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 โ24/5โ 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.
Global Currency Holidays
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Global Currencies
- ๐บ๐ธ US Dollar (USD)
- ๐ช๐บ Euro (EUR)
- ๐ฏ๐ต Japanese Yen (JPY)
- ๐ฌ๐ง British Pound (GBP)
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australian Dollar (AUD)
- ๐จ๐ฆ Canadian Dollar (CAD)
- ๐จ๐ณ Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
- ๐จ๐ณ Chinese Yuan Offshore (CNH)
- ๐จ๐ญ Swiss Franc (CHF)
- ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
- ๐ฐ๐ท South Korean Won (KRW)
- ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Koruna (CZK)
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Danish Krone (DKK)
- ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexican Peso (MXN)
- ๐ณ๐ด Norwegian Krone (NOK)
- ๐ท๐บ Russian Ruble (RUB)
- ๐ธ๐ช Swedish Krona (SEK)
- ๐ญ๐บ Hungarian Forint (HUF)
- ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore Dollar (SGD)
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ South African Rand (ZAR)
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israeli Shekel (ILS)
- ๐ฎ๐ณ Indian Rupee (INR)
- ๐ฑ๐พ Libyan Dinar (LYD)
- ๐ฑ๐ธ Basotho Loti (LSL)
- ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnian Convertible Mark (BAM)
- ๐ฌ๐ช Georgian Lari (GEL)
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukrainian Hryvnia (UAH)
- ๐ง๐ญ Bahraini Dinar (BHD)
- ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT)
- ๐บ๐พ Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
- ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambican Metical (MZN)
- ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albanian Lek (ALL)
- ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstani Som (KGS)
- ๐ป๐ช Venezuelan Bolรญvar Soberano (VES)
- ๐ง๐ท Brazilian Real (BRL)
- ๐ธ๐จ Seychellois Rupee (SCR)
- ๐จ๐ฌ Congolese Franc (CDF)
- ๐ธ๐ญ Saint Helenian Pound (SHP)
- ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghanaian Cedi (GHS)
- ๐ธ๐ด Somali Shilling (SOS)
- ๐ฐ๐ช Kenyan Shilling (KES)
- ๐ฐ๐ต North Korean Won (KPW)
- ๐ฑ๐ท Liberian Dollar (LRD)
- ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU)
- ๐ซ๐ฏ Fijian Dollar (FJD)
- ๐ธ๐พ Syrian Pound (SYP)
- ๐ฒ๐ฐ Macedonian Denar (MKD)
- ๐จ๐บ Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC)
- CFP Franc (XPF)
- ๐ญ๐น Haitian Gourde (HTG)
- ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgarian Lev (BGN)
- ๐น๐ท Turkish Lira (TRY)
- ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodian Riel (KHR)
- ๐ฆ๐ผ Aruban or Dutch Guilder (AWG)
- ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR)
- ๐ง๐ณ Bruneian Dollar (BND)
- ๐น๐ญ Thai Baht (THB)
- ๐ญ๐ณ Honduran Lempira (HNL)
- ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaraguan Cรณrdoba (NIO)
- ๐ง๐ด Bolivian Bolรญviano (BOB)
- ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algerian Dinar (DZD)
- ๐ฐ๐ฒ Comorian Franc (KMF)
- ๐ฎ๐ท Iranian Rial (IRR)
- ๐ง๐ง Barbados Dollar (BBD)
- ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudanese Pound (SDG)
- ๐พ๐ช Yemeni Rial (YER)
- ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawian Kwacha (MWK)
- ๐ฆ๐ด Angolan Kwanza (AOA)
- ๐ฒ๐บ Mauritian Rupee (MUR)
- ๐จ๐บ Cuban Peso (CUP)
- ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan Manat (AZN)
- ๐ธ๐ฟ Swazi Lilangeni (SZL)
- ๐จ๐ท Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
- ๐ง๐ฎ Burundian Franc (BIF)
- ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
- ๐ธ๐น Sรฃo Tomรฉan Dobra (STN)
- ๐ด๐ฒ Omani Rial (OMR)
