The Forex market is active 5 days a week, 24 hours per day. Before looking at the best times to trade, it is important to first look what a 24-hour day in the forex market looks like. The market can be broken up into four major trading sessions, these are: Sydney, Tokyo, London and the New York session. Mainly trade the London and US sessions as this is where the most volatility is present. The below chart displays the trading hours and market switchover times followed by the average daily PIP movement ranges (ADR) for each currency pair.