Forex Market Hours.
Use the Forex Market Time Converter , below, to view the major market open and close times in your own local time zone.
About The Forex Time Zone Converter.
The foreign exchange ("forex" or "FX") currency market is not traded on a regulated exchange like stocks and commodities. Rather, the market consists of a network of financial institutions and retail trading brokers which each have their own individual hours of operation. Since most participants trade between the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m. in their local time zone, these times are used as the market open and close times, respectively.
Time and date: 05:20 AM 20-December-2017 GMT.
Click on a time zone for Daylight Saving Time (DST) transition dates and times.
The Forex Market Hours Converter assumes local "wall clock" trading hours of 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM in each Forex market. Holidays not included. Not intended for use as an accurate time source. If you need the precise time, see time. gov. Please send questions, comments, or suggestions to webmastertimezoneconverter.
How to use the Forex Market Time Converter.
The forex market is available for trading 24 hours a day, five and one-half days per week. The Forex Market Time Converter displays "Open" or "Closed" in the Status column to indicate the current state of each global Market Center. However, just because you can trade the market any time of the day or night doesn't necessarily mean that you should . Most successful day traders understand that more trades are successful if conducted when market activity is high and that it is best to avoid times when trading is light.
Here are some tips for using the Forex Market Time Converter:
Concentrate your trading activity during the trading hours for the three largest Market Centers: London, New_York, and Tokyo. Most market activity will occur when one of these three markets open. Some of the most active market times will occur when two or more Market Centers are open at the same time. The Forex Market Time Converter will clearly indicate when two or more markets are open by displaying multiple green "Open" indicators in the Status column.

Indian forex market opening time

Trading on the equities segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the equities segment are:
Order entry & modification Open: 09:00 hrs.
Order entry & modification Close: 09:08 hrs *
*with random closure in last one minute. Pre-open order matching starts immediately after close of pre-open order entry.
B) Pre-open Session for IPO and Relist Securities.
Order entry & modification Open: 09:00 hrs.
Order entry & modification Close: 09:45 hrs *
*with random closure in last one minute. Pre-open order matching starts immediately after close of pre-open order entry.
C) Regular trading session.
Normal / Retail Debt / Limited Physical Market Open: 09:15 hrs.
Normal / Retail Debt / Limited Physical Market Close: 15:30 hrs.
Block deal session is held between 09:15 hrs and 09:50 hrs.
D) The Closing Session is held between 15.40 hrs and 16.00 hrs.
The platform for borrowing and lending is available on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). Participants can also put early recall and early repayment orders on the trading platform.
The market timings of the Securities Lending & Borrowing Market are:
Trading on the derivatives segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the derivatives segment are:
Normal market / Exercise market open time : 09:15 hrs.
Normal market close time : 15:30 hrs.
Setup cutoff time for Position limit/Collateral value : 16:15hrs.
Trade modification / Exercise market end time : 16:15hrs.
Trading on the Currency Derivatives segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the currency derivatives segment are:
Normal Market Open : 09:00 hrs.
Normal Market Close : 17.00 hrs.
Trading on the Interest Rate Derivatives segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the interest rate derivatives segment are:
Normal Market Open : 09:00 hrs.
Normal Market Close : 17.00 hrs.
Trading in RDM segment takes place on all days of the week, except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance (The holidays on the RDM segment shall be the same as those on the Equities segment).
The market timings of the RDM segment are the same as the Equities segment, viz.:
Trading on the debt segment takes place on all days of the week (except Saturdays and Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance). The market timings of the debt segment are:
Normal market open time: 09:00 hrs.
Normal market close time : 17:00 hrs.
Collateral value Set up cut off time: 17:20 hrs.
Trade modification end time/Give up approval end time: 17:20 hrs.
Trading in the WDM segment is open on all days except Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays, as specified by the Exchange. The market timings are as given below:
Trading on WDM segment is divided into three phases as under:
The pre-open period commences from 9.00 hrs This period allows the trading member/Participant to:
set up counter party exposure limits set up Market Watch (the security descriptor) make inquiries.
The system allows for inquiries of the following activities when the market is open for trading:
Order Entry Order Modification Order Cancellation Negotiated Entry Trade Cancellation Setting up counter party exposure limits.
Post Market Phase (also called SURCON)
During the period of SURCON (SURveillance and CONtrol) a trading member gets only inquiry access with a facility to request for trade cancellation. On completion of SURCON the trading system processes data and gets the system ready for the next day.
Note: The Exchange may however close the market on days other than the above schedule holidays or may open the market on days originally declared as holidays. The Exchange may also extend, advance or reduce trading hours when its deems fit and necessary.
Note: NSCCL may however close the market on days other than the above schedule holidays or may open the market on days originally declared as holidays. The NSCCL may also extend, advance or reduce market hours when its deems fit and necessary.
Note: The Exchange may however close the market on days other than the above schedule holidays or may open the market on days originally declared as holidays. The Exchange may also extend, advance or reduce trading hours when its deems fit and necessary.
