The FX Market is always open. On Monday morning trading starts in Sydney, Australia and as the day goes on more financial markets join in; through Asia – Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo then through to the Middle East, Europe and finally the Americas. The most liquid hour of trading occurs in the European mornings when the U.S has joined in and Europe and the Middle East are still trading.
When the U.S starts to close, Australasia begins again and the process goes on 24-hours a day until the markets close at 5pm New York time on Friday.
The totally global FX market allows investors to trade at any time and never be caught out if there is a world event or an economic announcement without the ability to trade – this is truly unique to the FX market. we trade off-exchange forex transactions. During times of extreme volatility it can be difficult or impossible to execute orders.