Bitcoin has no days off. SPY does.

This is a fundamental difference that's easy to forget when looking at a ticker in the Binance Futures list. It looks like a coin. It trades like a coin. But inside, it's a wrapper for real paper that operates on the New York Stock Exchange schedule. When the NYSE is closed, the quote freezes, the order book empties, and a trader who entered a position finds themselves trapped.

This is precisely why we changed the rating logic. And now we'll explain why it's in your favor.

Why Stocks Aren't Crypto

BTC, ETH, SOL trade 24/7 without breaks. There's always volume – whether it's 3 AM Moscow time or Sunday. SPY, QQQ, MSTR are a different story.

These instruments on Binance Futures are called equity perpetuals. They are essentially tokenized wrappers whose price is pegged to real assets traded on US exchanges. If the real stock moves, the perpetual also moves. Not in the sense of 'slight fluctuations.' In the sense that the quote stops reflecting the market. It becomes frozen.

At night, on weekends, on NYSE holidays – these coins technically trade. But in practice – they don't.

Volume Isn't Statistics. It's Entry and Exit

Here's the thesis that matters most.

For comfortable trading with a Binance perpetual, a daily volume of $10,000,000 is needed. This is the minimum at which you can enter and exit a position without slippage – at the price you see on the screen, not the one a thin order book will give you.

When the US market is open, these coins gain normal volume. The spread is narrow, the order book is active, market makers are working. You can trade.

When the market is closed, volume dries up. The spread widens. The order book is thin. You can enter – but you can't exit at a normal price. This isn't an exaggeration. If you entered MSTR at 2 AM, you might find in the morning that exiting ate half your potential profit due to slippage. It's a trap that isn't visible from the outside.

What Changed in BSS Ratings

We've made a small but important change.

US stock coins now appear in the rating only during US session trading hours – from pre-market (half an hour before NYSE opens) until the end of the trading day. In Moscow time, this is approximately 15:58–23:00 MSK, only on weekdays, excluding NYSE holidays.

At other times, these coins disappear from the rating.

Not because they're broken. Not because of delisting. But because trading them now means stepping into illiquidity. We don't want you to do that.

What to Do If a Stock Isn't in the Rating

Nothing complicated. If you open the rating and don't find SPY or MSTR, it means the US market is currently closed. Wait for the session to open. When the NYSE starts operating – the coins will return to the list, volume will pick up, and then you can look for an entry point.

Rushing into an empty order book isn't trading. It's slowly draining your deposit.

Coins That Live by the NYSE Schedule

Currently, the following instruments trade according to this rule in our rating:

• [SPY](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/spy) — SPDR S&P 500 ETF, an index of the 500 largest US companies
• [QQQ](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/qqq) — Invesco QQQ, an ETF tracking the Nasdaq-100 (top 100 US tech companies)
• [SOXL](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/soxl) — Direxion Semiconductor Bull 3×, a leveraged ETF for semiconductors
• [EWY](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/ewy) — iShares MSCI South Korea ETF, a basket of South Korean companies listed in the US
• [MSTR](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/mstr) — MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin
• [INTC](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/intc) — Intel, a veteran of the processor and chip market
• [MU](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/mu) — Micron Technology, DRAM/NAND and HBM memory for AI
• [MRVL](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/mrvl) — Marvell Technology, networking and AI semiconductors for data centers
• [SNDK](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/sndk) — SanDisk, flash memory and storage
• [SKHYNIX](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/skhynix) — SK Hynix, a leading manufacturer of HBM memory for AI accelerators
• [CRCL](https://buysellstyle.com/en/coins/crcl) — Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin (IPO planned for 2025)

The list will grow. Broadcom (AVGO), Nokia (NOK), CoreWeave (CRWV), Western Digital (WDC), and others are already on the way. They all follow the same rule: they trade only during US session hours, and they appear in the rating only then.

On paper, all these coins are available around the clock. In practice, they operate on a schedule. Now, the BSS rating knows this schedule and tells you about it directly.