Forex trading sessions in America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific region.

Forex is open 24 hours a day. It works nonstop as trading is not done at one central location. It is a distributed electronic marketplace, operating in different parts of the world. As trading sessions follow each other during the day, speculators can open trades at any time. However, trading floors are closed on weekends and international holidays such as Christmas, New Year's Eve, and Easter.

If you know the opening and closing hours of forex sessions, you can enhance your trading results. There are certain periods of time when the volatility on Forex increases. It happens, for example, during the overlapping hours when one session has not ended yet and the second one has already begun. At such moments, the trading volume reaches a peak, which leads to strong price fluctuations on which traders reap profits.

The working hours of the world's main stock markets can be viewed on our stock exchange clock. Please note that it is made in accordance with the UTC time standard. The working hours of a particular exchange are indicated as a separate segment and the hour hand points to the current trading session. Unlike ordinary clocks, this one passes only one lap per day. As for the minute and second hands, they have the same movement pattern as in standard watches. They complete a full circle in 60 minutes and 60 seconds respectively.

Below you can find a forex trading schedule for the UTC+3 time zone, which is used in Moscow, Istanbul, Minsk, and other cities. You can adjust this schedule according to your time zone.