Note: The Exchange may however close the market on days other than the above schedule holidays or may open the market on days originally declared as holidays. The Exchange may also extend, advance or reduce trading hours when its deems fit and necessary.
Note: The Exchange may however close the market on days other than the above schedule holidays or may open the market on days originally declared as holidays. The Exchange may also extend, advance or reduce trading hours when its deems fit and necessary.
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Market Trading Hours.
To know the schedule of trading sessions on Forex means being able to rationally allocate one’s efforts and effectively use one’s possibilities and time. Trading sessions are periods of time when banks are actively trading. As is well-known, Forex working hours are unlimited and it functions round the clock. When the evening begins in one part of the world, in another part - the morning comes and the local currency market starts working. Sessions come one after another, or partially superimpose on one another, giving traders a possibility to trade whenever convenient to them. Once logged in, you’ll find Forex working at any time, except Saturday and Sunday, when all markets in all countries are closed. Likewise Forex doesn’t work on holidays, for example Christmas, New Year, and Easter.
To know the schedule of trading sessions on the Forex market is also useful because currencies behave differently according to different trading sessions. For instance, yen usually “wakes up” and starts to move actively during the Asian session, while euro is more active during the European session. At other times, sharp price movements for these particular currencies are unusual. The most aggressive session out of all is American, which can either significantly drop or, conversely, strengthen, its very own dollar.
As the Forex market employs a lot of countries from different time zones, Forex is considered to work according to universal time. At present instead of GMT standard, which is rendered obsolete, it's widely accepted to use UTC - Coordinated Universal Time. RoboForex server time differs from UTC by 2 hours (UTC +2), and in summer, with a switch to daylight-saving time, the difference equals to UTC +3.
Schedule of forex trading hours. . The time zone is UTC+2 (Eastern European Time, EET):
Each regional Forex market has its own peculiarities.
Asia Forex Trading Hours.
During this forex trading hours the most active deals in the market exchange operations are the US dollar against the yen (USDJPY), the euro against the yen (EURJPY), the US dollar against the euro (EURUSD) and the Australian dollar against the US dollar (AUDUSD).
Europe Forex Trading Hours.
At this time the trades are conducted in the European financial centres. The volatility of the most popular currency pairs increases significantly after the London forex online market starts its session. Trading activity is somewhat reduced for dinner, but at night the players actively carry out operations again. Changes of rates during the European trading hours could be significant, because the majority of monetary stock is concentrated in Europe.
America Forex Trading Hours.
Forex trading activity reaches its maximum level when the New York trading hours opens and US banks begin to work, and European dealers return after their lunch break. The influence of European and American banks is similar, so no significant changes take place in Forex compared to the start of the European session. However, after the termination of the European market volatility may be higher. Often this is observed on Friday, before the weekend. The American session is more aggressive in trade than others.
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Forex Market Hours.
As one major forex market closes, another one opens. According to GMT, for instance, forex trading hours move around the world like this: available in New York between 01:00 pm – 10:00 pm GMT; at 10:00 pm GMT Sydney comes online; Tokyo opens at 00:00 am and closes at 9:00 am GMT; and to complete the loop, London opens at 8:00 am and closes at 05:00 pm GMT. This enables traders and brokers worldwide, together with the participation of the central banks from all continents, to trade online 24 hours a day.
More Activity, More Possibilities.
The forex market is open 24 hours a day, and it is important to know which are the most active trading periods.
For instance, if we take a less active period between 5 pm – 7 pm EST, after New York closes and before Tokyo opens, Sydney will be open for trading but with more modest activity than the three major sessions (London, US, Tokyo). Consequently, less activity means less financial opportunity. If you want to trade currency pairs like EUR/USD, GBP/USD or USD/CHF you will find more activity between 8 am – 12 am when both Europe and the United States are active.
Alertness and Opportunity.
Other forex trading hours to watch out for are the release times of government reports and official economic news. Governments issue timetables for when exactly these news releases take place, but they do not coordinate releases between the different countries.
It is thus worth finding out about the economic indicators published in the different major countries, as these coincide with the most active moments of forex trading. Such increased activity means bigger opportunities in currency prices, and sometimes orders are executed at prices that differ from those you expected.
As trader, you have two main options: either include the news periods in your forex trading hours, or decide to deliberately suspend trading during these periods. Whichever alternative you opt for, you should take a pro-active approach when prices suddenly change during a news release.
Trading Sessions.
For day traders the most productive hours are between the opening of the London markets at 08:00 GMT and the closing of the US markets at 22:00 GMT. The peak time for trading is when the US and London markets overlap between 1 pm GMT – 4 pm GMT. The main sessions of the day are the London, US and Asian markets.
Below is a brief overview of trading sessions that will help you make the most of the market:
LONDON SESSION – open between 8 am GMT – 5 pm GMT; EUR, GBP, USD are the most active currencies;
US SESSION – open between 1 pm GMT – 10 pm GMT; USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, JPY are the most active currencies;
ASIAN SESSION – opens at about 10 pm GMT on Sunday afternoon, goes into the European trading session at about 9 am GMT; not very suitable for day trading.
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