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The forex market

The largest financial market in the world: currencies trade against one another without a break from Sunday evening to Friday evening. The major pairs carry the deepest liquidity and the tightest spreads.

When does it move? The four sessions

GMT, approximate

Sydney
Tokyo
London
New York

Liquidity peaks during the London–New York overlap, around 13:00–16:00 GMT.

When does it move?

Four consecutive sessions: Sydney, then Tokyo, then London, then New York. Liquidity peaks in the London–New York overlap, roughly 13:00–16:00 GMT.

What drives it?

Interest-rate decisions, inflation and jobs data, and central-bank language. Remember that a pair moves on the gap between two currencies’ strength, not on one currency alone.

How does the indicator read it?

Buy and sell zones are drawn on order clusters before the move, and the pivot baseline marks the centre of balance inside the session — clearest on the major pairs, thanks to their liquidity depth.

Major pairs

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Buy and sell zones on these pairs, drawn for you on TradingView.

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