What the move towards 24/7 markets means for traders and brokers
PepperstoneSteven Hatzakis from ForexBrokers.com and Chris Weston are back for a talk about the future of financial markets with the rapid advent of 24/7 markets via perpetual futures, perp CFDs, tokenised assets and much more! This conversation was recorded on 20 Aug 2026. 00:00 Highlights: The NVIDIA earnings gap & the 3.1% weekend risk 00:44 Introductions & the shift to 24/5 markets 01:56 Trump, crypto & the CFTC's blessing for perpetual futures 02:36 Why the US has no CFD market: futures, options & margin limits 04:14 Exchanges going 24/5 & the $50B-to-$2.2T tokenisation boom 05:39 From dial-up to weekend trading: a brief history 08:19 Weekend gap risk: the 3.1% crude example 10:35 The cybersecurity risk hiding in weekend tokenised trading 11:59 DEXs, regulation & the "Bitcoin ETF" effect on liquidity 13:31 How perp exchanges price fair value (and where it breaks) 14:22 Arbitrage, impermanent loss & Hyperliquid vs. Solana 16:26 The NVIDIA earnings gap that caught traders off guard 19:11 Hedging tools for retail traders — and their risks 20:30 Tokenised markets & the exponential growth ahead 21:21 Why weekends still matter (even to a trader) 21:53 The custody risk in tokenised real-world assets 22:56 Wrap-up: where market structure is heading This content is not intended for a UK audience. Please visit our Pepperstone U.K. channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5HwBByE4VRj03__6iHgCA 🤝 Switch to Pepperstone. Sign up for a live trading account: https://bit.ly/Switch2Pepperstone 🐦Follow us on X/Twitter to keep up to date with market news, access expert commentary, analysis and more from our global market analysts: https://twitter.com/PepperstoneFX 👉 Subscribe to Chris Weston's Daily Fix newsletter: https://cloud.go.pepperstone.com/join-daily-fix The material provided here has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research and as such is considered to be a marketing communication. Whilst it is not subject to any prohibition on dealing ahead of the dissemination of investment research we will not seek to take any advantage before providing it to our clients. Pepperstone doesn’t represent that the material provided here is accurate, current or complete, and therefore shouldn’t be relied upon as such. The information, whether from a third party or not, isn’t to be considered as a recommendation; or an offer to buy or sell; or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any security, financial product or instrument; or to participate in any particular trading strategy. It does not take into account readers’ financial situation or investment objectives. We advise any readers of this content to seek their own advice. Without the approval of Pepperstone, reproduction or redistribution of this information isn’t permitted. #fx #trading #CFDs