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World Forex Market Hours (WFMH)

There are no "exchanges" on which spot Forex is traded, so there are no opening or closing "bells" to signal the beginning and end of trading each day. Trading continues around the clock in every market. Market opens Monday morning New Zealand time, and closes Friday afternoon New York time.

In every market, the pace of Forex trading activity --- what we call trading volume --- rises and falls each day according to a repeating pattern. Generally, in each market, most of each day's trading volume occurs during "regular business hours" in that market.

Specifically, trading volume rises dramatically at about 8am local time in each market, and then trails off significantly...