Best Days of the Week to Trade

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Best Days of the Week to Trade Forex

Ok, so now we know that the London session is the busiest out of all the other sessions, but there are also certain days in the week where all the markets tend to show more movement. Below is a chart of average pip range for the 4 major pairs for each day of the week:

Best Days of the Week to Trade

You can see that during the middle of the week is where the most movement is seen on all 4 major pairs. Fridays are usually busy until 12pm EST and then the market pretty much drops dead until it closes at 5pm EST. This means we only work half-days on Fridays. The weekend always starts early! Yippee!

So based on these three simple pieces, we’ve learned when the busiest times of the market are. These are the best times to trade because they give us a higher chance of success.

If you're feeling down in the dumps and wish to lose money, these are the times to trade...

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