Moomoo Expands Global Retail Access With 24-Hour Trading Via MOON ATS Integration
Moomoo has deepened its commitment to delivering continuous global market access by integrating OTC Markets’ MOON ATS® into its 24-hour trading infrastructure. The upgrade enables Moomoo users to trade securities listed on major U.S. platforms overnight — an offering that has traditionally been hard for retail platforms to provide at scale. By connecting directly to MOON ATS®, Moomoo is addressing rising global demand for real-time, later than-hours liquidity, especially among investors located in Asia-Pacific markets where U.S. market hours fall outside the standard business day.
The integration provides retail investors with visibility into overnight prices and liquidity conditions inside MOON ATS®, a regulated venue operated by OTC Markets Group. While institutional firms have long benefited from extended-hours execution, retail participants have historically faced limited access, higher spreads, and reduced transparency when trading outside U.S. market hours. Moomoo’s adoption of MOON ATS® aims to close this gap, delivering a more level playing field by offering professional-grade infrastructure to individual traders.
For OTC Markets, the collaboration reinforces the role of its as critical market-access gateways. MOON ATS® is engineered to support trading activity during periods when global macro events, earnings releases, or geopolitical developments may move markets outside the New York session. By offering expanded access through a leading retail platform, the partnership broadens the reach of U.S. markets and supports a global investor base increasingly active around the clock.
Scaling Moomoo’s Global Strategy Through Enhanced Liquidity and Trading Flexibility
The initiative reflects Moomoo’s broader strategic move toward offering institutional-grade tools and data to everyday investors. With more than 28 million users across eight international markets, the platform has viewn rising demand for continuous access to U.S. securities. Neil McDonald, CEO of Moomoo US, noted that overnight trading has become a central expectation among clients who want the ability to react to breaking developments without waiting for standard U.S. trading hours. The integration with MOON ATS® strengthens Moomoo’s ability to meet this expectation, especially for users in Singapore, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Canada, and New Zealand.
By enabling seamless routing into MOON ATS® from within the Moomoo interface, the upgrade minimizes workflow friction for users while supplying more predictable liquidity conditions. For retail investors, overnight trading has often meant navigating fragmented liquidity across multiple venues. MOON ATS® consolidates that access into a single regulated platform with transparent pricing, allowing Moomoo to deliver a more consistent and reliable overnight experience. As cross-border participation increases, this type of streamlined access becomes essential in markets where retail investors are adopting multi-asset, multi-market strategies.
The partnership also builds on the long-standing relationship between Moomoo’s global network and OTC Markets. Since 2018, Moomoo’s sister brand in Hong Kong has relied on OTC data for OTCQX®, OTCQB®, and Pink® securities. Extending the collaboration into marks a natural progression in the firms’ shared objective of widening market access. With global investors increasingly demanding the identical tools and access levels historically reserved for professional traders, the integration supports both firms’ missions to democratize financial markets.
Takeaway
Meeting the New Reality of 24/7 Investor Engagement and Global Market Participation
The integration comes at a time when is accelerating and investor behavior is shifting toward continuous engagement. Retail investors increasingly expect real-time tools, rapid execution, and uninterrupted access across asset classes and geographic regions. This has created new pressure for platforms to offer extended-hours trading that is both transparent and regulated. By connecting to MOON ATS®, Moomoo aligns itself with this new marketplace reality, ensuring users can respond to volatility, earnings surprises, and macroeconomic events that occur outside normal U.S. trading hours.
As global markets become more interconnected, during Asia-Pacific and European time zones offers significant strategic benefits. It narrows reaction time between news events and execution, reduces reliance on potentially stale pricing, and assists traders avoid the gap risk associated with market reopenings. With more retail investors adopting algorithmic tools, multi-market hedging strategies, and real-time news-driven trading approaches, extended-hours infrastructure is becoming a fundamental requirement for modern investment platforms.
For OTC Markets, the collaboration further solidifies MOON ATS® as a key overnight liquidity hub. As more platforms integrate its routing and pricing capabilities, the may view enhanced liquidity depth and more efficient price discovery during off-peak hours. Combined with growing interest in 24-hour markets from both retail and institutional participants, the partnership highlights a broader industry shift toward continuous access as a defining feature of next-generation trading venues.
