The three major Forex trading sessions are New York Trading session , The London Trading session and the Tokyo Trading session. Usually , the Foreign exchange market is more active when periods overlap in Europe with Asia Session between 2 AM - 5 am New York Time and Europe with US trading session between 8 am - 12 pm New York Time
New York Trading Session: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm (New York Time)
New York Trading session is the 2nd biggest Forex trading market , New York trades around 16% of the world's Forex tradings. The majority of the tradings in New York occurs during the US with EURO overlap , with tradings slowing as liquidity dries up and European traders exit the Forex market.
London Trading Session: 3:00 AM - 12:00 PM (New York Time)
London trading session is the biggest and the most significant Forex trading center in the world , with around 34% daily Forex trading volume. Most of the biggest banks keep their trading desks in London because of that market share. The big number of participants in the London Forex trading session and the big number of the tradings makes the London trading session more volatile than the other two sessions.
Tokyo Trading Session: 7:00 PM - 4:00 AM (New York Time)
Tokyo trading session is the first market to open and many traders use the Tokyo trading session to apply their trading system. Around 6% of the world's Forex transactions are traded in the Tokyo trading session.
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