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by sethgecko 2297 days ago
People running hospitals need to sleep too but they dont close for the night
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People need medical care for emergencies in the middle of the night. People don't have the same need to trade 24/7.

Matt Levine and others argue that shorter trading hours would actually increase market liquidity. Synthesize market information outside of market hours, then trade during a shorter window: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-03-09/stuff-...