Trading around rollover: how do you time the 5 p.m. New York window?

The daily rollover brings a spread-widening pause that catches unaware traders. For a strategy, it's a scheduled cost — or a scheduled avoidance — and the plan should say which.

Trading around rollover: how do you time the 5 p.m. New York window? — trading sessions clock diagram
The four forex trading sessions across a 24-hour day

What's your rollover rule?

  • whether you trade through the window
  • how spreads change your stops and targets there
  • the rollover surprise you once ate
Trading around rollover: how do you time the 5 p.m. New York window? — bid-ask spread diagram
The bid-ask spread on a currency pair

The sessions guide and trading costs guide explain the window.

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