Weekend trading
Trade commodities, indices, forex, cryptocurrencies and shares with CFDs when traditional markets are closed and get ahead of the Monday market open.
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Why trade on weekends with IG?
React to breaking news
Take positions on market-moving headlines when other traders are locked out.
Protect your weekday positions
Hedge against potential Monday gaps by trading on weekend developments.
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We’re the only trading platform that offers 24/7 live indices prices¹.
Weekend markets and trading hours
Market |
What you can trade |
Our weekend trading hours |
| Commodities | Spot Gold, Spot Silver and Oil – US Crude | 12 noon Saturday until 2.40am Monday (Dubai time²) |
| Indices | FTSE 100, Germany 40, Wall Street, US Tech 100, HS50, Australia 200 and France 40³ | 12 noon Saturday until 2.40am Monday (Dubai time²) |
| Forex | EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY | 12 noon Saturday until 12.40am Monday (Dubai time²) |
| Cryptocurrencies | Major coins including bitcoin, ether and litecoin⁴. | All week except Saturday from 2am to 12 noon (Dubai time²) |
| Shares | Tesla | 12 noon Saturday until 2.40am Monday (Dubai time²) |
Market |
What you can trade |
Our weekend trading hours |
| Commodities | What you can trade: Spot Gold, Spot Silver and Oil – US Crude |
Our weekend trading hours: 12 noon Saturday until 2.40am Monday (Dubai time²) |
| Indices | What you can trade: FTSE 100, Germany 40, Wall Street, US Tech 100, HS50, Australia 200 and France 40³ |
Our weekend trading hours: 12 noon Saturday until 2.40am Monday (Dubai time²) |
| Forex | What you can trade: EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY |
Our weekend trading hours: 12 noon Saturday until 12.40am Monday (Dubai time²) |
| Cryptocurrencies | What you can trade: Major coins including bitcoin, ether and litecoin⁴. |
Our weekend trading hours: All week except Saturday from 2am to 12 noon (Dubai time²) |
| Shares | What you can trade: Tesla |
Our weekend trading hours: 12 noon Saturday until 2.40am Monday (Dubai time²) |
Live prices on popular weekend markets
Prices above are subject to our website terms and agreements. Prices are indicative only. All shares prices are delayed by at least 15 mins.
What is weekend trading?
Weekend trading lets you access commodities, indices, cryptocurrency, forex and shares markets on Saturday and Sunday when traditional exchanges are closed. This means you can:
- React to breaking news immediately rather than waiting for Monday
- Open new positions when many other traders can't
- Adjust your market exposure ahead of the regular trading week
How weekend trading works
- Weekend prices for commodities, indices, forex and shares are quoted separately from weekday markets
- Prices reflect underlying market conditions including volatility, client activity and news flow
- Keep your weekend commodities, indices, FX or shares positions open after Monday close and they'll rollover into regular weekday positions – with any stops or limits remaining in place
How different markets operate on weekends
- Commodities, indices, forex and shares: available on dedicated weekend markets that operate independently from weekday trading. If left open, these positions will roll over into regular weekday positions after Monday market close.
- Cryptocurrencies: trade on our standard crypto markets which run 24/71 without interruption between weekdays and weekends.
Protect your Monday positions with weekend trading
Breaking news doesn't wait for Monday. When weekend events threaten your positions, our weekend markets let you act immediately instead of facing Monday's price gaps.
Protect your positions with hedging
Hedging is a risk management strategy where you open a second position that moves in the opposite direction to your first position. It works like insurance. You're protecting yourself against potential losses by sacrificing some potential profit.
How hedging works
Let's say you buy our weekday Wall Street share CFDs on Friday (predicting that prices will rise) and want to protect this position over the weekend:
- On Saturday, you hear news that might cause Wall Street prices to drop
- To protect yourself, you sell our weekend Wall Street share CFDs (predicting prices will go down)
- If prices drop as expected, the profits from your weekend sell trade help cover the losses on your weekday buy trade
- If prices don't drop as much as feared, your weekday position is still protected, similar to how insurance works
When markets reopen on Monday
If you still hold your weekend position when the weekend market closes on Monday at 2.40am (Dubai time2):
- It will automatically balance against your existing weekday trade (if there are no exit orders attached)
- Or, if you've set price triggers to exit the trade, it will become a regular weekday position
- This means you could have both buy and sell positions open when the weekday market resumes trading
FAQs about weekend trading
How does Saturday and Sunday trading work?
Saturday and Sunday trading works differently depending on the market. Here's how each one operates:
Commodities
Our Saturday and Sunday commodities markets run as separate markets from their weekday counterparts. This gives you the flexibility to respond to news over the weekend that could move markets such as Spot Gold, Spot Silver or US Crude Oil.
