Is the stock market open on Veterans Day? Yes. On Wednesday, November 11, 2026, the NYSE and Nasdaq trade their regular session, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET. Veterans Day is a federal holiday, and banks and the bond market close for it, but it has never been a stock exchange holiday, and the 2026 calendars from both exchanges confirm it is not one this year.
That makes it one of the odd days of the trading year: stocks open, Treasuries shut, and a lighter crowd. This guide covers what is open and what is not, what the day looked like on real stocks last year, the CPI release the morning before, and what a funded trader with open positions does with all of it.
Key Takeaways
- Stocks are open on Veterans Day 2026. Wednesday, November 11, regular hours, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET on the NYSE and Nasdaq. Neither exchange lists it as a holiday.
- The bond market is closed. SIFMA recommends a full close of U.S. fixed-income trading on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. No Treasury cash market, no new yields during the session.
- Last year the day was quieter, not dead. On Veterans Day 2025 the stocks on OneStopProp’s list traded 0.90 times their usual volume and moved 0.89 times their usual high-to-low range. 64% of them traded below their normal volume.
- The CPI lands the morning before. The October 2026 CPI is Tuesday, November 10 at 8:30 AM ET, inside the 5-minute news window on funded accounts without the News Trading Allowed Add-On.
- The next real closure is Thanksgiving. Thursday, November 26 closed, Friday, November 27 a 1:00 PM close, Thursday, December 24 a 1:00 PM close, Friday, December 25 closed.
What Is Open and What Is Closed on November 11, 2026
The NYSE publishes its holidays and trading hours for 2026, 2027 and 2028. The 2026 list runs New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington’s Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day observed, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Veterans Day is not on it. Nasdaq’s 2026 holiday schedule lists the same closures and the same 2 early closes, November 27 and December 24 at 1:00 PM.
So the answer to “is the stock market open on Veterans Day” is the same every year the holiday falls on a weekday: yes, and for the full session. The last time the exchanges closed for it was decades ago, and neither exchange has moved it back onto the list.
The bond market is a different animal. SIFMA, the industry body whose recommendations the U.S. fixed-income market follows, lists Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, as a full close on its holiday schedule. Treasuries, agencies, corporates and municipal bonds do not trade. Banks are closed too, which is the reason: the holiday is a federal one, and the bond market settles through the banking system.
What that leaves for a stock trader is a session with equities and equity options open, Treasury yields frozen at Tuesday’s close, and a measurable share of the usual participants away from their desks. Forex is a 24-hour market Monday to Friday and does not shut for a U.S. federal holiday, though the U.S. banking side of it is closed.
What Veterans Day Did to Real Stocks Last Year
The usual claim about a holiday session is that it is thin. Here is what thin meant on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, measured on the 142 stocks on OneStopProp’s instrument list with usable daily data from Nasdaq, each one compared with its own median over the previous 20 sessions.
| Session | Volume vs the stock’s 20-session median | High-to-low range vs median | Stocks below their usual volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, November 10, 2025 | 1.02 times | 1.04 times | 46% |
| Tuesday, November 11, 2025 (Veterans Day) | 0.90 times | 0.89 times | 64% |
| Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 0.98 times | 0.92 times | 54% |
| Friday, November 28, 2025 (half day after Thanksgiving) | 0.44 times | not comparable | not comparable |
2 things to read out of that.
Veterans Day was about 10% quieter than normal, on volume and on range. The median stock traded 90% of its usual volume and covered 89% of its usual daily distance. That is a real effect, and it is a small one. A trader who sat out the day expecting nothing to happen missed a session where the median stock still closed 1.29% from the previous close.
It is nothing like a half day. The Friday after Thanksgiving, with the exchanges closing at 1:00 PM, ran 44% of normal volume. Veterans Day is a full session with a few people missing, and the stocks that move every day moved on it. The most volatile stocks on the list do not read the federal calendar.
For a trader deciding whether to work the session, the honest summary is this: expect the open and the close to carry their usual share of the range, expect the middle of the day to be a little emptier than usual, and expect nothing from the bond market, because it is not there.
