#gStocksTokenizedStocksLive

With gStocks, the days of market closure are over. Access to eligible tokenized shares is available 24/7 through Gate, without being limited by normal trading hours.
The working principle of these products is quite simple: each tokenized share is backed by a one-to-one collateral against the corresponding physical stock. This means that owning a tokenized share provides direct exposure to the price movement of that company's physical stock; only the trading hours and infrastructure are handled via blockchain.
The biggest practical advantage of this is the ability to react instantly to important news that emerges during nighttime hours or weekends when traditional exchanges are closed. Normally, if a critical development regarding a company occurs after the stock market closes on Friday evening, investors have to wait until Monday morning, which usually comes with the risk of a sharp opening gap. In a continuously trading environment, position management against such news becomes much more flexible.
Fractional trading is also a key part of this structure, allowing access to high-priced stocks with small amounts, making traditionally high-entry assets much more accessible. Because digital assets and traditional stocks can be managed together within the same account structure, users can track their entire portfolio from a single location without switching between different platforms.
There's also a point to consider in continuously trading markets: during periods of low liquidity, especially at night, price fluctuations can be sharper than during normal trading hours, so position size and risk management should be handled more cautiously during these times. But overall, the idea that the market no longer recognizes time constraints, and that opportunities should also be open to time, aligns with Gate's offering of this structure to its users via gStocks.