Hours of operation

Our hours of operation coincide with the global financial markets. Trading is available from Sunday 5pm to Friday 5pm (New York time).

Please note: these times are subject to change during daylight saving time and certain public holidays. Trading hours may be impacted when trading is suspended in the underlying market.

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Avoiding margin closeouts

Ensure that you maintain sufficient margin in your OANDA Trade account at all times to avoid a margin closeout. To reduce the risk of a margin closeout, you could reduce or close your overall positions or add more funds to your OANDA Trade account. To prevent unwanted order execution, consider widening your take-profits, stop-losses or trailing-stops prior to the market close.

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Existing and new positions

You cannot close existing positions or open new positions when the markets are closed. You can, however, place or modify entry, stop-loss, take-profit and trailing stop orders.

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Widening spreads

Spreads (the difference between the bid price and ask price) typically widen before the markets close and could trigger orders and/or margin closeouts.

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Market prices

Market prices may significantly change or “gap” when the market resumes trading. This change could trigger orders, which would be executed at the prevailing market rate. For example, if a price moves against you, a stop-loss order may be triggered at a different price to the price specified on your order. This could result in additional losses.

Forex
Instrument name Timezone MT4 lot size Trading hours
All FX products New York 100,000 Sun-Fri: 17:03 - 16:58*

*FX trading will be closed from 16:58 until to 17:03 (New York time) daily.

Note: There is an additional five-minute break for NZD pairs starting at 06:58 Auckland time (12:58 New York time).

Metal CFDs
Instrument name Currency Timezone of exchange MT4 lot sizes Trading hours (local exchange time)
XAU/USD USD New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:03 - 16:58
XAU/AUD AUD New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAU/CAD CAD New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAU/CHF CHF New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAU/EUR EUR New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAU/GBP GBP New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAU/HKD HKD New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAU/JPY JPY New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAU/NZD NZD New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 12:58; 13:03 - 16:58
XAU/SGD SGD New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAU/XAG USD New York 100 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAG/USD USD New York 5000 Sun-Fri: 18:03 - 16:58
XAG/AUD AUD New York 5000 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAG/CAD CAD New York 5000 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAG/CHF CHF New York 5000 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAG/EUR EUR New York 5000 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAG/GBP GBP New York 5000 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAG/HKD HKD New York 5000 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAG/JPY JPY New York 5000 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
XAG/NZD NZD New York 5000 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 12:58; 13:03 - 16:58
XAG/SGD SGD New York 5000 Sun-Fri: 18:10 - 16:58
Index CFDs
Instrument name Currency Timezone of exchange MT4 lot sizes Trading hours (local exchange time)
Australia 200 AUD Sydney 1 Mon - Fri 09:50 - 16:30; 17:10 - 07:00*
China A50 USD Singapore 1 Mon - Fri 09:00 - 16:29; 17:00 - 04:44
Euro 50 EUR Frankfurt 1 Mon - Fri 01:15* - 21:59
France 40 EUR Paris 1 Mon - Fri 08:00 - 21:59
Germany 30 EUR Frankfurt 1 Mon - Fri 01:15* -21:59
Hong Kong 50 HKD Hong Kong 1 Mon - Fri 09:15 - 11:59; 13:00 - 16:30; 17:15 - 03:00
Japan 225 USD Chicago 1 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 16:00
Netherlands 25 EUR Amsterdam 1 Mon - Fri 08:00 - 21:59
Singapore 30 SGD Singapore 1 Mon - Fri 08:30 - 17:20; 17:50 - 05:15
Taiwan Index USD Hong Kong 1 Mon - Fri 08:45 - 13:45; 14:30 - 03:00
UK 100 GBP London 1 Mon - Fri 01:00 - 20:59
US Nas 100 USD Chicago 1 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 16:00
US Russ 2000 USD Chicago 1 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 16:00
US SPX 500 USD Chicago 1 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 16:00
US Wall St 30 USD Chicago 1 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 16:00
ChinaH Shares HKD Hong Kong 1 Mon - Fri 09:15 - 12:00; 13:00 - 16:30; 17:15 - 03:00
Japan 225 (JPY) JPY Chicago 1 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 16:00
Spain 35 EUR Madrid 1 Mon - Fri 08:00 - 20:00
Switzerland 20 CHF Frankfurt 1 Mon - Fri 08:00 - 22:00

Note: MT4 lot size only applies to CFD trades placed on an MT4 account.

*Where indicated, the opening or closing time of the session moves forward by one hour during daylight savings time.

Treasury CFDs
Instrument name Currency Timezone of exchange MT4 lot sizes Trading hours (local exchange time)
Germany 10Y Bund USD Frankfurt 100 Mon - Fri 01:15* - 21:59
UK 10Y Gilt USD London 100 Mon - Fri 08:00 - 17:59
US 2Y T-Note USD Chicago 100 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 15:59
US 5Y T-Note USD Chicago 100 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 15:59
US 10Y T-Note USD Chicago 100 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 15:59
US T-Bond USD Chicago 100 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 15:59

*Where indicated, the opening or closing time of the session moves forward by one hour during daylight savings time.

Commodity CFDs
Instrument name Currency Timezone of exchange MT4 lot sizes Trading hours (local exchange time)
Brent Crude Oil USD London 100 Mon - Fri 01:00 - 22:59
Copper USD Chicago 2,500 Sun - Fri 17:00 - 15:59
Corn USD Chicago 5,000 Sun - Fri 19:00 - 07:44; 08:30 - 13:19
Natural Gas USD New York 2,500 Sun - Fri 18:00 - 16:59
Soybeans USD Chicago 600 Sun - Fri 19:00 - 07:44; 08:30 - 13:19
Sugar USD New York 40,000 Mon - Fri 03:30 - 12:59
West Texas Oil USD New York 100 Sun - Fri 18:00 - 16:59
Wheat USD Chicago 5,000 Sun - Fri 19:00 - 07:44; 08:30 - 13:19

BCO trading will start at 6pm on Sunday (EST).

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