New York session

New York is the second-largest centre and the one that ends the trading day: the daily forex candle closes at 17:00 New York time, and so does the swap and rollover cycle. Its first four hours run alongside London.

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Session	Status	Your time	Countdown
Sydney08:00 – 17:00 Sydney	—	—	—
Tokyo09:00 – 18:00 Tokyo	—	—	—
London08:00 – 17:00 London	—	—	—
New York08:00 – 17:00 New York	—	—	—
London – New York overlapthe busiest window of the day	—	—	—

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When the New York session runs

The New York session is defined by the hours New York keeps: 08:00 to 17:00 local. That never changes. What changes is where those hours land on your clock.

Length, most of the year

9 hours

UTC, northern winter

13:00 – 22:00

UTC, northern summer

12:00 – 21:00

SAST, all year round trip

15:00 / 14:00

What the New York session is like

US data releases cluster at 08:30 New York time, half an hour before the equity open — the single densest scheduled window in the week.
Liquidity thins noticeably after London closes, and the last two hours are among the quietest of the day.
The 17:00 close is when the daily candle prints, swap is charged, and Wednesday’s triple swap lands.

What else is open while it runs

Measured on a northern-summer day. The figures shift by an hour when the hemispheres fall out of step, which is exactly why the live clock above is the authority and this table is the summary.
Session	Hours shared	What that means
London	4h	A long overlap: liquidity from both centres, and the deepest book of the day.
Sydney	none	No overlap — these two never trade at the same time.
Tokyo	none	No overlap — these two never trade at the same time.

New York session in every major timezone

A row where the two columns match is a timezone that moves in step with New York — or one where neither moves at all.
Timezone	Northern winter	Northern summer
SAST South Africa	15:00 – 00:00	14:00 – 23:00
GMT Reference time	13:00 – 22:00	12:00 – 21:00
EST / EDT United States	08:00 – 17:00	08:00 – 17:00
IST India	18:30 – 03:30	17:30 – 02:30
GST United Arab Emirates	17:00 – 02:00	16:00 – 01:00
CET / CEST Europe	14:00 – 23:00	14:00 – 23:00
EET / EEST Europe	15:00 – 00:00	15:00 – 00:00
JST Japan	22:00 – 07:00	21:00 – 06:00
AEST / AEDT Australia	00:00 – 09:00	22:00 – 07:00
WAT West Africa	14:00 – 23:00	13:00 – 22:00
EAT East Africa	16:00 – 01:00	15:00 – 00:00
PST / PDT United States	05:00 – 14:00	05:00 – 14:00

The other sessions

Sydney sessionThe week starts here. Thin, slow, and the only game in town for two hours.Tokyo sessionThe Asian session proper. JPY pairs lead; ranges are defined and often respected.London sessionThe largest session by volume. Most of the day’s range is built here.London – New York overlapThe hours London and New York are open together — the deepest liquidity of the day.

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