Wondering if you can you trade forex on weekends?

Wondering if you can you trade forex on weekends? Here is the short answer: the interbank FX market closes from Friday 5 p.m. New York time until Sunday 5 p.m., when the Asian session kicks off. That means standard currency pairs (like EUR/USD or GBP/JPY) are not available for live trading during Saturday and most of Sunday. Some brokers advertise weekend forex products, but these are synthetic markets with limited liquidity, wider spreads, and prices that may differ from Monday’s open. If you trade them, manage risk carefully. Use weekends to get ahead instead: review higher timeframes, update your watchlist, set alerts and pending orders, backtest strategies, and map out key levels around upcoming data. Pay attention to events that can trigger Monday gaps - elections, emergency central-bank actions, or unexpected geopolitical headlines. While certain regional markets operate on Sunday local time, true FX liquidity typically returns around 5 p.m. ET as global trading desks come online. The bottom line: you cannot trade the core forex market 24/7, but you can prepare smarter so you are ready to execute the moment liquidity returns.

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