How Forex works on New Year's holidays in 2021, currency and stock exchange schedule
Traditionally, the largest number of holidays falls on New Year and Christmas, so it will not be superfluous to find out how Forex works during the New Year holidays in 2021.
But before moving directly to the actual schedule of stock exchanges during these holidays, I would like to pay a little attention to important points.
If you have free time on the weekend and regret that you won’t be able to engage in trading, then thanks to cryptocurrencies it is possible to trade seven days a week.
Transactions on digital assets are carried out regardless of the day of the week or international holidays, so you can open or close a position at any time.
There will be a break in trading for other assets. As usual, the exchange is closed on Saturday and Sunday, but the following weekends are added to them.
Forex and stock exchange work during the New Year holidays 2021
| Tools | 31.12.2020 | 01.01.2021 | 07.01.2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forex | Early closing at 21:00 | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| USDRUB, EURRUB | Trading is closed | Trading is closed | Trading is closed |
| CFD on cryptocurrencies | Early closing at 21:00 | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| Spot metals | Early closing at 21:00 | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| BRN, WTI, NG | Early closing at 21:00 | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| NIKK225, SPX500, NQ100 | Early closing at 21:00 | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| ASX200 | Early closing at 05:30 | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| FTSE100 | Early closing at 15:00 | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| HSI50 | Trading as usual | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| STOXX50, DAX30 | Trading is closed | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| IBEX35, CAC40 | Early closing at 15:00 | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| EUR_ind, JPY_ind, USD_ind, AUD_ind, NZD_ind | Early closing at 21:00 | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
| SocialID, GreenID, MobileID, SpWarID, VeganID | Early closing at 21:00 | Trading is closed | Trading as usual |
Some brokers may have differences in trading schedules, so check with your brokerage company .
I would especially like to point out that this year the exchange will not work from December 31 to January 4, so if you do not close the transactions, the swap will be charged in 4 days.
And for some assets, trading is not carried out even on December 31, that is, it is recommended to close transactions as early as December 30, 2020.
Be careful during the holidays, do not forget to control the size of the spread, its value tends to change upward at this time.
You will find a detailed schedule of weekends and holidays for 2021 in our following articles.