{"id":10548,"date":"2015-10-22T19:17:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T02:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/?p=10548"},"modified":"2025-07-30T00:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:34:27","slug":"forex-market-hours-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradingheroes.com\/forex-market-hours-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Forex Market Hours and Why It’s Important"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Trading<\/p>\n

When you buy something through one of the links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.<\/div><\/p>\n

It can be hard to remember which Forex trading market is open right now.<\/p>\n

Even if you primarily stay in the same timezone, it can be easy to forget when each market opens and closes.<\/p>\n

When you are traveling, it can be especially hard to keep track…until you get used to the timezone.<\/p>\n

The best way to get an accurate look at which market is currently open, is to use a Forex market hours clock.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This short post will give you the one that I like best and some background on each session.<\/p>\n

Be sure to bookmark this blog post so you can find it easily later.<\/p>\n

I won't list specific times because that just confuses people (myself included).<\/p>\n

This is much easier…<\/p>\n

Live Forex Market Hours Clock<\/h2>\n

This is the live Forex market hours clock.<\/p>\n

Set your current timezone and the clock will show you which market is currently open.<\/p>\n

I have used quite a few of these clocks and I like the Baby Pips market hours calculator<\/a> best.<\/p>\n

\"BabyPips<\/p>\n

This graphical representation is the easiest one for me to use and I hope you like it too.<\/p>\n

Now let's take a quick look at each session and how you should treat each one.<\/p>\n

There are slight nuances that you have to be aware of.<\/p>\n

Here is a breakdown of the Trading Sessions<\/h2>\n

It is important to understand which market is open because of the amount of trading that happens during each session.<\/p>\n

The more trading activity there is, the more price will move.<\/p>\n

Here is a screenshot of the historical trading volume that is associated with each session.<\/p>\n

This screenshot comes from the Oanda Forex market hours widget.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that this is not a live graph.<\/p>\n

Use the graph above, if you want to change your timezone.<\/p>\n

\"Forex<\/p>\n

Sydney<\/h3>\n

The Sydney market is the smallest and “opens” the trading day.<\/p>\n

Although the markets are open 24 hours,\u00a0trading volume drops off significantly when the New York session closes.<\/p>\n

You should generally avoid entering trades during this time, because the market is less likely to move and price action can be choppy.<\/p>\n

Trading during this time can be like watching grass grow.<\/p>\n

Tokyo<\/h3>\n

When the Asian trading markets open, there is a slight bump in trading activity, but still not enough to warrant entering trades on most pairs.<\/p>\n

The USDJPY can be active during this time, so if you like to trade that pair, you should keep an eye out during this time.<\/p>\n

But otherwise, other pairs\u00a0will usually be range bound and not really worth looking at.<\/p>\n

Also keep in mind that spreads may increase during this time and it might cost you more to enter\/exit a trade.<\/p>\n

London<\/h3>\n

Now this is when the action starts. Trading will increase across all pairs and this is when it is worth entering trades.<\/p>\n

There are several trading strategies that revolve around trading the Tokyo session breakout.<\/p>\n

Although there is a lot of trading happening during this session, the best is yet to come.<\/p>\n

New York<\/h3>\n

Finally, we get to the New York session.<\/p>\n

The overlap between the Asian session and the New York session has the most trading volume during the trading day.<\/p>\n

This is when you can see big price runs and nice tradable price action.<\/p>\n

But this also means that you have to cut your losses faster.<\/p>\n

Don't forget the stop losses<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

So that is the easy way to instantly tell which Forex trading market is currently open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Be sure to bookmark this page so you will have it, if you forget.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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