Forex Market Sessions
Stock trading and forex trading are altogether two totally different beasts. Stock exchanges are open only for a fixed time each day. You can only trade stocks during this time. On the other had the forex markets are open 24 hours, 5 days a week.
This continuous 24 hour trading makes forex markets somewhat confusing for the beginners. Forex is traded Over the Counter (OTC) and there is essentially no open and close of the market, many new traders find it hard to adjust.
For a new forex trader, it becomes very difficult to understand when to trade and when not to trade as there is no formal open and close of the market. Many exhaust themselves by sitting in front of their computers all day. Fatigue them and make wrong decisions. An easy way is to divide the day between three 8 hour sessions.
Further divide each 8 hour session into two 4 hour sessions using a 4 hour chart. This division of 24 hours is logical as there are only three major money centers in the world that have the capacity to move the forex markets.
These three money center that are central to the forex markets are: Asia, London and New York. So by dividing the 24 hours into three sessions we will call each session as the Asian, the London and the New York Session.
Asian Market Session: Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore are the main cities that participate in this session. Major players are the export corporations and the central banks. Sydney opens and with that the forex markets become alive each day. Most of the price action that takes place in this session is unsustainable and jumpy.
London FX Market Session: London FX Market is by far the most well developed and highly liquid market in the world. Due to the depth of the London market, the price action that takes place during this time forms the major moves that are going to continue for the rest of the day. These price moves tell you about market sentiments and the trend.
New York Session: New York comes as the second forex center after London. Both these markets overlap in the morning when New York is opening and London is closing. This is the time when lot of action takes place.
These timings are important for you to know: 00:00 GMT-Sydney starts trading. 11:00 GMT-London trading starts. 15:00 GMT- London trading becomes very active. 17:00 GMT- London trading is active and New York trading opens. 18:00 GMT- London and European trading closes! 19:00 GMT- New York and Chicago traders getting ready for a close!
The overlap between London and New York is when major price moves take place. London is in fact the trend setter in forex as well as fashion. - 23159
This continuous 24 hour trading makes forex markets somewhat confusing for the beginners. Forex is traded Over the Counter (OTC) and there is essentially no open and close of the market, many new traders find it hard to adjust.
For a new forex trader, it becomes very difficult to understand when to trade and when not to trade as there is no formal open and close of the market. Many exhaust themselves by sitting in front of their computers all day. Fatigue them and make wrong decisions. An easy way is to divide the day between three 8 hour sessions.
Further divide each 8 hour session into two 4 hour sessions using a 4 hour chart. This division of 24 hours is logical as there are only three major money centers in the world that have the capacity to move the forex markets.
These three money center that are central to the forex markets are: Asia, London and New York. So by dividing the 24 hours into three sessions we will call each session as the Asian, the London and the New York Session.
Asian Market Session: Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore are the main cities that participate in this session. Major players are the export corporations and the central banks. Sydney opens and with that the forex markets become alive each day. Most of the price action that takes place in this session is unsustainable and jumpy.
London FX Market Session: London FX Market is by far the most well developed and highly liquid market in the world. Due to the depth of the London market, the price action that takes place during this time forms the major moves that are going to continue for the rest of the day. These price moves tell you about market sentiments and the trend.
New York Session: New York comes as the second forex center after London. Both these markets overlap in the morning when New York is opening and London is closing. This is the time when lot of action takes place.
These timings are important for you to know: 00:00 GMT-Sydney starts trading. 11:00 GMT-London trading starts. 15:00 GMT- London trading becomes very active. 17:00 GMT- London trading is active and New York trading opens. 18:00 GMT- London and European trading closes! 19:00 GMT- New York and Chicago traders getting ready for a close!
The overlap between London and New York is when major price moves take place. London is in fact the trend setter in forex as well as fashion. - 23159
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