Forex Market Hours & Session Clock
See which of the four major forex sessions are trading right now, in your own local time. The clock runs live off your device, so you always know what's open and how long is left.
Every time below is shown in your local time, worked out from your device clock — no settings to change. A filled dot means that session is open; a hollow dot means it's closed. The countdown tells you how long until it closes, or until it next opens.
The forex market trades 24 hours a day from Sunday evening to Friday evening UTC, then closes for the weekend.
Reading your device clock…
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How the Session Clock Works
Each session has a fixed open and close in UTC. The clock converts the current moment to minutes since midnight UTC, then checks whether that falls inside a session's window. Sydney wraps past midnight, so it counts as open from the evening through to the next morning. From Friday evening to Sunday evening UTC the whole market is closed, so every session reads closed for the weekend.
Session Hours in UTC
| Session | Opens (UTC) | Closes (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 22:00 | 07:00 |
| Tokyo | 00:00 | 09:00 |
| London | 08:00 | 17:00 |
| New York | 13:00 | 22:00 |
The London–New York overlap (roughly 12:00–16:00 UTC) is the highest-liquidity window of the day, when the two largest sessions trade at once.
Frequently Asked Questions
The big clock shows your true local time, including your own daylight-saving offset, because it reads your device. The session windows here are fixed in UTC, so during DST changeovers in London or New York the open and close can shift by an hour versus this reference. Treat the windows as a close guide, not a broker-exact schedule.
The biggest overlap is London and New York, roughly 12:00–16:00 UTC, which carries the most volume and the tightest spreads of the day. Sydney and Tokyo also overlap in the Asian hours. Overlaps matter because more participants are active, so price tends to move more.
No. The spot forex market closes Friday around 22:00 UTC and reopens Sunday around 22:00 UTC when Sydney comes back online. During that gap the clock here shows every session closed. Prices can still gap over the weekend on news, so a position left open can reopen at a different level.
London is usually the most active on its own, and the London–New York overlap is the busiest stretch of all. More volatility means more opportunity but also wider, faster moves, so position size and stops matter most in these hours. The quiet late-Asian session tends to move the least.
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