Forex Market Hours
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Market open
5:30 pm · Wednesday
1 session open
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5:30 pm Wednesday
🇦🇺Closed
Sydney
Australia
11 pm
🇯🇵Closed
Tokyo
Japan
9 pm
🇬🇧Open
London
United Kingdom
12 pm
🇺🇸Closed
New York
United States
7 am
Overlap windows
Sydney + Tokyo00:00–07 UTCTokyo + London08:00–09 UTCLondon + New York13:00–17 UTC
Trading volume
Usually moderate at this hour.
ModerateLondon + New York
13:00–17:00 UTC — highest FX volume. EUR/USD & GBP/USD tightest spreads.
Asian handoff
Sydney opens as Tokyo winds down — AUD/JPY and NZD pairs see early flow.
Kodiac mandate desks
Mandate desks can run across the 24×5 session calendar under defined risk parameters — session awareness is context, not a signal.
Standard FX session hours in UTC. Broker server time and DST may shift labels by one hour. Volume curve is illustrative. Pair with correlation and risk-on/off meter.
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