Strategy & Concepts

Market Session

A market session is a defined trading period during which specific markets are most active. For forex and futures, the main sessions are: Asian Session (Tokyo), London Session (European), New York Session, and their overlap periods.

Why it matters for traders

Different market sessions have different liquidity, volatility, and participant characteristics. Many traders perform significantly better in specific sessions — and worse in others. Session analysis is a key tool for improving time efficiency.

How Tradapt tracks this

Tradapt's session performance analytics shows your win rate, average R, and P&L for each market session. Discovering that you perform poorly in the Asian session but excellently in the London open can lead to significant improvement by simply stopping during your weaker sessions.

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Frequently asked questions

When is the best time to trade?

This varies by trader and instrument. For forex, the London/New York overlap (1pm–4pm GMT) is typically the highest liquidity period. For US futures, the regular session open (9:30am ET) is often the highest volatility. Use Tradapt's time-of-day analytics to find your personal best trading hours.

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