DISCLOSURES
Extended Hours Trading Risks Disclosure
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) is providing the following information to you regarding the risks involved with trading during extended hours trading (EHT) through JPMS pursuant to CBOE Rule 9.20, Nasdaq Equity Rules, Equity 2 Market Participants, Section 20 and FINRA Rule 2265. JPMS may not accept an order from a customer for execution during EHT (as defined therein) without disclosing the potential risks involved in such EHT. You should consider the following points before engaging in EHT. "EHT" means trading outside of “regular trading hours.” “Regular trading hours” generally means the time between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time:
- Risk of Lower Liquidity. Liquidity refers to the ability of market participants to buy and sell securities. Generally, the more orders or quotes that are available in a market, the greater the liquidity. Liquidity is important because with greater liquidity it is easier for investors to buy or sell securities, and as a result, investors are more likely to pay or receive a competitive price for securities purchased or sold. There may be lower liquidity in EHT as compared to regular trading hours, including fewer market-makers quoting during EHT. As a result, your order may only be partially executed, or not at all.
- Risk of Higher Volatility. Volatility refers to the changes in price that securities undergo when trading. Generally, the higher the volatility of a security, the greater its price swings. There may be greater volatility in EHT than in regular trading hours. As a result, your order may only be partially executed, or not at all, or you may receive an inferior price in EHT as compared to regular trading hours.
- Risk of Changing Prices. The prices of securities traded in EHT may not reflect the prices either at the end of regular trading hours or upon the opening of regular trading hours the next business day. As a result, you may receive an inferior price in EHT as compared to regular trading hours.
- Risk of Unlinked Markets. Depending on the EHT system or the time of day, the prices displayed on a particular extended hours system may not reflect the prices in other concurrently operating EHT systems dealing in the same securities. Accordingly, you may receive an inferior price in one EHT system than you would in another EHT system.
- Risk of News Announcements. Normally, issuers make news announcements that may affect the price of their securities after regular trading hours. Similarly, important financial information is frequently announced outside of regular trading hours. These announcements may occur during EHT, and if combined with lower liquidity and higher volatility, may cause an exaggerated and unsustainable effect on the price of a security.
- Risk of Wider Spreads. The spread refers to the difference between the price for which you can buy a security and the price for which you can sell it. Lower liquidity and higher volatility in EHT may result in wider than normal spreads for a particular security.
- Risk of Lack of Calculation or Dissemination of Underlying Index Value or Intraday Indicative Value (“IIV”). Where an updated underlying index or portfolio value, or IIV, is not calculated or publicly disseminated during EHT, an investor who is unable to calculate implied values for certain derivative securities products may be at a disadvantage to market professionals during EHT.
- Risk of Lack of Regular Trading in Securities Underlying Indexes. Securities underlying the indexes or portfolios will not be regularly trading as they are during regular trading hours, or may not be trading at all. This may cause prices during EHT to not reflect the prices of those securities when they open for trading.
- Access to other markets and market information. During EHT, not all market centers are active or offer trading at the same times, which can lead to varying liquidity and pricing for securities across different centers. Access to quotes and trading data may be limited, and prices can be influenced by news or market developments occurring outside regular hours. The combination of lower liquidity and higher volatility can result in exaggerated and potentially unsustainable price movements of a security. Before placing an order during EHT sessions, ensure you have sufficient current information to set an appropriate limit order.