Traders are the big winners as 24/7 stocks will finally end the after-hours price 'manipulation'

Round-the-clock markets promise freedom for investors and pressure for intermediaries who traditionally wielded immense power during off-hours What to know : As major U.S. exchanges move toward 24/7 trading, some claim that the current system allows brokers to exploit thin after-hours liquidity and to use opening auctions to influence prices and trigger client stop-losses. Academic studies and recent SEC and FINRA enforcement actions suggest that price discovery is less efficient and more vulnerable to spoofing and other manipulative tactics outside regular trading hours. Proponents argue that round-the-clock markets would shift power from intermediaries to traders, especially retail investors, by allowing them to react to news in real time rather than being sidelined during market closures.