You can open Saturday and Sunday positions from 12 noon Saturday Dubai time² without waiting for weekday markets to open. If you keep your Saturday and Sunday position open beyond 2.40am Dubai time² on Monday, we'll automatically roll it over into a weekday position at no cost.
Indices
Our Saturday and Sunday indices run as separate markets from their weekday counterparts. This means you can trade on developments over the weekend without affecting your existing weekday positions.
For example, if you hear news on Saturday night that could impact Germany 40, you can open a weekend position from 12 noon on Saturday Dubai time². Your existing weekday positions remain completely separate - unless you keep the Saturday and Sunday trade open past Monday's rollover time.
If you keep your weekend trade open beyond 2.40am Dubai time² on Monday, we'll automatically roll it into a weekday position at no cost. At this point, your weekend position nets with or against any existing weekday positions. Any stops or limits attached will carry over.
Forex
Our Saturday and Sunday markets on GBP/USD, EUR/USD and USD/JPY are separate from their weekday equivalents. On the platform, you'll see them labelled as 'Weekend GBP/USD', 'Weekend EUR/USD' and 'Weekend USD/JPY'.
This means you can speculate on market developments over the weekend without having to alter an existing weekday position.
If you keep your weekend trade open beyond 12.40am Dubai time2 on Monday, we'll automatically roll it over into a new weekday position at no cost to you.
Cryptocurrencies
Trading cryptocurrency CFDs on weekends is straightforward because the underlying market operates 24/71. Unlike our other weekend markets, cryptocurrency trading uses the same continuous market from weekdays through the weekend. This means:
- Your existing cryptocurrency positions will continue to fluctuate with market movements throughout the weekend
- All stops and limits remain active during weekend hours
- Positions can be opened or closed anytime during our weekend trading hours (12 noon Saturday till 2am Monday, Dubai time2)
Shares
Our Saturday and Sunday shares market runs as a separate market from its weekday counterpart. This means you can trade on developments over the weekend without affecting your existing weekday positions.
For example, if Tesla announces major news on Saturday, you can open a position from 12 noon on Saturday Dubai time² without waiting for weekday markets to open.
If you keep your Saturday and Sunday position open beyond 2.40am Dubai time² on Monday, we'll automatically roll it over into a weekday position at no cost.
Who offers weekend trading in UAE?
IG is the only provider to offer weekend trading on indices, FX, shares and commodities. We also offer weekend trading on our full range of regular cryptocurrency markets.
Can I trade on the Hong Kong HS50, Wall Street, US Tech 100 and Germany 40 on the weekend?
Our out-of-hours offering means you can now trade on the FTSE, Germany 40, Wall Street, US Tech 100 and Hong Kong HS50 on Saturday and Sunday. Your weekday positions will not be affected by our weekend indices, so any stops or limits on these positions will not be processed at the weekend. Any existing weekend contracts will, however, roll into weekday positions if you hold them past 12.40am Dubai time.2
What about my stops and limits?
Here's a clear breakdown of how weekend trading affects your stops and limits:
Stops and limits on an existing weekday indices position can't be triggered on a weekend
Stops and limits on an existing cryptocurrency position can be triggered on a weekend
Any stops and limits on a weekend position can be triggered on a weekend
When Monday arrives, please note that weekend positions with attached stops/limits won't automatically offset against your existing weekday contracts. Instead, these weekend positions will roll into new weekday positions with their stops/limits preserved. Likewise, if your existing weekday contracts have stops/limits attached, your weekend positions won't offset against them automatically. These weekend positions will instead create separate new weekday contracts when they roll over..
Does the FTSE trade on Saturday and Sunday?
You can trade the FTSE 100 on a Saturday and Sunday with IG – the only UAE provider to offer the index on the weekend. IG clients also have access to a number of other exclusive indices including Wall Street, US Tech 100, Germany 40 and HS50.
Try these next
1 24/7 means all week apart from ten hours from 2am to 12 noon Saturday (Dubai time), and 20 minutes just before the weekday market opens on Monday.
2 Our weekend trading hours are based on UK hours and converted to Dubai time. Due to UK clock changes during the year, the time difference between UK and UAE varies by 3 or 4 hours accordingly.
3 If you have traditional weekday positions on the FTSE 100, Germany 40, Wall Street, US Tech 100, or HS50, the valuations of these positions will not change during weekend trading after IG closes on a Saturday. Stops and limits on these weekday positions will not be processed during weekend trading and order to open positions and trailing stops will not be accepted.
4 Trade cryptocurrencies 24hrs a day, 7 days a week, except for Saturday from 2am to 12 noon (Dubai time). If you have a position open on one of these cryptocurrency markets, it will be affected by weekend trading. This additional trading period during the weekend means not only do you have longer to speculate on the price of different coins, but also any stops and limits you have open can be filled on the weekend.
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