Market Hours and Trading Sessions
The time of day shapes how much liquidity is in a market. These guides give the hours of the markets traders use most, checked against the exchanges and dated.
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Guides in this topic
- Check futures hours
Futures Market Hours: CME Trading Times for ES, Oil and Gold
Weekly and daily hours of ES, crude oil, gold, Treasuries, grains and bitcoin futures in ET, CT and London time.
- Time your trades
Trading Sessions: Asian, London and New York Hours in ET
The Asian, London and New York sessions in ET, London and India time, their overlap, RTH and ETH, and how to set up your chart.
- Plan around expiry
Triple Witching 2026 and 2027: Dates and What Happens
Triple witching dates for 2026 and 2027, settlement times, and what 25 years of SPY data show about volume and the week after.
- Trade before the open
Pre-Market and After-Hours Trading: Hours, Risks, Brokers
Pre-market, after-hours and overnight hours at the exchanges and at Schwab and Interactive Brokers, the risks, and what SPY data show about the overnight move.
- Check exchange hours
Stock Exchange Hours Worldwide: Opening Times in ET
Opening and closing times of the major exchanges in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific, in local and New York time, with lunch breaks.
- Trade the opening range
Opening Range Breakout: Rules, Charts and Common Mistakes
How 5, 15 and 30-minute opening windows differ, with a worked SPY example at a 15-minute window, entry at the next bar’s open and a 2R target.