Trading requires adequate knowledge on how the market moves embedded with factors that are responsible for the fluctuation of price. It's very important to also know when to trade and when not to trade cause a lot of factors can influence the entire movement of the market. Just like the market reaction to bitcoin that made it to fall to $49,000 some few days ago.
It is quite important to know the various trading sessions which could help to know the part of the day in which volatility frequently occur. There are some trading sessions that is characterized by high volatility, creating more opportunities to make more money compared to trading sessions with low volatility. Low volatility market can be frustrating atimes cos their is less opportunity to make good money, spending more time on a particular trade without any good result. Quite frustrating!
I believe no man is an island of knowledge, we learn by sharing our experience and consensus with others. I believe what I am about to share with us could help one or two persons in their trading journey. I'm open to suggestions and opinions.
We can make money trading when the market moves up and also moves down. But we will have a very difficult time trying to make money when the market doesn't move at all.
We have four trading sessions in the market:
-SYDNEY SESSION
-ASIAN/TOKYO SESSION
-LONDON SESSION
-NEW YORK SESSION
SYDNEY SESSION: represents Australia and other countries and it time zone. Market opens by 9pm GMT and close by 6am GMT.
ASIAN/TOKYO SESSION: represents Japan and other Asian countries around it. Opens by 11pm GMT and close by 8am GMT.
LONDON SESSION: represents the United Kingdom and other European countries around it. Opens by 7am GMT and close by 4pm GMT.
NEW YORK SESSION: represents the U.S. opens by 1pm GMT and close by 4pm GMT.
Note: All sessions last for 9 hours. You can always add 9 hours to the opening time to get the closing time of any particular session.
GMT: Greenwich Mean Time:
https://greenwichmeantime.comhttps://24timezones.com/timeBEST TIME TO TRADE
-When two sessions are overlapping of course! These are also the time when major news events come out to potentially spark some volatility and directional movements.
-The European session tend to be the busiest out of the four sessions.
-The middle of the week (Tuesday, Wesday and Thursday) typically shows the most movement, as the pips range widens.
WORST TIME TO TRADE
Sundays: Everyone is enjoying their weekend.
Holidays: Everyone is taking a break.