00:00–09:00 UTC

Asia Session

The Asia session covers the trading hours of Tokyo, Sydney and Singapore. It opens the Forex week on Sunday at 17:00 New York time — 21:00 UTC (US summer time) / 22:00 UTC (winter) — and runs through to the London open.

Open

00:00 UTC (the week itself reopens Sunday at 21:00 UTC (US summer time) / 22:00 UTC (winter), the weekly gap)

Close

09:00 UTC

Daily briefing

23:30 UTC (Mon–Thu) / Sunday 21:30 UTC (US summer time) / 22:30 UTC (winter)

Characteristics

  • •Lower volatility than London or New York — daily range is ~40-60% of the average week
  • •Yen pairs (USDJPY, AUDJPY, GBPJPY) see the most action
  • •Bank of Japan policy news and Australian/Chinese macro data drive sharp moves
  • •Asian liquidity sweep is a common Smart Money pattern just before London opens

Key events to watch

BoJ statements, Australian CPI/jobs, Chinese trade balance, RBA decisions

Most active pairs

USDJPYAUDUSDNZDUSDAUDJPYEURJPY

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