Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/24-7-trading

# 24/7 trading
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/24-7-trading
Last modified: 2026-10-17

24/7 trading means a contract keeps trading through nights, weekends and holidays while the underlying exchange is shut. The price you see then is the venue's, pulled toward [the last official close](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/how-us-stock-prices-form) by [funding and the band](https://mochatrade.com/support/what-is-a-perpetual-contract-and-does-it-expire), and it is the reason a US stock can be traded from India at 2 AM, in rupees.

## Related terms

- Price band (discovery bounds): https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/price-band
- Oracle price: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/oracle-price
- Real-world asset (RWA): https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/real-world-asset
- Last traded price: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/last-traded-price
- Gap up and gap down: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/gap-up-and-gap-down
- Closing auction (official close): https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/closing-auction

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