What's your view on trading the Monday open?

Monday opens with the weekend's news priced in a gap, thin liquidity and unsettled order books. Some traders wait hours; some trade the gap; most have a story about why they no longer do.

What's your view on trading the Monday open? — bid-ask spread diagram
The bid-ask spread on a currency pair

What's yours?

  • whether you trade Mondays at all
  • how you read the gap and the first hours
  • the Monday that taught you the lesson
What's your view on trading the Monday open? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

The weekend gaps guide explains the open's mechanics.

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