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RTH vs ETH

RTH is regular trading hours; ETH is extended or electronic trading hours, including the overnight futures session.

RTH means regular trading hours, the primary US cash-session window for stocks and ETFs. ETH means extended trading hours, a broader electronic window including evening, overnight, and premarket futures activity.

SPY and QQQ have regular cash-session hours, while ES and NQ remain available for most of the weekday outside a short maintenance break. This explains why an ETF can open with a gap.

Always label which session produced a high, low, close, or profile. Mixing RTH and ETH references can make accurate numbers look contradictory.

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