Forex Trading Hours in the Asia-Pacific area

Forex Market Trading Hours

The International Date Line is located in the western Pacific region, and each business day starts first in the Asia-Pacific financial centers. First Forex trading open in Wellington, New Zealand, then Sydney, Australia, followed by Asian markets: Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Market	Sydney	Tokyo	Hong Kong	Moscow	Frankfurt	London	New York	Chicago	LA
Time Zone	AEST	JST	WST	EET	WET	UTC/GMT	EST	CST	PST
Australian Open	09:00	07:00	06:00	01:00	23:00	22:00	17:00	16:00	14:00
Japan Economic News	10:50	08:50	07:50	02:50	00:50	23:50	18:50	17:50	15:50
Asian Open	11:00	09:00	08:00	03:00	01:00	00:00	19:00	18:00	16:00
Asian Market Close	14:00	12:00	11:00	06:00	04:00	03:00	22:00	21:00	19:00

A few hours later Forex trading begin in India, then Bahrain and elsewhere in the Middle East. Later still, when it is late in the business day in Tokyo, European markets open for business.

So here are the times when two Forex trading sessions overlap:

The good time to trade currency is from the 7 pm to 10 pm EST time period, when the Asian and Australian markets overlap.

*EST = UTC** – 5 hours
**UTC= Coordinated Universal Time is the more modern name for what used to be GMT (Greenwich mean time).

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Forex Trading Hours in the Asia-Pacific area

Australian Open

Asian Open

Asian Market Close

So here are the times when two Forex trading sessions overlap:

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