What times of day am I actually allowed to place trades with a full-time job?

Enter your work hours, lunch break, and market hours. This tool finds the windows before work, during lunch, and after work that overlap with market hours, and marks the rest as a no-new-trades window.

Does this rule apply to managing existing positions too?

No. This rule is specifically about opening new trades. Managing or exiting a position you already hold, especially in an emergency, is a separate decision.

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What exact times of day am I actually allowed to place trades if I have a full-time job?

The traders who last aren't the ones who never lose. They're the ones who never guess.

Jason Parker, Founder of Trading Habits

Set Your Schedule

Use your local time for everything, including market open and close.

Your Result

Fill in your work and market schedule on the left and click Generate to build your exact allowed trading windows.

How this is generated

This tool finds the overlap between market hours and the time you're actually free: before work, during lunch if it overlaps market hours, and after work.
Placing new trades during work hours, outside a scheduled break, is one of the more common ways distracted, half-attention entries and missed exits happen for part-time traders.
Managing or exiting a position you already hold is a different decision than opening a new one. This rule card is about new entries, not emergency exits.
This is a planning tool based on the schedule you enter. It does not know your actual job flexibility, meeting schedule, or how strictly your employer expects your attention during work hours.

Risk & liability disclaimer: This tool generates a personal scheduling rule based on the times you enter. It is not financial, legal, or employment advice, and it does not guarantee improved trading results or account for your specific job requirements. Trading Habits is not a broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, or employment professional, and is not affiliated with any broker, exchange, employer, or data provider. Trading involves risk of loss regardless of when trades are placed. You could lose some or all of the capital you trade with.

What exact times of day am I actually allowed to place trades if I have a full-time job?

Set Your Schedule

Your Result

How this is generated

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