The CPI Is the Morning Before
The day that needs a plan this week is not Wednesday. It is Tuesday.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the October 2026 Consumer Price Index on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET. On a funded account that release is on the restricted list. OneStopProp’s Help Center is specific in its answer to Is news trading allowed?: on funded accounts, all trades must be closed 5 minutes before and may not be opened until 5 minutes after FOMC announcements and Fed Chair speeches, NFP, CPI, PPI and individual stock earnings reports, unless the account has the News Trading Allowed Add-On.
So the sequence for a funded trader is: positions flat from 8:25 to 8:35 AM ET on Tuesday, then a normal Tuesday, then a full and slightly quiet Wednesday with no bond market, then the rest of the week. The stock market after midterm elections guide walked through the same window for last week’s NFP; the mechanics are identical.
Veterans Day itself is not on the restricted list. There is no release that morning, no Fed meeting, and the Federal Reserve’s next scheduled meeting is in December. The only rule that applies on Wednesday is the one that applies every day.
Pro Tip: on a session where the bond market is closed, the stocks most tied to interest rates (banks, homebuilders, utilities, REITs) are trading without the number they usually key off. That is not a reason to avoid them. It is a reason to expect them to drift with the index rather than react to yields, and to size accordingly.
What Changes on a Funded Account on Veterans Day
Nothing in the rules, and that is the point. Here is how each one meets the day.
The daily loss limit runs as normal. The Help Center sets the maximum daily loss at 4% of the initial balance on 1 Step and 2 Step accounts and 2% on Instant, measured at 12:00 AM EST from the higher of balance or equity. A quieter session does not shrink the limit, and a position held from Tuesday’s close is measured against Wednesday’s floor like any other day.
Overnight holds are allowed, with no minimum holding time. You can hold overnight and over weekends, and there is no minimum holding time. A position carried into a holiday session carries the holiday session’s gap, which on the data above is an ordinary one.
The platform is open. OneStopProp executes on Match-Trader with TradingView charts, per the platform page, and U.S. stock CFDs on the instrument list trade when the exchanges do. The exchanges are open.
Halts work the same way. A thinner session is a session where a single order can move a small stock more than usual, and the Help Center recommends closing positions during halts and abnormal conditions. The trading halts guide shows what a stop does inside one: nothing until the reopen.
The Rest of the 2026 Calendar
For the trader planning the next 7 weeks, here is every date that changes the session, from the NYSE, Nasdaq and SIFMA calendars and the BLS release schedule.
| Date | Stocks | Bonds | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, November 10 | Open | Open | October CPI at 8:30 AM ET, restricted on funded accounts |
| Wednesday, November 11 | Open, regular hours | Closed (Veterans Day) | Federal holiday, banks closed |
| Friday, November 13 | Open | Open | October PPI, restricted on funded accounts |
| Thursday, November 26 | Closed (Thanksgiving) | Closed | |
| Friday, November 27 | Early close, 1:00 PM ET | Early close, 2:00 PM ET | Black Friday |
| Thursday, December 24 | Early close, 1:00 PM ET | Early close, 2:00 PM ET | Christmas Eve |
| Friday, December 25 | Closed (Christmas) | Closed |
The Santa Claus Rally guide covers the last week of that table, and the trading earnings releases guide covers the company reports still landing through mid-November, each with its own 5-minute window.
4 Decisions for Veterans Day Week
- Tuesday, 8:25 to 8:35 AM ET: flat. The CPI is a restricted event on funded accounts without the News Trading Allowed Add-On. A position open at 8:30 is a rule breach before it is a trade.
- Tuesday close: size for an ordinary gap. Veterans Day 2025 opened like a normal day. A position carried overnight is carried against a $4,000 daily limit on a $100K 1 Step or 2 Step account, $2,000 on Instant, measured from midnight equity.
- Wednesday: trade the session you see, not the holiday you expect. 90% of normal volume is a session. The best time to day trade stocks guide measured where the day’s range lives, and that structure does not change because the bond market is closed.
- Wednesday: leave the yield-driven names alone unless you have a reason. Treasuries do not trade, so the rate-sensitive stocks are trading on the index and on each other. That is a drift, not a signal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the stock market open on Veterans Day 2026?
Yes. Wednesday, November 11, 2026 is a regular trading day on the NYSE and Nasdaq, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET. Neither exchange lists Veterans Day among its 2026 holidays.
