Crypto never closes. That is a genuine difference from forex, and it changes how a position has to be managed.
| Hours | Every hour of every day, including weekends |
|---|---|
| Time zone | No session, no exchange holiday, no weekend close |
| Daylight saving | Daylight saving does not apply. There is no opening bell to move. |
| Overlaps | Forex hours are shown above for comparison. |
Hours are the conventional business hours of the financial centre. The clock above converts them into your own time zone and follows daylight saving, so it does not go stale twice a year.
The full session clock shows all four at once with a timeline.
There is no exchange holiday and no weekend close, but volume is not flat. It thins overnight in United States hours and through Sunday, and thin books move further on the same order. An always-open market is not an always-safe one.
In forex a weekend gap happens once a week and is visible in advance. In crypto the price simply keeps moving while you sleep, so a position without a stop is exposed for every hour it is held. The argument for placing a stop at entry is stronger here than anywhere else.
If you trade crypto as a CFD through a forex broker rather than on an exchange, the broker sets the hours, and some of them do close for maintenance or at the weekend. The underlying market is open; your access to it may not be.
No. There is no weekend close, no opening bell and no exchange holiday. It trades every hour of every day.
No, it changes the risk rather than removing it. Forex gaps over a weekend you can see coming; crypto simply keeps moving while you are asleep, so an unprotected position is exposed for every hour it is held.
No. It thins overnight in United States hours and through Sunday, and a thin book moves further on the same order. Always open is not the same as always liquid.
Because you are trading a contract with the broker rather than on an exchange. The underlying market is open; the broker’s access to it is a separate decision that they set.
The session a trade was taken in is recorded in the journal, and the analytics break results down by session, so you can see which of these hours actually works for you rather than guessing.
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