Market sessions right now
Approximate standard-time hours in UTC. Session times shift by an hour when daylight saving changes in each region.
Forex trading hours
The forex market runs 24 hours a day, five days a week, because trading passes between financial centres around the world. The trading week typically opens on Sunday evening (UTC) as Sydney and Wellington start the day, and closes on Friday evening when New York finishes.
| Session | Approx. hours (UTC) | Typically active pairs |
|---|
| Sydney | 22:00 – 07:00 | AUD/USD, NZD/USD |
| Tokyo | 00:00 – 09:00 | USD/JPY, AUD/JPY, EUR/JPY |
| London | 08:00 – 17:00 | EUR/USD, GBP/USD, EUR/GBP |
| New York | 13:00 – 22:00 | EUR/USD, USD/CAD, USD/JPY |
Session overlaps
Liquidity and volatility tend to be highest when two major sessions overlap. The London–New York overlap (roughly 13:00–17:00 UTC) is usually the busiest period of the day for major pairs, while the Tokyo–London overlap is shorter and quieter.
Other markets
- Indices generally follow the hours of their home stock exchange, often with extended or near-24-hour CFD trading and a short daily break.
- Commodities such as gold and oil trade almost 24 hours on weekdays with a daily maintenance break.
- Crypto CFDs may be available outside normal forex hours, depending on the instrument.
Exact trading hours, daily breaks and holiday schedules for each instrument are shown in TradeLocker under the instrument's details.
Holidays and the daily rollover
Bank holidays can shorten sessions or close individual markets, and liquidity is often thin around Christmas and New Year. Each day at the rollover, around 22:00 UTC, spreads can widen briefly and overnight financing is applied to open positions.
Plan around high-impact events too: check the economic calendar before major releases such as US jobs data or central bank decisions.
