Sessions & market hours

12 answers

London, New York, Tokyo sessions — when the spread is tightest, when volatility peaks.

  1. 01The London session — why it is the deepest market of the day
  2. 02The three forex trading sessions — Sydney, London, New York
  3. 03New York session — when does the dollar move most?
  4. 04Best hours to trade forex — when to sit down at the market
  5. 05Weekend forex trading — why the market is closed and the gap
  6. 06London–New York overlap — the peak of the FX trading day
  7. 07Tokyo session — yen pairs, Chinese data and the night market
  8. 08The Sydney session — first of the week, thinnest liquidity
  9. 09Tokyo–London overlap — a handover, not the peak of the day
  10. 10The 4pm London Fix — the 16:00 benchmark rate
  11. 11A trader’s time zone — fitting forex around a day job
  12. 12Forex liquidity through the day — when the spread is tightest