Trading hours
1 April to 7 October 2018 - Times GMT
| Product | Open | Close | Daily Break | ||||
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 Cryptocurrencies |
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| Product | Open | Close | Daily Break | ||||
| Bitcoin* | BTC | 23:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | ||
| Ethereum | ETH | 23:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | ||
| Ripple | XRP | 23:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | ||
| * Closing of Bitcoin Deals is 24/7 on Web Platforms, except Sunday 06:00 – 09:00 GMT due to maintenance of our systems | |||||||
 Currencies |
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| Product | Open | Close | Daily Break | ||||
| Majors & Minors | 21:00 | Sunday / MT4 22:00 | 21:00 | Friday | |||
| Swiss Franc | CHF | 21:00 | Sunday / MT4 22:00 | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 (MT4) | |
| Exotic Currencies | |||||||
| Israeli Shekel | ILS | 05:30 | Weekdays | 15:00 | Mon-Thu / 11:00 Friday | ||
| Chinese Yuan | CNH | 00:00 | Monday | 18:00 | Friday | ||
| Turkish Lira | TRY | 22:00 | Sunday / 00:00 Monday (MT4) | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 (MT4) | |
| Swedish Krona | SEK | 22:00 | Sunday / 00:00 Monday (MT4) | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 (MT4) | |
| Norwegian Krone | NOK | 22:00 | Sunday / 00:00 Monday (MT4) | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 (MT4) | |
| South African Rand | ZAR | 22:00 | Sunday / 00:00 Monday (MT4) | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 (MT4) | |
 Metals |
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| Product | Open | Close | Daily Break | ||||
| Gold | XAU | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:55 | Friday | 20:55 - 22:00 | |
| Silver | XAG | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:55 | Friday | 20:55 - 22:00 | |
| Palladium | XPD | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:55 | Friday | 20:55 - 22:00 | |
| Platinum | XPT | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:55 | Friday | 20:55 - 22:00 | |
| Copper | CPR | 22:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 | |
 Energy Products |
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| Product | Open | Close | Daily Break | ||||
| WTI Crude | OIL | 22:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 | |
| Brent Oil | BRT | 00:00 | Weekdays | 21:00 | Weekdays | ||
| Heating Oil | HEO | 22:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 | |
| Gas Oil | GAS | 00:00 | Weekdays | 21:00 | Weekdays | ||
| Natural Gas | NGS | 22:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 | |
 Commodities |
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| Product | Open | Close | Daily Break | ||||
| Wheat | WHT | 00:00 | Weekdays | 18:10 | Weekdays | 12:40 - 13:30 | |
| Corn | CRN | 00:00 | Weekdays | 18:10 | Weekdays | 12:40 - 13:30 | |
| Soybeans | SOY | 00:00 | Weekdays | 18:10 | Weekdays | 12:40 - 13:30 | |
| Cotton | CTN | 01:00 | Weekdays | 18:15 | Weekdays | ||
| Coffee | CFE | 08:15 | Weekdays | 17:25 | Weekdays | ||
| Sugar | SGR | 07:30 | Weekdays | 16:55 | Weekdays | ||
| Cocoa | CCO | 08:45 | Weekdays | 17:25 | Weekdays | ||
 Indices |
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| Product | Open | Close | Daily Break | ||||
| US 500 | SPI | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:15 | Friday | 20:15 - 22:00 | |
| US 30 | DOW | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:15 | Friday | 20:15 - 22:00 | |
| US Tech | NDQ | 22:00 | Sunday | 20:15 | Friday | 20:15 - 22:00 | |
| UK 100 | FTS | 07:00 | Weekdays | 20:00 | Weekdays | ||
| Germany 30 | DAX | 06:00 | Weekdays | 20:00 | Weekdays | ||
| EU Stocks 50 | ESX | 06:00 | Weekdays | 19:55 | Weekdays | ||
| France 40 | CAC | 06:00 | Weekdays | 20:00 | Weekdays | ||
| Swiss 20 | SWI | 06:00 | Weekdays | 20:00 | Weekdays | ||
| Australia | ASX | 23:50 | Sunday | 21:00 | Weekdays | 06:30 - 07:10 and 21:00 - 23:50 | |
| Japan 225 | NKI | 22:00 | Sunday | 21:00 | Friday | 21:00 - 22:00 | |
| Hong Kong 40 | HSX | 01:15 | Weekdays | 15:30 | Weekdays | 04:00 - 05:00 and 08:30 - 09:15 | |
| China 50 | CNX | 01:00 | Weekdays | 18:00 | Mon-Thu/ 07:55 Friday | 07:55 - 09:05 | |
| India 50 | IND | 01:00 | Weekdays | 18:00 | Mon-Thu/ 10:10 Friday | 10:10 - 11:15 | |
| USD Index | USX | 22:00 | Sunday / 00:00 Tuesday-Friday | 20:55 | Weekdays | ||
| Fear | VXX | 07:00 | Weekdays | 20:00 | Weekdays | ||
Daylight Savings Time (DST) is generally applicable in autumn and spring; however, it is not equally applicable to all instruments. There will be instruments that apply DST to USA times, with the EU or APAC times, while others may not apply DST at all. Our trading times are updated in the table below to reflect these changes as accurately as possible.
The table above shows the trading hours per instrument so you know when orders must be settled and find trading opportunities according to when a market opens or closes.
Deal Expiry
Commodities and Indices expire at 12:00 GMT, while WTI Crude OIL expire at 15:00 GMT.
Vanilla Options Expire at 10:00 New York Time. Cryptocurrencies on MT4 expire at 15:00 GMT every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month. Exact expire dates are displayed in your trade ticket and on MT4 Market Watch
Changes on Trading Hours
Trading hours may change due to several factors such as unusual market conditions which affect liquidity, or circumstances out of our control.
We aim to update our trading times as necessary to reflect these changes, please contact us for up-to-date information.
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