Weekend trading

Trade indices, forex, cryptocurrencies, shares and commodities 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
Indices	Australia 200, France 40, FTSE 100, Germany 40, Wall Street, US Tech 100 and HS50³	8am Saturday until 10.40pm Sunday (BST)
Forex	EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY	8am Saturday until 8.40pm Sunday (BST)
Cryptocurrencies	All major coins including bitcoin, ether, litecoin and our Crypto 10 index⁴.	8am Saturday until 10pm Friday (BST)
Shares	Tesla	8am Saturday until 10.40pm Sunday (BST)
Commodities	Spot Gold and Oil – US Crude	8am Saturday until 10.40pm Sunday (BST)

Live prices on weekend markets

What is weekend trading?

Weekend trading lets you access indices, cryptocurrency, forex, shares and commodities 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 indices, forex, shares and commodities are quoted separately from weekday markets
Prices reflect underlying market conditions including volatility, client activity and news flow
Keep your weekend indices, FX, shares or commodities 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

Indices, forex, shares and commodities: 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 in Australia.
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 9:40am (AU 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:

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 anytime during our weekend trading hours (7pm Saturday till 9am Monday, AU time)

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 7pm on Saturday AU 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 9.40am AU 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 7.40am AU time on Monday, we'll automatically roll it over into a new weekday position at no cost to you.

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 7pm on Saturday AU time² without waiting for weekday markets to open.

If you keep your Saturday and Sunday position open beyond 9.40am AU time² on Monday, we'll automatically roll it over into a weekday position at no cost.

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 or US Crude oil.

You can open Saturday and Sunday positions from 7pm Saturday AU time2 without waiting for weekday markets to open. If you keep your Saturday and Sunday position open beyond 9.40am AU time² on Monday, we'll automatically roll it over into a weekday position at no cost.

Who offers weekend trading in Australia?

IG is the only Australian provider to offer weekend trading on indices, FX, shares and commodities. We also offer weekend trading on cryptocurrencies, as well as our Crypto 10 Index.

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 7.40am AU 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

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..

Can I trade the ASX 200 on Saturday and Sunday?

You can trade the ASX 200 on a Saturday and Sunday with IG through our Weekend Australia 200 market. IG clients also have access to a number of other indices including Wall Street, US Tech 100, Germany 40 and HS50.

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¹ 24/7 means all week apart from ten hours from 10pm Friday to 8am Saturday (UK time), and 20 minutes just before the market opens on Sunday.
² Our weekend trading hours are based on UK hours, and are converted to AU time zones. This means that the times listed are affected by both UK and AU clock changes in the year, and will be adjusted by +/- 1 hour accordingly. You can trade our regular weekday markets with most indices and commodities open from 10am on Monday (8am for forex) until 9am on Saturday morning (AU time).
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 Friday. 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 from 6pm Saturday through to 8am (AU 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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