See which forex sessions and stock markets are open right now, how long until each one opens or closes, and when the US stock market opens at 9:30 am New York time, with every time shown in your own timezone, adjusted for daylight saving and bank holidays.
Hover over the timeline (or tap it) to see which markets are open at any time of day.
| Session | Local hours | Standard time (UTC) | Daylight saving (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 08:00–17:00 AEST / AEDT | 22:00–07:00 (AEST) | 21:00–06:00 (AEDT) |
| Tokyo | 09:00–18:00 JST | 00:00–09:00 | No daylight saving |
| London | 08:00–17:00 GMT / BST | 08:00–17:00 (GMT) | 07:00–16:00 (BST) |
| New York | 08:00–17:00 EST / EDT | 13:00–22:00 (EST) | 12:00–21:00 (EDT) |
Daylight saving starts and ends on different dates in the UK and the US, so the overlaps change length during the year. The table above is the pattern; the live clock uses the exact offsets for today.
| Market | Regular hours (local time) | Also |
|---|---|---|
| US stock market (NYSE, Nasdaq) | 9:30 am–4:00 pm New York | Pre-market 4:00–9:30 am, after-hours 4:00–8:00 pm |
| CME futures (Globex) | Sunday 6:00 pm–Friday 5:00 pm New York | Daily break 5:00–6:00 pm, Monday to Thursday |
| London Stock Exchange | 8:00 am–4:30 pm London | Closes at 12:30 pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve |
| Tokyo Stock Exchange | 9:00–11:30 am and 12:30–3:30 pm Tokyo | Lunch break 11:30 am–12:30 pm |
| Frankfurt (Xetra) | 9:00 am–5:30 pm Frankfurt | Closed on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve |
Each exchange follows its own daylight saving rules and holiday calendar. The US and Europe change their clocks on different dates, so the gap between New York and London is not always five hours. Exchanges are closed on the holidays they publish and some close early; the live clock marks them for 2026 and 2027.
The activity curves and the Very low, Low, Medium, High and Very high labels on this page are indicative, not live volume. Each one is a hand-built profile of the usual shape of a trading day, based on the published research below, where 100% is that market’s own busiest time of day. They move with each market’s daylight saving. They do not use a live data feed, and they cannot tell you what today’s volume actually is. Last reviewed on 22 October 2026.
What these profiles do not claim. They apply no day-of-week effect, because published studies disagree about which weekday is busiest (Friday afternoons are commonly described as quiet, but we did not find solid volume data). Volume on news days, quarter-end index rebalances and triple witching days can look very different. Half days are shown as the same shape squeezed into a shorter day; holidays show no activity. Retail platforms measure forex volume in different ways, and the primary hourly data sets are not public, so the exact heights are a judgement based on the sources, not a measurement.
Sources. BIS Triennial Central Bank Survey 2025 · OANDA, best time to trade forex (volume insights) · Ito and Hashimoto, intraday FX activity (EBS data) · CME Group, when FX futures pause · Forecasting intraday volume in equity markets (arXiv, 2025) · Bogousslavsky and Muravyev, closing auctions · NYSE, off-hours US equities trading · Rosenblatt, US securities volumes (September 2025) · Intraday trading invariance in E-mini S&P 500 futures · BMLL, closing auction volumes · JPX, extension of trading hours · Deutsche Börse, Xetra continuous trading with auctions.
A clock tells you when the market is open. It cannot tell you which session you trade well. Tag each trade in The Trading Terminal journal with its session, and Session Performance shows trades, win rate, net P&L and average P&L for Asia, London and New York side by side.
Session Performance is on Pro and Elite (Pro is A$19 a month). The live session clocks and timeline you are looking at are included on every plan.
Sample dataScreenshots on this page are from the app running on sample data, not real trading results.
Every open and close time is converted to the timezone you pick, using that day’s real offsets, so a clock change in London or New York does not catch you out.
Each session and exchange shows how long until it closes, or until it opens, counting down to the second, including the US stock market open at 9:30 am New York time.
London and New York, Tokyo and London: the overlap windows are calculated from today’s session hours, and bank holidays close the right exchanges with a notice.
Check when your session opens in your own timezone and how long you have. If you trade the London open from Sydney or Melbourne, the clock shows the exact local time, including after a daylight saving change.
When two major sessions are open together, more participants are usually active. Many traders plan their entries and their time away from the screen around those windows. The timeline shows today’s overlaps at a glance.
Which session you take a trade in is worth recording. Over a few weeks the journal shows whether London, New York or Asia is where your results come from. Read which forex session suits your strategy for how to read that data.
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