SEC Announces Roundtable on Preparations for 24-Hour Trading

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- SEC announced it will host a roundtable on Sept. 17, 2026 to discuss moving U.S. equity markets toward 24-hour trading.
- The roundtable agenda will cover preparations to support overnight trading, along with operations and resiliency considerations.
Why it matters: The SEC has set a formal regulatory forum for examining the operational and resiliency infrastructure required to enable overnight trading in U.S. equities, with the discussion date locked to Sept. 17, 2026.


