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US Daylight Savings and Thanksgiving Holiday Trading Hours

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Aayush Jindal

Due to changes to US Daylight Savings Time (DST) on the 1st of November, the MT4/MT5 platform will change its standard trading time from GMT+3 to GMT+2. A number of products will also have altered hours.

Please review the table below for full details of changes to these trading hours.

SymbolRegular Trading TimeUS DST Shift November 2020
Standard Trading Time (GMT+3)From 2/11/2020 (Mon) onwards trading servers move to GMT+2.
New Trading Time (GMT+2)
FX00:01 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		00:01 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)
Metals01:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		01:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)
AUS20001:50 - 08:30 & 09:10 - 23:0000:50 - 07:30 & 08:10 - 22:00
GER3001:02 - 23:59
(Monday 01:05 Open / Friday 23:55 Close)		01:02 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Monday 01:05 Open / Friday 23:00 Close)
EUSTX5010:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		09:00 - 23:00
FRA4010:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		09:00 - 23:00
JPN22501:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		01:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)
UK10001:02 - 23:59
(Monday 01:05 Open / Friday 23:55 Close)		01:02 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Monday 01:05 Open / Friday 23:00 Close)
NAS10001:00 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		01:00 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)
US3001:00 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		01:00 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)
US50001:00 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		01:00 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)
UKO/XBRUSD03:00 - 23:59
(Monday 02:00 Open / Friday 23:55 Close)		03:00 - 23:59
(Monday 01:00 Open / Friday 23:55 Close)
USO/XTIUSD01:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		01:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday on 26th November in the US, market hours for a number of products will be temporarily influenced between the 25th and 27th November. Please review the table below for full details of changes to these trading hours.

SymbolRegular Trading TimeUS Thanksgiving Holiday November 2020
Standard Trading Time (GMT+2)25/11/2020 (Wed)26/11/2020 (Thu)27/11/2020 (Fri)
FX00:01 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		NormalNormalNormal
Metals01:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		Normal01:00 - 20:0001:00 - 20:45
UKO/XBRUSD03:00 - 23:59
(Monday 01:00 Open / Friday 23:55 Close)		Normal03:00 - 20:3003:00 - 21:00
USO/XTIUSD01:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		Normal01:00 - 20:0001:00 - 20:45
AUS20000:50 - 07:30 & 08:10 - 22:00NormalNormalNormal
CAN6009:00 - 16:15 & 16:30 - 23:30NormalNormalNormal
CN5003:00 - 10:30 & 11:00 - 22:45NormalNormalNormal
EUSTX5009:00 - 23:00NormalNormalNormal
FRA4009:00 - 23:00NormalNormalNormal
GER3001:02 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Monday 01:05 Open / Friday 23:00 Close)		Normal01:02 - 23:00Normal
HK5003:15 - 06:00, 07:00 - 10:30 & 11:15 - 21:00NormalNormalNormal
HSCEI03:15 - 06:00, 07:00 - 10:30 & 11:15 - 21:00NormalNormalNormal
IND5003:00 - 12:10 & 12:40 - 22:45NormalNormalNormal
JPN22501:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		Normal01:00 - 20:0001:00 - 20:15
NAS10001:00 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		Normal01:00 - 20:0001:00 - 20:15
NETH2509:00 - 23:00NormalNormalNormal
SING3002:30 - 11:20 & 11:50 - 22:45NormalNormalNormal
SWISS2009:00 - 23:00NormalNormalNormal
TWFTSE02:45 - 07:45 & 08:15 - 22:45NormalNormalNormal
UK10001:02 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Monday 01:05 Open / Friday 23:00 Close)		Normal01:02 - 23:00Normal
US3001:00 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		Normal01:00 - 20:0001:00 - 20:15
US50001:00 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		Normal01:00 - 20:0001:00 - 20:15
US200001:00 - 23:15 & 23:30 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		Normal01:00 - 20:0001:00 - 20:15
USDX03:00 - 23:59
(Monday 01:00 Open / Friday 23:55 Close)		Normal03:00 - 20:0003:00 - 20:15
VIX01:00 - 23:59
(Friday 23:55 Close)		Normal01:00 - 18:3001:00 - 20:15


Unless indicated above the markets will be open as usual. Times shown are server time (GMT+2).

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