I.Trading hour and matching rules of Hong Kong Securities market
Trading day: Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)
Hong Kong Securities Market Trading Hour:
Pre-trading session | 9:00 am - 9:15 am | 9:15 am - 9:20 am | 9:20 am – 9:22 am | After matching - 9:30 |
Trading status | Order Input period | Pre-matching period | Random Matching Period | Matching period |
Available order type | Both auction order and auction limit orders | Both auction order and auction limit orders | Both auction order and auction limit orders | None |
Amendment and Cancellation | Allowed | Both not allowed | Both not allowed | Both not allowed |
Reminder: Only At-auction Orders and At-auction Limit Orders can be entered into the trading system during the Pre-opening Session. Any unmatched AL will be continued in continuous trading session.
Continuous trading session | 9:30a.m. – 12:00nn | 1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. |
Status | Order Input and matching | Order Input and matching |
Available order type | Limit order, enhanced limit order and special limit order | Limit order, enhanced limit order and special limit order |
Amendment and Cancellation | Allowed | Allowed |
Closing auction period | 4:00p.m. – 4:01p.m. | 4:01p.m. – 4:06p.m. | 4:06p.m. – 4:08p.m. | 4:08p.m. – 4:10p.m. |
Status | Calculation and announcement of reference price | Order Input period | No-cancellation period | Random closing period |
Available order type | None | Auction order and auction limit with the price limit order | ||
Amendment and Cancellation | Both not allowed | Allowed | Both not allowed |
Above information is for reference only, final revision from HKEx shall prevail.
II.Way of order placement
1.Online trading:
Smart phone app:
Client may use Yat Lung GloBal for stock quote, online trading and account inquiry.
Website:
Client may go to our website to log-on Online trading general edition (Chinese only) for online trading, account inquiry and stock quote.
2.Through telephone:
Client may dial your account manager for stock trading or stock quote inquiry.
Ⅲ.Transaction and settlement
Settlement of the transaction will be on T+2, which means the second trading day after the trading day on which the transaction was completed.
IV.Order placement for off-trading hours
Off-trading hours | Noon Break | |
21:00 - 09:00 | 12:00 – 13:00 | |
Status | Order placement | Order placement |
Display on system | To be processed | To be processed |
Available order type | Limit order Enhanced limit order Special limit order Auction order Auction Limit order |
Limit order Enhanced limit order Special limit order |
Reminders: Orders will be sent to market when trading resumes.
V.The reason why the order status is “Ready to send”
During Continuous Trading Session (09:30am - 12:00pm / 1:00pm - 4:00pm), if the order price is within 20 price spreads of nominal price, the order is routed to HKEx directly. If the order price exceeds 20 spreads, the order will be kept in our system and the order status is "Ready to send". In addition, we only accept the order price within 99 spreads of nominal price. If the price of buy order is within 21 and 99 spreads below the correlative price, the order will be kept in our system. The order status is "Ready to send". It will be routed to HKEx when the price is within 20 price spreads. If the price of sale order is within 21 and 99 spreads above the correlative price, the order will be kept in our system. The order status is "Ready to send". It will be routed to HKEx when the price is within 20 price spreads.
VI.The reason why the order status is “Rejected”
1.When the order is shown “rejected”, it means that one has entered incorrect number of shares or wrong price so the order is automatically rejected by the HKEx system.
2.There is insufficient fund in one’s account so the order is rejected by our credit administrator.
Disclaimer: Investment involves risk. The price of stocks may move up or down. Losses may be incurred as well as profits made as a result of buying and selling stocks. Full details of the terms and conditions of the above services are available on request. For more information, please refer to HKEx Website