Forex Market Hours: Live Session Clock
Is the forex market open right now? This live clock shows the Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions in your time zone, the busy London–New York overlap, and a countdown to when forex opens and closes for the week.
| Session | Local hours | In your time | Status |
|---|
Forex trading sessions
The forex market has no single exchange, so it trades around the clock from Sunday evening to Friday evening (New York time). Activity moves around the world with the business day, and traders usually describe it as four sessions named after the main financial centres:
| Session | Local hours | Main pairs |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 7:00 am – 4:00 pm Sydney time | AUD, NZD pairs |
| Tokyo | 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Tokyo time | JPY, AUD pairs |
| London | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm London time | EUR, GBP, CHF pairs |
| New York | 8:00 am – 5:00 pm New York time | USD, CAD pairs |
There is no official definition of a forex session; these are the business-hours windows commonly used by traders and brokers. The clock above converts them to your time zone, including daylight-saving changes in each city.
When does the forex market open and close?
The forex week opens at 5:00 pm New York time on Sunday and closes at 5:00 pm New York time on Friday. In between it trades continuously. The clock above shows the exact time in your zone and counts down to the next open or close.
Your broker’s platform may open a few minutes later on Sunday, and spreads are often wide in the first hour of the week, when few banks are active.
Best times to trade forex
Most volume comes when two big sessions are open at the same time. The London – New York overlap (8:00 am to around noon in New York) is usually the busiest period of the day, especially for EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/CHF. The Tokyo – London crossover is shorter and quieter. Late in the New York afternoon and the hours before Tokyo opens are usually the quietest.
Trading in a quiet session isn’t wrong, but spreads can be wider and moves smaller. On TradingView you can see the session clearly by adding a session indicator or highlighting session breaks in chart settings.
Holidays and daylight saving time
- Holidays: forex keeps trading on bank holidays, but liquidity drops in that country’s currency. US market closures are on our stock market holidays page.
- Daylight saving: the US, UK, EU and Australia change their clocks on different dates, so the sessions shift against each other for a few weeks each spring and autumn. The clock above handles this automatically.
Want US stock hours too, including pre-market and after-hours? See stock market hours. Planning a trade? Try the position size calculator.
ChartWatch is independent and not affiliated with TradingView. Session windows are conventions, not exchange rules; your broker’s trading hours apply to your account.
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