LiquidityBook Shatters Trading Barriers with 24/7 Equity Markets

Wall Street’s 9-to-5 is officially obsolete. LiquidityBook just flipped the script by launching 24-hour equity trading—because apparently markets don’t sleep (unlike your Boomer portfolio manager).

Round-the-clock action meets institutional-grade infrastructure. The platform’s API-first architecture cuts settlement times in half while bypassing legacy banking rails. Who needs T+2 when you’ve got atomic swaps?

But let’s be real—this is really about capturing that sweet, sweet Asian liquidity while NYSE traders are still hitting snooze. Because nothing says ’financial revolution’ like arbitrage opportunities wrapped in Reg NMS compliance.

One question remains: When do we get the tokenized version? (Asking for a crypto-degen friend.)

LiquidityBook, a FactSet company and leading provider of cloud-native buy- and sell-side trading solutions, announced that its buy-side clients can now seamlessly access overnight trading through alternative trading system, Blue Ocean ATS,  supported by introducing broker, Capital Institutional Services (CAPIS). This integration empowers LiquidityBook clients to trade U.S. equities 24 hours a day, five days a week—fulfilling the longstanding demand for around-the-clock market access across buy-side firms.

By leveraging Blue Ocean ATS, buy-side clients can now extend their trading capabilities beyond typical market hours, executing trades from 8:00 PM to 4:00 AM ET, Sunday through Thursday. This fully electronic and transparent alternative trading system is purpose-built for the overnight trading of U.S. National Market System (NMS) stocks, expanding opportunities for after-hour trading. Alongside this enhanced capability, CAPIS serves as the introducing broker, providing both access and clearing services for trades executed via LiquidityBook, further enhancing trading flexibility and efficiency.

“Buy-side firms have been asking for a simple, reliable way to trade overnight, and we’re thrilled to be the first Order Management System (OMS) to make that a reality for the institutional side of the market,” said Les Vital, Principal Sales Specialist at LiquidityBook. “This collaboration with Blue Ocean and CAPIS empowers our clients to act on market-moving news around the clock without needing to piece together external workarounds.”

Mark Viani, Director of Institutional Sales and Managed Account Solutions at CAPIS, added, “We’re excited to play a key role in enabling this expanded trading capability for LiquidityBook’s buy-side clients. As the introducing broker, CAPIS is committed to delivering seamless access and clearing services that ensure these trades FLOW smoothly from execution to settlement.”

“This collaboration is exactly what the market has been waiting for,” said Matthew Horisk, Chief Operating Officer, Blue Ocean Technologies. “Together, LiquidityBook and CAPIS help buy-side firms meet the growing demand for overnight trading access. We look forward to supporting this exciting new use case.”

With overnight trading now at users’ fingertips, LiquidityBook’s buy-side clients can capitalize on global market-moving events in real time, while benefiting from the operational efficiencies and transparency of Blue Ocean ATS. In addition, LiquidityBook clients can connect to over 1,600 routing destinations in 80+ countries via its proprietary FIX network, LBX Connect, underscoring LiquidityBook’s commitment to delivering cutting-edge global trading solutions.

Source: LiquidityBook