- ๐ฒ๐ด Macau Pataca (MOP)
- ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldovan Leu (MDL)
- ๐น๐ผ Taiwan New Dollar (TWD)
- ๐ป๐บ Ni-Vanuatu Vatu (VUV)
- ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatari Riyal (QAR)
- ๐จ๐ป Cape Verdean Escudo (CVE)
- ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
- ๐ช๐ฌ Egyptian Pound (EGP)
- ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)
- ๐ง๐ผ Botswana Pula (BWP)
- ๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK)
- ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD)
- ๐น๐น Trinidadian Dollar (TTD)
- ๐ง๐ธ Bahamian Dollar (BSD)
- ๐จ๐ด Colombian Peso (COP)
- ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraqi Dinar (IQD)
- ๐ผ๐ธ Samoan Tala (WST)
- ๐ฐ๐พ Caymanian Dollar (KYD)
- ๐น๐ณ Tunisian Dinar (TND)
- ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistani Som (UZS)
- ๐ธ๐ท Surinamese Dollar (SRD)
- ๐ฆ๐ท Argentine Peso (ARS)
- ๐ง๐น Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN)
- ๐ฒ๐ป Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR)
- ๐ท๐ผ Rwandan Franc (RWF)
- ๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islander Dollar (SBD)
- ๐ณ๐ต Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
- ๐ฑ๐ฆ Lao Kip (LAK)
- ๐ฆ๐ช Emirati Dirham (AED)
- ๐ต๐ฆ Panamanian Balboa (PAB)
- CFA Franc (XOF)
- ๐ต๐ญ Philippine Peso (PHP)
- ๐ท๐ด Romanian Leu (RON)
- ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambian Kwacha (ZMW)
- ๐ฒ๐ฒ Burmese Kyat (MMK)
- ๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
- ๐ง๐ฟ Belizean Dollar (BZD)
- ๐ธ๐ป Salvadoran Colon (SVC)
- ๐ป๐ช Venezuelan Bolรญvar (VES)
- ๐ฒ๐ฆ Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
- ๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambian Dalasi (GMD)
- ๐ง๐พ Belarusian Ruble (BYN)
- ๐ต๐ช Peruvian Sol (PEN)
- ๐น๐ด Tongan Pa'anga (TOP)
- ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladeshi Taka (BDT)
- East Caribbean Dollar (XCD)
- ๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leonean Leone (SLL)
- ๐ฌ๐พ Guyanese Dollar (GYD)
- ๐ต๐ฑ Polish Zloty (PLN)
- ๐ฎ๐ธ Icelandic Krona (ISK)
- ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Peso (DOP)
- ๐น๐ฒ Turkmenistani Manat (TMT)
- ๐ฒ๐ฌ Malagasy Ariary (MGA)
- ๐ต๐พ Paraguayan Guarani (PYG)
- ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghan Afghani (AFN)
- ๐ช๐ท Falkland Island Pound (ERN)
- ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwean Dollar (ZWL)
- ๐ท๐ธ Serbian Dinar (RSD)
- ๐ณ๐ฆ Namibian Dollar (NAD)
- ๐น๐ฟ Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)
- ๐ฉ๐ฏ Djiboutian Franc (DJF)
- ๐ฏ๐ด Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
- ๐ฌ๐ณ Guinean Franc (GNF)
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Dutch Guilder (ANG)
- ๐จ๐ฑ Chilean Peso (CLP)
- ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolian Tughrik (MNT)
- ๐ช๐น Ethiopian Birr (ETB)
- ๐ป๐ณ Vietnamese Dong (VND)
- ๐ฌ๐น Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ)
- ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistani Somoni (TJS)
- ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenian Dram (AMD)
- ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigerian Naira (NGN)
- ๐ง๐ฒ Bermudian Dollar (BMD)
- ๐ซ๐ฐ Falkland Island Pound (FKP)
- ๐ฌ๐ฎ Gibraltar Pound (GIP)
- ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanese Pound (LBP)
- ๐ญ๐ท Croatian Kuna (HRK)
- ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
- ๐บ๐ฌ Ugandan Shilling (UGX)
- ๐ธ๐ธ South Sudanese Pound (SSP)
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