For five days a week, the currency market is open 24 hours a day. This indicates that every currency pair can be traded throughout the weekdays, except on weekends, unless otherwise specified. However, certain hours of the day may be better for traders than others.

When forex trading, there is always a market, however, there are periods when the market is choppy and others when it’s calm. 

In addition, different currency pairs show varied levels of activity at different times of the day because of the overall demography of the market players who are online at the time.

The forex market experiences varied levels of volatility at different times of the day for different currency pairs. This is also true for trading times in Nigeria, and in this article we consider the best Forex trading sessions in Nigeria time. 

Understanding Forex trading sessions

Many institutional and individual forex traders benefit from a 24-hour forex market since it provides liquidity and the ability to trade at any time. When it comes to currency trading, each individual trader has a limited amount of time to check their positions.

The Asian, European, and North American sessions, which are also known as the Tokyo, London, and New York sessions, are traditionally divided into three peak activity periods. 

These three cities’ names are sometimes used interchangeably since they symbolize the most important financial hubs in each of their respective areas. 

Most banks and corporations in the respective regions do their day-to-day transactions during this time, and there is also a higher concentration of online speculators.

The Asia session

The Asian markets are the first to react when liquidity returns to the forex (or FX) market at the beginning of the week. The Tokyo capital markets, which are unofficially representative of activity in this region, are open from midnight to 6 a.m. every day GMT. 

The European session

At this point, Asian trading hours come to an end and the European session takes over. This FX time zone has a lot of big financial markets in it, making it quite busy. The European session’s parameters have been set in London until now. 

The North American session

By the time the North American session begins, the Asian markets will have been closed for several hours, but for European traders, the day is only halfway through. There is a lot of action in the United States, as well as Canada, Mexico, and South America, during this session. 

The best time to trade in Nigeria

For Nigerian traders, the best time to trade most currency pairs in summers is from 13:00 to 17:00 WAT, while in winters it is considered to be from 14:00 to 18:00 WAT. 

During this time, most African countries, including Nigeria, are open for business. The London and New York trade sessions are both active at this moment. For all currency pairs including European, American, and African currencies, spreads are at their lowest at these times. Also Read: CBN to stop forex supply to banks by end of 2022