Weekend trading

Saturday and Sunday trading works differently depending on the market.

Indices

Our Saturday and Sunday indices are all separate markets to their weekday counterparts, enabling you to speculate on developments over the weekend without affecting your weekday positions.

For example, if you hear some news on a Friday night that you think will cause a rally for the Germany 40, you no longer have to wait until our weekday market opens to trade. Instead, you can open a position from 2am on a Saturday.

If you keep your weekend trade open beyond 9.40am AU time on Monday, then we’ll automatically roll it over into a new weekday position at no cost to you.

And because our weekend markets are separate, any existing weekday positions won’t be affected unless you keep your weekend trade open beyond 9.40am AU time on Monday, at which point we'll net your weekend position with or against your existing open position. If you have attached stops or limits to your weekend position, it will roll into a new weekday position with the same stops and limits in place.

Cryptocurrencies

Trading cryptocurrency CFDs on weekends is straightforward because the underlying market operates 24/7. 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 at any time during our weekend trading hours (7pm Saturday till 9am Monday, AU time)

This seamless trading experience gives you full flexibility to manage your cryptocurrency exposure whenever market developments occur.

Forex

Our Saturday and Sunday markets on GBP/USD, EUR/USD and USD/JPY are separate to their weekday equivalents. This means you can speculate on market developments over the weekend without having to alter an existing weekday position. Weekend cable (GBP/USD) is distinguished from the weekday market by its name on the platform – ‘Weekend GBP/USD’. The same principle applies to EUR/USD (‘Weekend EUR/USD’) and USD/JPY (‘Weekend USD/JPY’).

If you keep your weekend trade open beyond 7.40am AU time on Monday, then we'll automatically roll it over into a new weekday position at no cost to you.

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 7.40am AU time.

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

• Stop 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..

You can trade the FTSE 100 on a Saturday and Sunday with IG through our Weekend UK 100 market. IG clients also have access to a number of other indices including Wall Street, US Tech 100, Germany 40 and HS50.