Trading Hours
One of the advantages of forex trading is the ability to trade 24 hours a day, five days a week. That's because the markets open on Monday 07:00 Sydney time and close on Friday 17:00 New York time. However, just because trading hours allow you to enter the markets all the time, doesn't mean you necessarily should! The below graphic shows market opening hours and 'overlaps' which present some of the best trading times. This is usually when the highest volume of trades happen creating more liquidity and more opportunities.
Holiday Schedule- ANZAC Day 25 April 2017 - Times GMT
25 April 2017 – Times GMT
| Product | Close | Re-Open | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicies | |||||
| Australia | ASX | 21:00 | Monday(24/04) | 07:10 | Tuesday(25/04) |
Trading hours
2 April to 1 October - Times GMT
| Product | Open | Close | Re-Open | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currencies | ||||||
| Majors&Minors | 21:00 | Sunday/MT4 22:00 | 21:00 | Friday | ||
| Exotic Currencies | ||||||
| Russian Ruble | RUB | 06:00 | Weekdays | 15:00 | Weekdays | |
| Israeli Shekel | ILS | 05:30 | Weekdays | 15:00 | Mon-Thu/11.00 Friday | |
| Chinese Yuan | CNH | 00:00 | Monday | 18:00 | Friday | |
| Metals | ||||||
| Open | Close | Re-Open | ||||
| Gold | XAU | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:55 | Friday | 20:55-20:00 |
| Silver | XAG | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:55 | Friday | 20:55-20:00 |
| Palladium | XPD | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:55 | Friday | 20:55-20:00 |
| Platium | XPT | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:55 | Friday | 20:55-20:00 |
| Copper | CPR | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:55 | Friday | 20:55-20:00 |
| Energy Products |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Close | Daily Break | ||||
| WTI Crude | OIL | 22:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 |
| Brent Oil | BRT | 00:00 | Weekdays | 21:00 | Weekdays | |
| Heating Oil | HEO | 22:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 |
| Gas Oil | GAS | 00:00 | Weekdays | 21:00 | Weekdays | |
| Natural Gas | NGS | 22:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 |
| Commodities |
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| Open | Close | Daily Break | ||||
| Wheat | WHT | 00:00 | Weekdays | 18:10 | Weekdays | 12:40 - 13:30 |
| Corn | CRN | 00:00 | Weekdays | 18:10 | Weekdays | 12:40 - 13:30 |
| Soybeans | SOY | 00:00 | Weekdays | 18:10 | Weekdays | 12:40 - 13:30 |
| Cotton | CTN | 01:00 | Weekdays | 18:15 | Weekdays | |
| Coffee | CFE | 08:15 | Weekdays | 17:25 | Weekdays | |
| Sugar | SGR | 07:30 | Weekdays | 16:55 | Weekdays | |
| Cocoa | CCO | 08:45 | Weekdays | 17:25 | Weekdays | |
| Indices | ||||||
| Open | Close | Daily Break | ||||
| US 500 | SPI | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:15 | Friday | 20:15 - 22:00 |
| US 30 | DOW | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:15 | Friday | 20:15 - 22:00 |
| US Tech | NDQ | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:15 | Friday | 20:15 - 22:00 |
| UK 100 | FTS | 07:00 | Weekdays | 20:00 | Weekdays | |
| Germany 30 | DAX | 06:00 | Weekdays | 20:00 | Weekdays | |
| EU Stocks 50 | ESX | 06:00 | Weekdays | 19:55 | Weekdays | |
| France 40 | CAC | 06:00 | Weekdays | 20:00 | Weekdays | |
| Swiss 20 | SWI | 06:00 | Weekdays | 20:00 | Weekdays | |
| Australia | ASX | 23:50 | Sunday | 21:00 | Weekdays | 06:30 - 07:10 and 21:00 - 23:50 |
| Japan 225 | NKI | 22:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 |
| Hong Kong 40 | HSX | 01:15 | Weekdays | 15:30 | Weekdays | 04:00 - 05:00 and 08:30 - 09:15 |
| China 50 | CNX | 01:00 | Weekdays | 18:00 | Mon-Thu/ 07:55 Friday | 07:55 - 09:05 |
| India 50 | IND | 01:00 | Weekdays | 18:00 | Mon-Thu/ 10:10 Friday | 10:10 - 11:15 |
| USD Index | USX | 22:00 | Sunday / 00:00 Tuesday-Friday | 20:55 | Weekdays | |
| Fear | VXX | 07:00 | Weekdays | 20:00 | Weekdays | |