ongoing investment income.
We spoke with multiple mutual fund advisors, but their fees were too high for many people. So we chose the DIY (do-it-yourself)
approach. We searched online, made calls, attended free seminars, and checked references. Then we made a short list of important
features we wanted in an investing “platform.” In the end, a discount brokerage account was the most logical choice for us.
After reviewing several options, we settled on Scotia’s iTrade and Questrade as finalists. We opened test accounts at both, and played
around with the free tools offered. We noticed Questrade’s sign-up process was very simple. We could do everything online—no mailing or
branch visits needed. Scotia asked us to fill out a form and email it, along with a signed copy and void check by mail. With Questrade, we
could scan and upload everything, including the void check. That was extremely convenient.
Next, Scotia charged $5.99 per trade, but only if we had 100 or more trades each quarter and kept a minimum $1,000 balance.
Compared to Questrade’s $4.95 per trade and a $1,000 balance, iTrade just didn’t meet our needs. Those differences mattered.
One challenge we had was a special deal only Scotia—and no other discount broker at that time—was offering: clients could
buy and sell ETFs with no commission. Because we planned to build a portfolio using multiple ETFs, this made Scotia more
appealing again. But then Questrade announced that soon they would also let users trade certain ETFs at no cost, including
the ones we wanted. That was the deciding factor for us!
Updated on 3/25/2025.
Arthur Chachuna is a professional personal finance blogger, and the owner of Brokerage-Review.com.
He has been an avid investor for 25 years, and has a background in both applied math and programming.
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