Gold trading hours
Asia, London and New York session times in Australia time, the best time to trade gold, and this week's key releases. Updated automatically for summer and winter time.
Weekly open
Monday 10:00
First hours of the week: thin liquidity, gaps are possible.
Asia session (Tokyo)
11:00 – 20:00
Usually quiet, narrow ranges.
London session
19:00 – 04:00
Real liquidity starts; Asia's highs or lows are often swept.
New York session
00:00 – 09:00
Highest liquidity, with US news.
London–New York overlap
00:00 – 04:00
The most active window for gold.
US data releases
00:30
Most high-impact news (CPI, NFP): sharp volatility.
Daily break
09:00 – 10:00
Pricing stops for about an hour; spreads are wide around it.
Weekly close
Saturday 09:00
Last hour before the weekend: wider spreads, erratic moves.
Times are calculated automatically for summer and winter time in London, New York and your country. On some major holidays (Christmas, New Year) the market may close early.
These windows come from the sessions indicator we use on TradingView (New York time, GMT-5): this is where liquidity is swept and most strong gold moves start.
Asia
12:00 – 16:00
Builds a high and a low that get targeted later.
London
18:00 – 21:00
Asia's liquidity is often swept and the day's direction forms.
New York AM
00:30 – 04:00
US news and the day's strongest move.
New York PM
05:00 – 08:45
Continuation or reversal before the daily close.
🇬🇧 London open
From 19:00 for about two hours: the day's direction forms, and Asia's liquidity is often swept before the real move.
🔥 London–New York overlap
From 00:00 to 04:00: the highest liquidity and the clearest moves; US data comes out at 00:30.
⚠️ Times to avoid
The minutes around high-impact news, the daily break from 09:00, and the last hour before Friday's close: wide spreads and erratic moves.
An alert before every high-impact release and a daily gold analysis, free in the public channel.
The gold market opens each week on Monday 10:00 (Australia time) and trades around the clock until Saturday 09:00, with a short daily break from 09:00 to 10:00.
The London session opens at 19:00 and closes at 04:00 (Australia time).
The New York session opens at 00:00 and closes at 09:00 (Australia time); most key US data is released at 00:30.
The most active window is the London–New York overlap, 00:00 to 04:00 (Australia time), followed by the London open at 19:00.
Yes. London and New York change their clocks twice a year, so session times shift by one hour in your time zone. The times on this page are calculated automatically, so they are always right.
No. The global gold market is closed from Friday evening to Sunday evening New York time, and the price stays at the last close.
