The New York open and the London overlap: how do you trade it?

The London–New York overlap is the busiest window in forex — the first hour of New York carries the volume of entire other sessions. Spreads tighten, moves accelerate, and every strategy behaves differently there.

The New York open and the London overlap: how do you trade it? — trading sessions clock diagram
The four forex trading sessions across a 24-hour day

What's your overlap playbook?

  • the pairs you trade and the setups you look for
  • how your entries and stops change in the first hour
  • whether you avoid the window entirely and why
The New York open and the London overlap: how do you trade it? — bid-ask spread diagram
The bid-ask spread on a currency pair

The sessions guide maps the overlap hours.

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