How The Forex Market is Open 24 Hours a Day:

We already aware of the fact, that the Forex market is the largest economic market in the world. And it has a daily transaction volume of over 5 trillion dollars. We are also aware that every participatory country has their self-defined trading hours.

Generally, the opening time falls between 8am-9am local time and the closing time is 4pm-5pm local time. The most interesting thing is that the Forex trading is an OTC trading and the controls (or regulations) are decentralized.

Although most of the countries are involved in Forex trading, broadly the Forex trading hours are divided into four major zones. These zones are Australian zone (Sydney session), Asian Zone (Tokyo Session), European Zone (London Session), and North American Zone (New York Session). [Suggested: Forex Trading Session Timings.]

Every Zone has its own opening & closing hours. But as the whole world doesn’t sleep at the same time, when one session closes another session opens.

The day starts with the opening of Sydney Session and went till the close of the New York Session. But at the time when New York session is about to close, the Sydney session starts again. This circle continues in a loop, and so does the Forex Market remains open 24 hours a day, giving you an opportunity to do forex trading 24 hours a day. (But you should never do it!)