Cryptocurrencies

Note: Trading for most cryptocurrencies is available 24/7, including weekends, except during server maintenance hours. This excludes some instruments which have a close only mode in trading hours as mentioned in the table below.

Note: LTCUSD is currently in close-only mode.

Close only mode allows users to close existing orders but no new orders can be opened during these periods.

Commodities

Note: Trading is unavailable for commodities on weekends.

Note: DST begins on March 31, 2024 to October 27, 2024 for Aluminum (XAL), Copper (XCU), Nickel (XNI), Lead (XPB), and Zinc (XZN).

Metals

• XAU orders follow the standard rules of higher margin requirements that happen in the 4 hours before market close, and 1 hour after the market opens; XAU orders during these periods are restricted to a maximum leverage of 1:200.
• XAU orders placed 30 minutes before the daily break are subject to increased margin requirements, with leverage restrictions to a maximum of 1:1000.

Energies

Stocks

Note: trading is unavailable for stocks on weekends.

Note: IQ, BB, and RLX are currently in close-only mode.

*10:00:00 to 13:40:00 UTC+0 in summer and 11:00:00 to 14:40:00 UTC+0 in winter is only for closing open orders. No new orders for these stocks can be opened and modified during this period. Regular trading will resume from 13:40:00 UTC+0 in summer and 14:40:00 UTC+0 in winter.

Indices

Note: Trading is unavailable for indices on weekends.

Note: Quote only mode is applied for indices from 22:00 to 22:05 in Summer and 23:00 to 23:05 in Winter. During this period clients are not able to open, modify, or close positions. There will be no execution for pending positions and positions will not be closed by stop out.

*Most of the daily breaks for HK50 will not be shown on MT4 due to platform limitations. Please refer to the website for the updated trading hours.

Rollover period

This is when open spot trades are rolled over from one day to the next, without settling them. This results in downtime from any institution that trades these instruments; tier 1 banks, smaller banks, ECNs, other liquidity providers, etc.

1. During the rollover, liquidity is drained from the markets, causing wider spreads. This can be expected during all rollovers.
2. Rolling trades over to the next day incurs an overnight charge equal to the difference in respective interest rates, which is more commonly known as swap.
3. Dividends are applied to orders during a rollover.
4. The rollover schedule is Sunday to Thursday at 21:00 UTC+0 in the summer and at 22:00 UTC+0 in the winter.

We define rollover as a period of 1 - 2 hours. Depending on the instrument, lower liquidity may occur longer than a rollover period.

Note: Gold (XAUUSD) is not as affected by this because it's not open for trading during this time. It might have thinner liquidity than usual around the forex rollover.

Daylight saving time (DST)

In summer and winter, some countries change their timezone to align with Daylight Savings Time (DST). This has an impact on market opening and closing hours during summer and winter. We observe the dates of US Daylight Savings Time (DST) for most instruments*.

Note: swap is credited to or charged from trading accounts at 21:00/22:00 UTC+0 until the position is closed. Read more on when swap is charged during summer and winter.

The table below displays summer and winter periods.

*XALUSD, XCUUSD, XNIUSD XPBUSD and XZNUSD instruments follow UK DST.

Below are the opening and closing hours of the major international trading centers for both summer and winter.

Holidays

Several holidays may affect trading hours throughout the year, depending on the region. Some holidays will have no trading at all, while others may limit or amend trading hours.

Note: clients are notified by email with information about holiday trading hours by instrument.

Here’s a list of all the holidays for 2024:

Trading time changes

National Day (HK)

Shown in +0 UTC

**Stocks of companies located in the United States.