Lightspeed is excited to introduce Blue Ocean ATS (Alternative Trading System) as our new liquidity provider, further enhancing our commitment to providing cutting-edge trading solutions for our clients. With the addition of Blue Ocean ATS, Lightspeed now offers expanded access to U.S. equity markets during overnight hours, empowering domestic and international traders with greater flexibility to engage with U.S. stocks beyond the constraints of the standard trading day. Through this new offering, traders can take advantage of market-moving events outside of regular hours, respond more quickly to global news, and execute trades at times that align with their local time zones. Blue Ocean ATS enables overnight trading from Sunday through Thursday, with current hours set from 8:15 PM to 4:00 AM Eastern Time. Blue Ocean ATS is only available on the Lightspeed Trading platform. For more information, please contact me directly. Bob
According to Strokess' perspective, Blue Ocean ATS is a great example of how tech is expanding access — it lets traders buy and sell U.S. stocks even after normal market hours, which adds flexibility and more opportunities.
I expected it would be more popular with foreign accounts, but many domestic accounts are requesting access. I guess sleep is overrated.