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Forex Trading Sessions
Now that you know what forex is, why you should trade it, and who makes up the forex market, it’s about time you learned when you can trade.
It’s time to learn about the different forex trading sessions.
Yes, it is true that the forex market is open 24 hours a day, but that doesn’t mean it’s always active the entire day.
You can make money trading when the market moves up, and you can even make money when the market moves down.
BUT you will have a very difficult time trying to make money when the market doesn’t move at all.
And believe us, there will be times when the market is as still as the victims of Medusa.
This lesson will help determine when the best times of the day are to trade.
Forex Market Hours
Before looking at the best times to trade, we must look at what a 24-hour day in the forex world looks like.
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The forex market can be broken up into four major trading sessions: the Sydney session, the Tokyo session, the London session, and Trump’s favorite time to tweet, the New York session.
Below are tables of the open and close times for each session:
Spring/Summer in the U.S. (March/April – October/November)
Local Time
EDT
BST (GMT+1)
Sydney Open – 7:00 AM
Sydney Close – 4:00 PM
Tokyo Open – 9:00 AM
Tokyo Close – 6:00 PM
London Open – 8:00 AM
London Close – 4:00 PM
New York Open – 8:00 AM
New York Close – 5:00 PM
Fall/Winter in the U.S. (October/November – March/April)
Local Time
EST
GMT
Sydney Open – 7:00 AM
Sydney Close – 4:00 PM
Tokyo Open – 9:00 AM
Tokyo Close – 6:00 PM
London Open – 8:00 AM
London Close – 4:00 PM
New York Open – 8:00 AM
New York Close – 5:00 PM
Actual open and close times are based on local business hours, with most business hours starting somewhere between 7-9 AM local time.
Open and close times will also vary during the months of October/November and March/April as some countries (like the United States, England, and Australia) shift to/from daylight savings time (DST).
The day of the month that a country shifts to/from DST also varies, confusing us even more. And Japan doesn’t observe daylight savings, so thank you Japan for keeping it simple.
Now, you’re probably looking at the Sydney Open and wondering why it shifts two hours in the Eastern Timezone.
You’d think that Sydney’s Open would only move one hour when the U.S. adjusts for standard time, but remember that when the U.S. shifts one hour back, Sydney actually moves forward by one hour (seasons are opposite in Australia).
You should always remember this if you ever plan to trade during that time period.
Also take notice that in between each forex trading session, there is a period of time where two sessions are open at the same time.
For example, during the summer, from 3:00-4:00 AM ET, the Tokyo session and London session overlap
And during both summer and winter from 8:00 AM-12:00 PM ET, the London session and the New York session overlap.
Naturally, these are the busiest times during the trading day because there is more volume when two markets are open at the same time.
This makes sense because, during those times, all the market participants are wheelin’ and dealin’, which means that more money is transferring hands.
Now let’s take a look at the average pip movement of the major currency pairs during each forex trading session.
Pair
Tokyo
London
New York
EUR/USD
76
114
92
GBP/USD
92
127
99
USD/JPY
51
66
59
AUD/USD
77
83
81
NZD/USD
62
72
70
USD/CAD
57
96
96
USD/CHF
67
102
83
EUR/JPY
102
129
107
GBP/JPY
118
151
132
AUD/JPY
98
107
103
EUR/GBP
78
61
47
EUR/CHF
79
109
84
From the table, you will see that the London session normally provides the most movement.
Notice how some currency pairs have much larger pip movements than others.
Let’s take a more in-depth look at each of the sessions, as well as those periods when the sessions overlap.
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