Thread: Best times to trade pairs

Hi Everyone,
I have over the years been developing an EA to exchange automatically and have reached a stage where I am now fine tuning various facets of it.
One of the considerations I am having is, are the greater time to exchange specific pairs. Has anybody done any real analysis they would be ready to share as to which pairs generally go at particular times of the day. I could imagine but only wondered.
Not sure where to place this thread, in here or Trading Systems. Likely applies to the two.
Best wishes to everybody


If it can happen, it probably will.

Try this web website.
Https://www.mataf.net/en/forex/tools/volatility
It gives you considerably greater than that.
Cheers, H

Originally Posted by ;

Hi Everyone, I have over time been growing an EA to trade automatically and have reached a stage where I'm now fine tuning various aspects of it. Among the considerations are the time to trade pairs. Has anybody done any analysis they would be ready to share about which pairs generally go at particular times of the day. I could imagine but only wondered. Not sure where to put this thread, in here or Trading Systems. Probably applies to both. Best wishes.

IMO....there isn't any such thing as better time to trade a specific pair generally. I'd say it depends on your egy. There are million combinations of egies but in the long run I believe the base of almost any egy are 1 of the 2 types. 1) Its based on price to trend. 2) Its based on price to range.

If your egy is based on type 1, then you will always always drop at a very long term no matter what you're doing. . .if the markets are ranging.
If your egy is based on type 2, you will always always drop at a very long term no matter what you're doing. . .if the markets are trending.

All the above said....you ought to be looking for finding information for pairs based on if they trend and if they range and in what time frames. . .based with this you pick the sessions where you want to trade your pairs.

I have been trading Forex for 11 years and have assessed countless approaches, indiors, and signals. Based purely on over 40,000 hours of experience, I'd counsel you to exchange when one or both currencies of your pair possess open banks and exchanges. Though the market does move the hours for it going down and up really are when the people who use that currency have been awake and trading it. That is when the fundamentals are publicly released. You make money when price is moving up and down, not sideways. Since banks produce an estimated 90% of the trading volume, then you are more inclined to find trades when those banks are actively trading. Trading is about following the money, so first, the cash has to be present. Holidays and days with no news normally have range than days with fundamentals. Not sure how you would program an EA for this, apart from turning it off or on.

The exception is major USD news. Because this is the world reserve currency, a number of its news can impact different currencies. In particular, interest rate news, and White House policy changes generally cause market reactions. Think of it like the stock market in which a rising tide raises all boats. That means that a stock will show movement in accore in the event the business as a whole is affected by some news event.

For the majority of states though (consistency), stick to the active market hours of the currencies of this pair. I did moving average analysis with a EA to ascertain an effective guide for measuring buyers from sellers. I used a analysis, which skewed my results since the momentum dies during trading periods, however the trading signals persist. By deleting hours that were dead, I found, the probability rose. I typically trade from Frankfurt Open to New York lunch. It is most likely to happen after NY lunch if there is not a swing during those hours. The money has to move, lol, but then anybody can learn how to trade, if they do the same thing everyday. It does happen, although it is not normal to swing the cash after NY lunch. The sign is a market when there shouldn't be a dead market. For all those times, I will do exactly what your EA will never be able to do. I can use a time frame sign to reveal the entry. Good Luck.

Originally Posted by ;

quote 1) Its based on price to fad. 2) Its based on price to range. If your egy is based on type 1, you may always always lose at a long run regardless of what you do. . .if the markets are currently ranging. If your egy is based on type 2, then you may always always drop at a long term regardless of what you do

A higher time frame range = a decrease time frame trend. Rather than making them separate entities, try combining them.

Originally Posted by ;

quote A greater time frame range = a lower time frame tendency. Instead of making them separate entities, consider combining them.

That is not accurate it all! We look to have a distinct definitions of fashion and range

Originally Posted by ;

quote you may want to alter your definitions then, as you appear quite perplexed. I make a living out of easily knowing which is which, and turning them to time frame. Sorry if you cannot do that. Doesn't require any excuse points, quotes marks, nor discussions from you, lol. This is not babypips schooling, lol. Welcome to the real world.

OK. I am attempting to help the OP.
No interest in any interactions with you.

Dear yalgaar,
You probably should not be insulting me. Try reading these threads to determine how time frames may appear on time frame charts. I guess that these come from an idiot too, looking for an indior to help reveal what I wrote on my articles, LOL. I guess you're simply to attack somebody you don't understand and call him names. Good person. Have a fantastic day.

Https://www.forexforum.co.za/cryptoc...-distance.html by yalgarr, called Indior that attracts cubes for different Timeframes

https://www.forexforum.co.za/trading...m-20-pips.html by yalgarr, called Timeframe Overlay Indior

Originally Posted by ;

... I have over the years been growing an EA to trade automatically . . .One of the factors would be the better time to trade certain pairs. ... I could guess but just wondered. .

Do not guess, work it our for yourself and gain the assurance which provides.

You have not said what timeframe or trade frequencies you anticipate, but if you have developed an EA, simply add code to check time of day and day of week periods. It's simple to perform in TradeStation and NinjaTrader, so presumably in MT4 as well (I am not a developer).

You might also find that entering trades at a certain time of day and day of week, but allowing them run onwards with various kinds of trade direction works for your interval(s). Here's a recent 60-day backtest of the DAX, to give you a bit of encouragement to work it out for yourself (the only way to fly ) :



appears like an ATM, does not it ? Unfortunately running automation Live attracts obstacles - I really don't do it on timeframes that are fast - however backtesting is still a fantastic research tool.

Autochartist has also about volatility/trading hours, superior statistic .