Is the bond market open on Veterans Day?
No. SIFMA recommends a full close of U.S. fixed-income markets on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Treasuries, agencies, corporates and municipals do not trade, and banks are closed for the federal holiday.
Is Veterans Day a half day for the stock market?
No. The 2 early closes left in 2026 are Friday, November 27 and Thursday, December 24, both at 1:00 PM ET. Veterans Day is a full session.
Is the stock market quieter on Veterans Day?
A little. On Veterans Day 2025 the stocks on OneStopProp’s list traded 90% of their usual volume and covered 89% of their usual daily range, with 64% of them below their normal volume. The half day after Thanksgiving, by comparison, ran 44% of normal volume.
Can I trade a funded account on Veterans Day?
Yes. The exchanges are open and the platform trades when they do. The daily loss limit, 4% on 1 Step and 2 Step and 2% on Instant, applies as on any session. The restricted event that week is the CPI on Tuesday, November 10 at 8:30 AM ET, not the holiday.
When is the stock market closed next after Veterans Day?
Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, 2026. The market closes early at 1:00 PM ET on Friday, November 27 and on Thursday, December 24, and is closed on Friday, December 25.
The Bottom Line
Is the stock market open on Veterans Day? Yes, in full, on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, with the bond market closed and the crowd about 10% thinner than usual. Last year the median stock on this list still moved 1.29% on the day, and 1 in 3 traded its normal volume or more.
The day that needs a rule this week is Tuesday, when the CPI prints at 8:30 AM ET inside the 5-minute window on funded accounts. Wednesday needs only the rules that apply every day: the daily limit from midnight equity, a stop that knows what a halt does, and a size that does not assume a quiet session will stay quiet.
If you want to trade that week on an account where the loss limits and the news window are already written down, start a funded account at OneStopProp: 1 Step, 2 Step or Instant, from $10K to $300K, with U.S. stock CFDs, forex, indices, commodities, metals and crypto in the same account, overnight holds allowed and no time limit on the challenge.
Sources
- Holidays & Trading Hours, New York Stock Exchange. The 2026 holiday list, without Veterans Day, and the early closes on November 27 and December 24 at 1:00 PM. https://www.nyse.com/trade/hours-calendars
- U.S. Market Holidays & Trading Hours, Nasdaq. The 2026 Nasdaq holiday schedule and early closes. https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stock-market-holiday-schedule
- Holiday Schedule, SIFMA. The U.S. fixed-income recommendation: full close on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2026, and early closes at 2:00 PM on November 27 and December 24. https://www.sifma.org/resources/general/holiday-schedule/
- Schedule of Releases for the Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The October 2026 CPI on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET. https://www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/cpi.htm
- Historical Quotes, Nasdaq. Daily volume and prices for the stocks on OneStopProp’s instrument list, used to compare Veterans Day 2025 with each stock’s prior 20 sessions. https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/quotes/historical
- Is news trading allowed?, OneStopProp Help Center. The 5-minute window around FOMC, Fed Chair speeches, NFP, CPI, PPI and earnings on funded accounts, and the News Trading Allowed Add-On. https://help.onestopprop.com/faq/is-news-trading-allowed/
- What is the Maximum Daily Loss?, OneStopProp Help Center. 4% of the initial balance on 1 Step and 2 Step, 2% on Instant, measured at 12:00 AM EST from the higher of balance or equity. https://help.onestopprop.com/faq/what-is-the-maximum-daily-loss/
- Can I hold trades overnight and over weekends? and Is there a minimum holding time?, OneStopProp Help Center. Overnight holds allowed; no minimum holding time. https://help.onestopprop.com/faq/can-i-hold-trades-overnight-and-over-weekends/
- What trading platform do you use? and What Instruments Can I Trade?, OneStopProp Help Center. Match-Trader with TradingView charts; U.S. stock CFDs, forex, indices, commodities, metals and crypto. https://help.onestopprop.com/faq/what-instruments-can-i-trade/
- What happens during halts or abnormal trading conditions?, OneStopProp Help Center. The recommendation to close positions during halts and abnormal conditions. https://help.onestopprop.com/faq/what-happens-during-halts-or-abnormal-trading-conditions/
