Global Currency Holidays

Non-settlement dates for all major currencies

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Currency Holidays Explained

How does Forex Trading Work?

Forex (FX) trading is decentralized, which means there is no single exchange governing transactions. Instead, currency trades occur primarily in the Interbank Market, where major banks and large financial institutions buy and sell currency in large volumes.

For smaller participants, forex brokers serve as the gateway, providing trading platforms that connect individuals and smaller institutions to the broader market. These brokers often hedge their exposure by entering offsetting trades in the Interbank Market.

Understanding the 24/5 Trading Cycle

The global nature of forex creates a โ€œ24/5โ€ trading cycle: while one financial center closes, another opens. Sydney kicks off the trading week on Monday morning (local time), followed by Tokyo, London, and finally New York, with markets closing late on Friday.

Although the term suggests continuous trading, each center still follows regular daytime hours, with brief periods of overlap during which most trading occurs.

What are Currency Holidays?

Currency holidays (or bank holidays) are days when a central bank halts normal operations. Because the underlying payment systems (like FedWire in the U.S.) are also shut down, trading in that currency effectively pauses. For example, if the Federal Reserve is closed, settlements in U.S. dollars cannot be processed.

Consequently, liquidity dries up for currency pairs involving USD, spreads often widen, and most brokers will not offer trading of those pairs because they cannot hedge their exposure.

When is the Best Time to Trade Forex?

Forex trading is most active during the overlapping working hours of major financial centers. These periods see increased trading activity and higher volumes, which lead to tighter spreads and reduced volatility in both the Interbank Market and retail trading platforms. Because traders are aware of these favorable conditions, many specifically target these windows, further reinforcing the trend.

For most currency pairs, the optimal time to trade is during the overlap between New York and London markets. This occurs in the early afternoon London time, as U.S. markets begin to open, and continues until London markets close, just before lunchtime in New York.

How do Currency Holidays Affect Settlement?

Currency holidays impact more than just the Forex market. When a central bank closes, it becomes difficult to move large sums of money, making equity settlement impossible.

Because currency holidays do not always align with trading holidays, days like Veterans Day and Columbus Day may see trading on the NYSE but no settlement. Conversely, on occasions such as Good Friday or the 2025 National Day of Mourning for Jimmy Carter, trading may be halted while settlement continues for prior trades.

Sourcing Reliably Currency Holiday Data

Currency holiday information is critical for knowing when currency pairs can be traded, forecasting settlement dates, and planning interest payment schedules.

TradingHours.com offers comprehensive data for all major currencies, with detailed historical records for backtesting and forward-looking data for long-term planning. The data is accessible via API, making it simple to integrate into your existing systems. Accuracy and reliability are our highest priorities.

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  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US Dollar (USD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Euro (EUR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japanese Yen (JPY)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง British Pound (GBP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australian Dollar (AUD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canadian Dollar (CAD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Chinese Yuan Offshore (CNH)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Swiss Franc (CHF)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korean Won (KRW)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Koruna (CZK)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Danish Krone (DKK)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexican Peso (MXN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norwegian Krone (NOK)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Ruble (RUB)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Swedish Krona (SEK)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungarian Forint (HUF)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore Dollar (SGD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South African Rand (ZAR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israeli Shekel (ILS)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Indian Rupee (INR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libyan Dinar (LYD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Basotho Loti (LSL)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnian Convertible Mark (BAM)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgian Lari (GEL)
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahraini Dinar (BHD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT)
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambican Metical (MZN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albanian Lek (ALL)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstani Som (KGS)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuelan Bolรญvar Soberano (VES)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazilian Real (BRL)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychellois Rupee (SCR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congolese Franc (CDF)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helenian Pound (SHP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghanaian Cedi (GHS)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somali Shilling (SOS)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenyan Shilling (KES)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korean Won (KPW)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberian Dollar (LRD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fijian Dollar (FJD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Pound (SYP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Macedonian Denar (MKD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC)
  • CFP Franc (XPF)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haitian Gourde (HTG)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgarian Lev (BGN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkish Lira (TRY)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodian Riel (KHR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruban or Dutch Guilder (AWG)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Bruneian Dollar (BND)
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thai Baht (THB)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduran Lempira (HNL)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaraguan Cรณrdoba (NIO)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivian Bolรญviano (BOB)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algerian Dinar (DZD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comorian Franc (KMF)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iranian Rial (IRR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados Dollar (BBD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudanese Pound (SDG)
  • ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemeni Rial (YER)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawian Kwacha (MWK)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angolan Kwanza (AOA)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritian Rupee (MUR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuban Peso (CUP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan Manat (AZN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Swazi Lilangeni (SZL)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundian Franc (BIF)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sรฃo Tomรฉan Dobra (STN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Omani Rial (OMR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด Macau Pataca (MOP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldovan Leu (MDL)
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan New Dollar (TWD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Ni-Vanuatu Vatu (VUV)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatari Riyal (QAR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egyptian Pound (EGP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana Pula (BWP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidadian Dollar (TTD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamian Dollar (BSD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombian Peso (COP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraqi Dinar (IQD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoan Tala (WST)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Caymanian Dollar (KYD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisian Dinar (TND)
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistani Som (UZS)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Surinamese Dollar (SRD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentine Peso (ARS)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwandan Franc (RWF)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islander Dollar (SBD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao Kip (LAK)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช Emirati Dirham (AED)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panamanian Balboa (PAB)
  • CFA Franc (XOF)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippine Peso (PHP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romanian Leu (RON)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambian Kwacha (ZMW)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Burmese Kyat (MMK)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belizean Dollar (BZD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป Salvadoran Colon (SVC)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuelan Bolรญvar (VES)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambian Dalasi (GMD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarusian Ruble (BYN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peruvian Sol (PEN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tongan Pa'anga (TOP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladeshi Taka (BDT)
  • East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leonean Leone (SLL)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyanese Dollar (GYD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Polish Zloty (PLN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Icelandic Krona (ISK)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Peso (DOP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistani Manat (TMT)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Malagasy Ariary (MGA)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguayan Guarani (PYG)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghan Afghani (AFN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Falkland Island Pound (ERN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwean Dollar (ZWL)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbian Dinar (RSD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibian Dollar (NAD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djiboutian Franc (DJF)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinean Franc (GNF)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Dutch Guilder (ANG)
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chilean Peso (CLP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolian Tughrik (MNT)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopian Birr (ETB)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnamese Dong (VND)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ)
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistani Somoni (TJS)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenian Dram (AMD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigerian Naira (NGN)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermudian Dollar (BMD)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Island Pound (FKP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar Pound (GIP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanese Pound (LBP)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatian Kuna (HRK)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Ugandan Shilling (UGX)
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudanese Pound (SSP)
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