Gold trading hours
Asia, London and New York session times in Iraq time, the best time to trade gold, and this week's key releases. Updated automatically for summer and winter time.
Weekly open
Monday 02:00
First hours of the week: thin liquidity, gaps are possible.
Asia session (Tokyo)
03:00 – 12:00
Usually quiet, narrow ranges.
London session
11:00 – 20:00
Real liquidity starts; Asia's highs or lows are often swept.
New York session
16:00 – 01:00
Highest liquidity, with US news.
London–New York overlap
16:00 – 20:00
The most active window for gold.
US data releases
16:30
Most high-impact news (CPI, NFP): sharp volatility.
Daily break
01:00 – 02:00
Pricing stops for about an hour; spreads are wide around it.
Weekly close
Saturday 01:00
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
04:00 – 08:00
Builds a high and a low that get targeted later.
London
10:00 – 13:00
Asia's liquidity is often swept and the day's direction forms.
New York AM
16:30 – 20:00
US news and the day's strongest move.
New York PM
21:00 – 00:45
Continuation or reversal before the daily close.
🇬🇧 London open
From 11:00 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 16:00 to 20:00: the highest liquidity and the clearest moves; US data comes out at 16:30.
⚠️ Times to avoid
The minutes around high-impact news, the daily break from 01:00, 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 02:00 (Iraq time) and trades around the clock until Saturday 01:00, with a short daily break from 01:00 to 02:00.
The London session opens at 11:00 and closes at 20:00 (Iraq time).
The New York session opens at 16:00 and closes at 01:00 (Iraq time); most key US data is released at 16:30.
The most active window is the London–New York overlap, 16:00 to 20:00 (Iraq time), followed by the London open at 11:00.
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.
