When do futures trade for stock index watchers

For stock index watchers, "When do futures trade?" means tracking nearly 23-hour sessions from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon on CME. This coverage helps spot correlation shifts between U.S. equities and commodities in real time. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $621,976 !" Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,150,085 !" Futures trading involves buying or selling a standardized contract to purchase an asset at a predetermined price on a future date. It’s commonly used for hedging or speculating on the price movements of commodities, currencies, indexes and more. Knowing when futures trade is key for managing overnight risk. For example, crude oil futures on NYMEX open at 6:00 PM ET and close the next afternoon at 5:00 PM ET, letting traders react to geopolitical headlines outside stock market hours. This extended access supports hedging strategies.