Forex operate without interruption from Monday morning at 9 am, hours of Wellington in New Zealand, Friday at 17h, New York time, ie from Sunday evening at 21h GMT Friday evening 21h GMT.

In every major bank, the operators (we said traders) are the 3x8, although generally at different locations. A team based in Asia or Australia succeeds another located in Europe and a third located in North America, and so on.

However, despite the global nature and the release schedule between continents, a large (31% of total volume, according to the BIS) of market activity is still physically located in London.