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Forex Timing

If you have watched the film Frozen, you should know what it likes to be frozen in time. You might think why we have brought such a topic in forex understanding when we are saying it is open 24 hours. But it is for your own good. Because there is a time you should trade to make money with the market movement, here up, and you shouldn’t trade with the market moving down.
And at times, there will be time, when the market will be frozen in time and will not move. It is just like as if Elsa had used her superpower on Forex market. It might be hard to digest, but it does happen in Forex. That is why it is important for you to know when you should trade to make money.\

Forex Trading Hours

The forex market has major 4 trading hours. They are the Tokyo session, the New York session, the Pip crawler’s favorite time to trade and the Sydney session.
Each of these 4 major time zones is divided into two sessions. the summer and the Winter.
Here is a chart for you to familiarize yourself with the time zone of Forex Trading Hours.
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Figure: Summer Time Zone
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Figure: Winter Time Zone

The openings and closings of these time zones are their local times. If you look closely, you will find that there is a time when the two sessions overlap. In summer, the Tokyo and London session overlap, whereas in Winter the London and the New York session overlap.
When two markets are open, it is very profitable to trade in Forex as more money are transferring from hands. It is also the daytime for business dealers, which makes it the rush hour for money making in Forex trading.

This is the starters for your Forex trading hours. Trading in the forex also involves the movement of pips.
It is not important that you only look at your forex trades and do not trade at other times. In fact, Forex is not that simple. It also involves the movement of pips in the trading session.

Here is a chart which will show you how the major currencies moves in the trading hours of the forex in average
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Figure: Average Pip movement in Forex trading hours

You can watch it on the table that, European sessions are most likely to give you the best possible pip movement in average.As a trader, you should always be aware of the forex timing since it will allow you to execute the best trades in the market.
 
Alright, let’s ditch the textbook vibe and talk real: timing in forex trading is like showing up at a party when the DJ is spinning bangers vs. arriving two hours early when the speakers are still unplugged. Sure, the forex market technically runs 24/7, but wow, plenty of those hours are as dead as a Monday night bar. Picture Elsa from Frozen—yeah, that “let it go” lady—just icing up the dance floor. That’s what the market feels like sometimes: absolutely frozen.

Here’s the thing: you don’t just dive in whenever you feel like it and expect to pull out a wad of cash. That’s asking for disappointment. The trick? Figure out when the action is hot and when it’s just a snoozefest.

So let’s break this down without sounding like a finance robot: Forex has four main sessions because money never sleeps, but people do. You’ve got Tokyo, Sydney, London, and New York taking turns tossing the trading baton. Sydney kicks off the day—think of her as that friend who wakes up at 5am for a jog nobody asked her to. Then Tokyo strolls in, London grabs coffee and turns the volume up, and finally New York arrives, jetlagged but lively.

Here’s a cheat code: London is king. That session? Non-stop party, biggest volume, wildest moves. New York’s not bad either, especially when it overlaps with London—that’s when real fireworks go off. These overlaps? That’s rush hour for the market. Everyone’s in, everyone’s trying to make moves, currency prices bounce all over the place. Love chaos? This is your moment.

Now, about those “pips”—which, face it, sound like something out of a Mary Poppins song. Think of 'em as the tiniest price jumps you can profit (or lose) from. European hours have the most juiced-up pip movement. Data backs it; traders chase it. Sydney? Meh. Enter early and you’ll catch tumbleweeds. Late New York after London bounces? Might as well just go outside and touch grass.

So why should you even care about timing, besides, I dunno, wanting to actually make money? If you trade when the market’s frozen, you get:

  • Lame price changes, totally not worth the battle scars.
  • Those weird “whipsaw” sideway jitters that fake you out.
  • Higher spread costs—translation: more money for the broker, less for you.

Smart traders watch the clock. They strike during rush hour. They don’t bother squeezing water from a stone during the dead zones.

Final thoughts? Ignore the market’s “frozen” moments unless you actually like watching paint dry. Learn when London and New York are tag-teaming, and that’s where you want to be. Trading is all about timing—nail it, or get left out in the cold with Elsa. Simple as that.
 

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