Holiday liquidity: do you skip the thin days?

On holidays the ranges shrink, spreads widen and price behaves like a different instrument. Some traders skip thin days entirely; others trade them deliberately with smaller size and wider tolerance.

Holiday liquidity: do you skip the thin days? — trading sessions clock diagram
The four forex trading sessions across a 24-hour day

What's your rule?

  • the holidays you mark in your calendar
  • how thin liquidity changes your entries and stops
  • the holiday session that surprised you
Holiday liquidity: do you skip the thin days? — bid-ask spread diagram
The bid-ask spread on a currency pair

The sessions guide shows which centres close when.

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