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Most FX pair trading hours are 24 hours per day during the week, with a two minute break from 23:59 server time until 00:01 server time; on Friday trading ceases five minutes early at 23:55 server time, rather than 23:59, to prevent wide spreads as liquidity providers go offline at the end of the week. Trading hours are subject to change due to seasonal and market factors.
Server time is set to GMT +3 while US daylight savings is in place, and GMT+2 when the US is not under daylight savings; this allows for the daily candle to close at the end of trading in New York each day. The New York close is widely considered the end of the trading day.
There are some exceptions to the usual rules for a few currencies and other assets which are outlined below:
Holiday Schedule: Dec 23-27, 2022.
All times set to GMT+2 (Server time)
Scroll down for Dec 30-Jan 3 schedule.
Symbol 23/12/2022 24/12/2022 25/12/2022 26/12/2022 27/12/2022 FX Early Close 22:00* Closed Closed Closed Late Open 00:05* Australia Shares Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Closed Germany Shares Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Hong Kong Shares Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Closed UK Shares Early Close 14:30 Closed Closed Closed Closed USA Shares Normal Trading (No after-market) Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading (No pre-market) ETFs Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Cryptocurrencies Early Close 22:00 Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XAUUSD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* XAUGBP Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* XAUCHF Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* XAUAUD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* XAUEUR Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* XAUJPY Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* XAGUSD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* XAGAUD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* XAGEUR Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* XPDUSD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* XPTUSD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* Copper Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* SpotCrude Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SpotBrent Early Close 22:00 Closed Closed Closed Closed NatGas Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Gasoline Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Cattle Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Cocoa Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 14:30 Coffee Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 14:30 Cotton Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 14:30 Corn Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading LeanHogs Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading LDSugar Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Closed Lumber Early Close 21:05 Closed Closed Closed Early Close 21:05 Oats Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading OJ Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading RghRice Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Soybeans Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SoyMeal Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SoyOil Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Sugar Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Late Open 14:30 Wheat Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading AUS200 Early Close 07:30 Closed Closed Closed Closed UK100 Early Close 15:00 Closed Closed Closed Closed US500 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading GER40 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading US30 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading JPN225 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading NAS100 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading EUSTX50 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading FRA40 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading CA60 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Closed CHINAH Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Closed NETH25 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading NOR25 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SA40 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading GERTEC30 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading HK50 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Closed MidDE50 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SWI20 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SPA35 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading US2000 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading CN50 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Closed VIX Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SCI25 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading USDX Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading EURX Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading JPYX Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading.
Holiday Schedule: Dec 30-Jan 3, 2023.
All times set to GMT+2 (Server time)
Symbol 30/12/2022 31/12/2022 01/01/2023 02/01/2023 03/01/2023 FX Early Close 22:00* Closed Closed Late Open 01:05* Normal Trading Australia Shares Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Germany Shares Normal Trading Closed Closed Normal Trading Normal Trading Hong Kong Shares Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading UK Shares Early Close 14:30 Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading USA Shares Normal Trading (No after-market) Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading ETFs Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Cryptocurrencies Early Close 22:00 Closed Closed Late Open 00:05* Normal Trading XAUUSD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XAUGBP Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XAUCHF Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XAUAUD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XAUEUR Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XAUJPY Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XAGUSD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XAGAUD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XAGEUR Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XPDUSD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading XPTUSD Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Copper Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SpotCrude Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SpotBrent Early Close 22:00 Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading NatGas Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Gasoline Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Cattle Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Cocoa Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Coffee Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Cotton Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Corn Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading LeanHogs Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading LDSugar Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Lumber Early Close 21:05 Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Oats Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading OJ Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading RghRice Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Soybeans Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SoyMeal Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SoyOil Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Sugar Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading Wheat Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading AUS200 Early Close 07:30 Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading UK100 Early Close 15:00 Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading US500 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading GER40 Normal Trading Closed Closed Normal Trading Normal Trading US30 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading JPN225 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading NAS100 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading EUSTX50 Normal Trading Closed Closed Late Open 10:15 Normal Trading FRA40 Normal Trading Closed Closed Normal Trading Normal Trading CA60 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading CHINAH Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading NETH25 Normal Trading Closed Closed Normal Trading Normal Trading NOR25 Normal Trading Closed Closed Normal Trading Normal Trading SA40 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading GERTEC30 Normal Trading Closed Closed Normal Trading Normal Trading HK50 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading MidDE50 Normal Trading Closed Closed Normal Trading Normal Trading SWI20 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SPA35 Normal Trading Closed Closed Late Open 17:00 Normal Trading US2000 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading CN50 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading VIX Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading SCI25 Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading USDX Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading EURX Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading JPYX Normal Trading Closed Closed Closed Normal Trading.
