What's your morning routine before trading?

The morning before the market sets the state for the session: exercise, reading, planning, silence. The routines differ wildly and the consistent ones work.

What's your morning routine before trading? — trading sessions clock diagram
The four forex trading sessions across a 24-hour day

Describe yours:

  • the sequence and timing
  • what it's designed to produce
  • the part you'd never skip
What's your morning routine before trading? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

The sessions guide helps anchor the routine to market hours.

Background: Forex market hours: the Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions

Currencies trade around the clock on weekdays, but not with the same liquidity. Session times in UTC, the overlaps that matter and the daylight-saving trap.

What time does the forex market open on Sunday?

Most brokers open at 5 p.m. New York time on Sunday, which is 21:00 UTC in summer and 22:00 UTC in winter.

What is the best time to trade forex?

Liquidity is usually highest during the London–New York overlap, roughly 12:00 to 16:00 UTC in the northern summer, when spreads on major pairs tend to be tightest. Whether that suits you depends on the pairs you trade and your strategy.

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