Pacific Session Overview
Time zone
10:00 pm - 06:00 am
(from the opening of the Wellington session to the end of the Sydney session)
Forex starts its working hours when the Wellington (New Zealand Exchange) opens on Monday local time. Sydney (Australian Securities Exchange) opens in 2 hours.
Market 24h Clock shows the Pacific session as two lighten up orange Stock Exchanges: NZX Wellington and ASX Sydney.
Pacific session is characterised by rather low volatility compared to other sessions and is the calmest session of all. Trading is slack for major currency pairs; however, strong movements for AUD, NZD, and their crosses happen when influential news is released and/or when the Pacific session overlaps the Asian session.
Best time to trade:
Asian - Pacific OverlapTraded Currency Pairs
Mainly traded currencies are AUD, NZD, USD, and their crosses, e.g. NZD/USD, AUD/NZD, NZD/JPY.

