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Market Hours


Global Prime Financial Markets Trading Hours

One major benefit of Forex and commodities trading is they all trade nearly 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. That is from 5 PM New York on Sunday through to 5 PM New York on Friday, and almost every week day of the year. That’s a lot of trading and opportunities!

Trading hours can also be viewed below or from within the MetaTrader trading platform.

Market hours

Forex, Metals, Crypto CFDs, Bonds CFDs Trading Hours

Name

Market Open

Market Close

Trading Break

Forex
00:01 Monday
23:57 Friday
23:59 - 00:01
Gold
01:02 Monday
23:57 Friday
23:57 - 01:02
Cryptocurrencies
00:01 Monday
23:59 Friday
23:59 - 00:01
UKGILT
10:00 Monday
20:00 Friday
20:00 - 10:00 (Following Day)
UST05Y
1:00 Monday
23:59 Friday
23:59 - 1:00
UST10Y
1:00 Monday
23:59 Friday
23:59 - 1:00

Indices & Energies Trading Hours

Name

Symbol

Trading Hours (GMT+3, MON-FRI)

ASX200
AUD200
02:50 – 09:30, 10:10 – 23:59
Nikkei 225
JPN225
01:00 - 23:59
Hang Seng Index
HK50
04:15 – 07:00, 08:00 – 11:30, 12:15 - 22:00
Euro Stoxx 50
EUSTX50
03:15 - 23:59
CAC 40
FRA40
09:00 - 23:00
DAX 40
GER40
03:15 - 23:00
FTSE 100
UK100
03:00 - 23:00
DJ 30
US30
01:00 - 23:59
NASDAQ 100
NAS100
01:00 - 23:59
S&P 500
US500
01:00 - 23:59
ES35
ES35
09:00 - 23:00
US Dollar index
USDX
03:00 - 23:59
Volatility Index
VIX
01:00 - 23:59
Brent Crude Oil
XBRUSD
03:00 - 23:59
US Crude Oil
XTIUSD
01:00 - 23:59
XNGUSD
XNGUSD
01:00 – 23:59

FAQs

To align the daily chart candles with New York close (5pm ET), Global Prime server time and charts are GMT + 2 or GMT + 3 when daylight savings is in effect.

Trading Hours - The foreign exchange market trades 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. This is from 5pm New York (ET) on Sunday through to 5pm New York on Friday. Global Prime quotes on most Forex pairs from the open on Sunday through to the close on Friday. The daily break time of Forex is 23:59-00:02 server time. During this time you are unable to trade. Prices are generally wide and erratic from the low liquidity arising from the end of day processes at all the major trading banks across the world.

Market hours for indices varies depending on the Index being traded, please see the table above for the market hours relating to the Index you’d like to trade.

Trading outside of market hours generally results in high spreads and increased volatility. This is primarily due to there being less liquidity available in the market during these times. Further, in the case of indices or commodity futures, these products are priced as fair value estimates of the futures underlying markets. Accordingly, after the underlying market closes, LP’s have to formulate a price that represents where the underlying market would be if it was still operating. During these times, there is nowhere for LP’s to hedge their exposure so to account for the increased risk, they must increase spreads to offset their exposure.

Generally speaking, times that involve increased spreads and scarce liquidity are indicative of a more volatile trading environment that carries an increased risk level.

Yes they do, these times are typically GMT +2 for non-daylight savings, and GMT+3 during the daylight savings period.

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