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Best Days of The Week To Trade Forex
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Below is a chart of average pip range for the major pairs for
each day of the week:
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USD/JPY 41 65 82 91 124
NZD/USD 28 81 98 87 100
EUR/GBP 35 74 81 79 75
EUR/CHF 35 55 55 64 87
As you can see from the chart above, it’s best to trade during the middle of
the week, since this is when the most action happens.
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Fridays are usually busy until 12:00 pm EST and then the market pretty much
drops dead until it closes at 5:00 pm EST. This means we only work half-days
on Fridays.
So based on all these, we’ve learned when the busiest and best days of the
week to trade forex are.
The busiest times are usually the best times to trade since high volatility
tends to present more opportunities.
Unless you’re Edward Cullen, who does not sleep, there is no way you can
trade all sessions. Even if you could, why would you?
While the forex market is open 24 hours daily, it doesn’t mean that action
happens all the time!
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You need sleep to recharge and have energy so that you can do even the
most mundane tasks like mowing the lawn, talking to your spouse, taking the
dog for a walk, or organizing your stamp collection.
You’ll definitely need your rest if you plan on becoming a hotshot currency
trader.
Every trader should know when to trade and when NOT to trade.
Knowing the optimal times you should trade and the times when you should
sit out and just play some Fortnite instead.
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Here’s a quick cheat sheet of the best and worst times to trade:
When two sessions are overlapping of course! These are also the times
where major news events come out to potentially spark some volatility
and directional movements. Make sure you bookmark the Market Hours
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The middle of the week typically shows the most movement, as the pip
Fridays – liquidity dies down during the latter part of the U.S. session.
When you just broke up with your significant other because you chose
trading forex over him or her. Wait until the next London session instead.
You can always be a swing or position trader. We’ll get back to that later.
Meanwhile, let’s move on to how you actually make money trading currencies.
Excited? You should be!
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Quiz Time!
Like in all things you do, you need to have a schedule in trading forex.
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