Best Time for Forex Volatilty

[walterw 10]

Ok I want to make a question here to all forex traders:

 

What time of the day is the most volatile one to trade forex ?... would the London session be the best ? Thanks Walter.

[Soultrader 12]

Hi Walter,

 

Not sure if you've seen this yet but might want to take a look if interested in Forex: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f55/chat-script-from-nov-7-2006-a-746.html

[notouch 10]

It depends what currency pair. For those involving one or two European currencies then the London session is most volatile. As you're looking at USD/JPY I would say the overlap between London and New York is your best bet: 1300-1600 London time. Big economic releases out of Japan and the US create big volatility.

[trigger 10]

Hey Walter, here's a little pdf I came across a while ago. I'm not sure how current it is but it seems to be pretty accurate. Its out there on the web. Hope this is what your looking for.

Forex Volatility.pdf

[Guest cooter]

Thanks for posting this, trigger. It expands on what notouch noted above - the overlap between US & Europe (NY & London) is your best bet - 8am to 12noon ET.

[torero 10]

I tend to stay around the overlap between Tokyo and London sessions where volatility and movements are decent.

[walterw 10]

Thanks for the inputs everyone... cheers Walter.

[FXTrader 10]

Ok I want to make a question here to all forex traders:

 

What time of the day is the most volatile one to trade forex ?... would the London session be the best ? Thanks Walter.

 

Many times trade setups happen a few hours into the the trading session or not at all. In order to avoid sitting at you computer just because it's the London or US session, set a price alert at for the area where you want to start paying closer attention. This will also help you from burning out.

[vladv 10]

I trade only the London/European market forex session.

[zdo 20]

Slighty different aspects but this may help

 

http://kreslik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1093&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

[SwingTradinJay 10]

London/European - NY sesh 1am-11am Central US time is my trading hours. Good moves usually.

[FXLegalEagle 10]

Wow! That site was really an eye opner.

Any chance of finding the Co-Relationship between pairs, namely:

1)Parallel

2) Inverse

3) Same direction.

 

How these currencies also relate to Gold, Oil, Nas, etc

 

 

Thanks

PS: Or where I could search and get info on the above.

 

Kev.

Sydney

Down_Under.

[zdo 20]

fxLegalEagle

 

Try

 

Currency Correlations

 

etc.

 

Most charting packages have correlation functions if you want to get more granular or see it historically.

 

hth

[i trade 10]

Best correlation tables I have seen.

 

Forex Correlation - Mataf.net

[sicktrader 10]

I prefer to trade the news, and trade the currency from which the news is reported. Usually a lot of movement during the first 30 minutes or so. Normally have about 10 trades a day, which is good for me.

[i trade 10]

I don't use forex correlation as a reason to enter or exit a trade. I use it as a guide so I don't over leverage myself with positions that are similar.

ie: if I'm loading up short aud/usd then I want to be careful going long usd/cad.

[speres 10]

Obviously london and us is a good time to trade but you do get to some decent levels during asia or any other time of day other than us or uk that is tradeable