The US stock market is one of the largest, with high trading volume, liquidity, and highly established capital markets of the world. Moreover, the US market hours are HKT 9:30pm – 4:00am (Summer) and HKT 10:30pm – 5:00am (Winter). Investors can make use of the time difference to capture earning opportunities worldwide.

Trading Particulars

Stocks Available
At the moment, online US stock trading provides stocks from NYSE, NASDAQ, NYSEMKT and BATS only.

If there are any queries about online US stock status, please contact our dealing department at (852) 2213 8333 from Monday 6:00pm to Saturday 7:00am.

Settlement Date
The settlement date is T+2 (US trading day). The sales proceed of the sale transactions can be used for further stock purchase until settled.

Trading hours
The trading hours of NYSE, NASDAQ, NYSEMKT and BATS are HKT 9:30pm – 4:00am (Summer, March to November) and HKT 10:30pm – 5:00am (Winter, November to March). There is no break in between.

Points to Note for US Stock Trading

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Reminder on Overseas Securities Trading

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Application

All non-US citizens/residents and non-Canadian residents require a valid Haitong International Securities Account and must submit a completed W-8BEN form for online US stock trading.

Services will be enabled on the next business day after your W-8BEN has been received. You can login to "Online Securities Trading -> Overseas Markets -> US" to access the online US stocks trading services.

If you would like to know more about the instructions for Form W-8BEN, please visit the following IRS websites or consult your tax adviser:

Please note: We will not provide US stock trading to US citizens/residents or Canadian residents.

Trading Particulars

• Trading hours for B Shares: Monday to Friday (except public holidays in Mainland China)
  Pre-market session: 9:15am – 9:25am
  Continuous Trading session: 9:30am – 11:30am and 1:00am – 3:00pm
  Remarks: All unfilled “Good Till Today” orders will be cancelled at 3:00pm on every trading day.

• Only limit order is supported in B Shares Online Trading Service.

• B shares settlement can only be done with the investor code under Haitong International Securities Group (“HTI”).

• Except the listing day, price deviation of B Shares is bounded within 10% from the previous closing price, all trading orders out of the price limit will be deemed invalid.

• Settlement day of B Shares Online Trading Service is trade day plus 3 business days (T+3). For Shanghai B Shares Trading, the settlement day must be a business day in both China and the US. For Shenzhen B Shares Trading, the settlement day must be a business day in both China and Hong Kong. Before settlement, fund cannot be withdrawn; but unsettled fund will be reflected in the purchasing power.

• Margin Trading is currently not supported in B Shares Online Trading Service.

• To trade Shanghai B Shares through Online Trading Service, please 1) Deposit US dollars into B Shares online account, or; 2) Exchange other currencies into US dollars and deposit into B Shares online account, and specify that it is used for “Shanghai B Shares online trading”. The cutoff time for fund deposit/withdrawal (USD) of Shanghai B Shares Online Trading Service is HKT 11:00am Monday to Friday, related fund transfer records will be updated in system not later than the next Shanghai B Shares trading day (except public holidays).

• To trade Shenzhen B Shares, please deposit HK dollars into a B Shares online account and specify that it is used for Shenzhen B Shares online trading.

• Despite the fact that funds for trading HK Stocks, Shanghai B Shares, and Shenzhen B Shares are placed in the same account, accounts balance for trading in different exchange will be deposited and shown separately. Thus clients cannot trade Shenzhen B Shares with HK stocks account’s balance.

• Lot size of Shanghai and Shenzhen B Shares are 100 shares. Share quantity for buy orders must be in multiples of 100 shares; however there is no such restriction for sell orders, and the minimum lot size is 1 share.

• Day Trade (T+0) of the same stock is not allowed for B Shares. Stock purchased on a trade day can only be disposed of on or after the next trade day.

• The B Share Online Trading system does not support trading with a Personal Investor ID. Orders placed via the B Shares Online Trading system are under the investor code of HTI and no securities transfer is allowed. The shares can only be sold through the investor code of HTI.

• In order to exercise your shareholder voting rights, you shall obtain a B-share personal investor ID (B-share investor account number) by opening a B-share account yourself, or by contacting the issuers. HTI will not cast votes on your behalf.

• HTI will not notify clients of any B shares corporate events. In case where clients need to submit any corporate event instructions, you should notify HTI.

Important Notice of Shares Trading on Risk Alert Board of Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)

• Shares with risk alert refer to shares on which investors are warned of delisting risk. Since huge liquidity risk exists during the transaction of the shares with risk alert, investors may obtain return as well as suffer great loss. Before participating in the transaction of the Shares with risk alert, investors shall prudently valuate their financial conditions and capacity, and fully understand the related issues before their initial transactions. For details, please refer to Risk Disclosure statement on Transaction of Shares with Risk Alert.

• Shares under delisting arrangement refer to shares for which the Stock Exchange has made the decision of delisting while the trading of which is still underway during the delisting arrangement period. Transactions of shares under delisting arrangement may contain liquidity risks, and investors, after buying such stocks, may suffer from losses if they fail to sell the shares prior to the delisting. Before making any transaction decisions on shares under delisting arrangement, investors are required to have sufficient understanding of the related issues. For details, please refer to the Risk Disclosure Statement on Trading of Shares under Delisting Arrangement .

• Shares on Risk Alert Board of Shanghai Stock Exchange include Shares with Delisting Risk Alert (stock short name with prefix “*ST”), Shares with Other Risk Alert (stock short name with prefix “ST”) and Shares SSE has made decision of delisting while the trading of which are still underway during the delisting arrangement period (“Shares under Delisting Arrangement”).

• The daily price up/down limit of "Shares with Risk Alert" (stock short name with prefix ST/*ST) and "Shares under Delisting Arrangement" stand at ±5% and ±10%, respectively.

• SSE restricts that the maximum number of a single kind of share with risk alert accumulatively bought by a single account on a single trading day is 0.5 million. Therefore, your buy order of related stock may be rejected if the accumulated number of shares bought by all clients at Haitong International Securities Group has met the restricted level.

• When the turnover rate of the Shares with risk alert (stock short name with prefix ST/*ST) on the very day reaches or exceeds 30%, which constitutes an abnormal fluctuation, SSE could impose intraday trade suspension according to market demand, until 14:55 on the very day. Turnover rate = trading volume ÷ actual daily circulating volume.

• For more information about Shares on Risk Alert Board, please visit SSE website: .

We also offer a wide range of overseas securities trading services with a single account. Our service covers Canada, UK, Australia, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan markets at your choice. You may refer here for Fees and Charges for trading overseas securities.

Reminder on Overseas Securities Trading

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Dealing and Real-Time Quotation Service

HK trading day (HK time from 9:30am to 5:30pm) : Please call your Account Executive or Branch
HK public holiday or HK time 5:30pm to 9:30am : Dealing department (852) 2213 8333

Trading Hours and Settlement Day of Overseas Market