Forex.
Forex Local hours (GMT +11) Trading hours (GMT+2) Trading hours (GMT+3) EU DST starts 30/10/2022 Most forex pairs Opens Monday 07:01 - Non-tradable 06:59-07:01 (closes Saturday 06:55) 24/5 USD/RUB 17:15 - 06:30 10:15-23:30 USD/CZK 15:00 - 06:59 08:00-23:59 09:00-23:59 EUR/CZK 15:00 - 06:59 08:00-23:59 09:00-23:59.
Cryptocurrencies.
Cryptocurrency.
Risks.
Risks The underlying crypto markets are open over the weekend. We don’t offer a separate ‘weekend symbol', so when you open a position, you’ll be doing so with the same symbol you trade with during the week. Your positions will continue to move over the weekend, and your stop losses and take profits can still be triggered. Your positions will continue to move over the weekend , and your stop losses and take profits can still be triggered. Stop losses, take profits and pending orders to open on all cryptocurrency positions (except Dash) can be triggered during our weekend trading times.
Please note.
that weekend positions with attached stops/limits will not be netted off against existing weekday contracts. In this instance the weekend position will roll into a new weekday position, with the same stops/limits attached.
Similarly, weekend positions will not net off against existing weekday contracts if the weekday contracts have stops/limits attached. In this instance, weekend positions will be rolled into new weekday contracts.
If you have a position open on one of these cryptocurrency markets (except Dash), it will be affected by weekend trading.
This additional trading period during the weekend means not only do you have longer to speculate on the price of different coins, but also any stop losses and take profits you have attached can be filled on the weekend.
Index CFDs.
Index CFDs Local hours (GMT +11) Trading hours (GMT+2) EUSTX50, GER30, JPN225, SPA35, UK100, US500, US30, HK50, US2000 and CN50 Opens 08:00 Monday | 07:01-06:59 (Saturday close 06:55) 00:01 - 23:59 (Monday opens 01:00; Friday close 23:55) GER40 01:15 - 07:00, 08:00 - 16:30, 21:00 - 01:15 03:15 - 09:00, 10:00 - 18:30, 01:00 - 03:00, 09:00 - 10:00 AUS200 09:50 - 16:30, 17:10 - 06:59 02:50 - 9:30, 10:10 - 23:59 until 2nd of October/ 01:50- 08:30, 09:10 - 08:30, 09:10 - 22:59 from 2nd of October FRA40 16:00-06:00 09:00-22:55 NAS100 08:00-06:15, 06:30-06:59 (Saturday close 06:55) 01:00 - 23:15, 23:30 - 23:59 (Friday close 23:55)
Share CFDs.
Our Share CFDs can be traded during the New York session. Also, we're one of the few brokers offering extended market hours on US equities. This includes when earnings are typically released, helping you reduce risk or take a position before the next day’s open.
Share CFDs Local hours (GMT +11) Trading hours (GMT+2) AU Share CFDs 10:01 - 16:00 03:01-9:00(staggered start) until 2nd of October/ 02:01 - 08:00 (staggered start) from 2nd of October US Share CFDs 23:31 - 05:55 16:31 - 22:55 German Share CFDs 00:31-06.55 10:00 - 18:29 HK Share CFDs 11:30-14:00, 15:00-18:00 4:30-7:00, 8:00-11:00.
* Australian shares trade schedule is 02:00 to 08:00 Stagger start, meaning Australian share names A-B open 08:00, C-F open 08:02, G-M open 08:04, N-R open 08:06 and S-Z open 08:08.
Commodities.
Commodities Local hours (GMT +11) Trading hours (GMT+2) Metals/Energy 8:00 - 06:59 (Saturday close 06:55) 01:00 - 23:59 XBR/USD 10:00 - 06:59 (Saturday close 06:55) 03:00 - 23:59 Cocoa 18:45 - 03:30 11:45 - 20:30 Coffee 18:15 - 03:30 11:15 - 20:30 Cotton 16:00 - 04:15 09:00 - 21:15 Orange Juice 22:00 - 04:00 15:00 - 21:00 Sugar 17:30 - 03:00 10:30 - 20:00.
Currency index CFDs.
Currency index CFDs Local hours (GMT +11) Trading hours (GMT+2) USDX 10:00 - 06:59 (Saturday close 06:55) 03:00 - 23:59.
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