Weekend trading
Maximise your opportunities. Trade on weekends with our exclusive 24/71 markets on GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY, global indices and our full range of cryptocurrencies.
Start trading today. Call +44 (20) 7633 5430, or email sales.en@ig.com to talk about opening a trading account. We’re here 24/5.
Contact us: +44 (20) 7633 5430
Start trading today. Call +44 (20) 7633 5430, or email sales.en@ig.com to talk about opening a trading account. We’re here 24/5.
Contact us: +44 (20) 7633 5430
Why trade on weekends with IG?
Discover unique opportunities. Trade key indices and cryptocurrencies 24 hours a day.1
Protect your interests. Hedge your weekday positions by opening a weekend position on the same market.
Monitor your weekend trading performance with our trade analytics tool – identify your mistakes and build on successes.
Trade on the go with our multi-award winning app.2
Our unrivalled weekend markets
Global indices
Trade our exclusive Weekend US Tech 100, Weekend Hong Kong HS50, Weekend Wall Street, Weekend UK 100 and Weekend Germany 40 markets.3
Cryptocurrencies
We offer all major coins including bitcoin, ether, litecoin and our own Crypto 10 Index.4
Live weekend prices
Prices above are subject to our website terms and conditions. Prices are indicative only.
Weekend trading hours
You can trade our regular weekday markets from 7am on Monday (5am for forex) until 6am on Saturday (UTC+8).* Our weekend market hours are:
- 4pm Saturday to 6.40am Monday (UTC+8)* for indices
- 4pm Saturday to 4:40am Monday (UTC+8)* for weekend GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY
- 4pm Saturday until 6am, next Saturday (UTC+8)* for cryptocurrencies and Crypto10 index
*Our trading hours are based on UK GMT hours, and are converted to UTC+8 hours. This means that the times listed are affected by UK clock changes in the year, and will be adjusted by +/- 1 hour accordingly.
What is weekend trading?
Weekend trading gives you access to indices, cryptocurrency and forex markets on a Saturday and Sunday. So, if news breaks and you see an opportunity to trade, you won’t have to wait until markets open on Monday to trade.
Weekend prices for indices and forex are quoted separately to their weekday counterparts. We base prices on underlying market conditions such as volatility, as well as client activity and news flow.
Keep your weekend indices or FX positions open after Monday close, and they’ll rollover into regular weekday positions – with any stops or limits remaining in place.
Underlying crypto markets are open over a weekend, so you’ll be opening a position on our regular weekday markets. Your positions will continue to move over the weekend, and your stops and limits can still be triggered.
How to hedge with weekend trading
By trading on weekend markets, you can offset movements that might impact your weekday position(s).
Suppose you’re long on our weekday Wall Street offering and intend to hold this position going into the weekend. Some negative news is anticipated on Saturday evening that you believe will cause Wall Street to fall in value.
To offset your existing position, you open a short position on our Weekend Wall Street. If your prediction is correct, your short position would turn a profit and offset a proportion of the losses on your weekday Wall Street position.
If you still hold your weekend position when the market closes on Monday at 6.40am (UTC+8)*, it will automatically net off against your existing weekday trade, unless it has a stop or limit attached. In which case, your trade would be rolled over into a weekday position with the same stops and limits attached. So you’d have both a long and a short trade when the weekday market re-opens.
*Our trading hours are based on UK GMT hours, and are converted to UTC+8 hours. This means that the times listed are affected by UK clock changes in the year, and will be adjusted by +/- 1 hour accordingly.
Choose IG as your weekend trading provider
Take a position on weekend markets including GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY, US Tech 100, Wall Street and more.
Choose IG as your weekend trading provider
Take a position on weekend markets including GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY, US Tech 100, Wall Street and more.
Choose IG as your weekend trading provider
Take a position on weekend markets including GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY, US Tech 100, Wall Street and more.
Choose IG as your weekend trading provider
Take a position on weekend markets including GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY, US Tech 100, Wall Street and more.
FAQs
How does Saturday and Sunday trading work?
Saturday and Sunday trading works differently depending on the market.
Indices
With indices, your weekday index positions will be separate to their weekend counterparts. This means you can speculate on market developments over the weekend without having to alter your weekday positions. Weekend index markets are differentiated from their weekday counterparts by their names. Our Saturday and Sunday FTSE 100 market is called ‘Weekend UK 100’, for example, whereas the weekday equivalent is simply ‘FTSE 100’.
Weekend trading hours on indices are from 4pm on Saturday to 6.40am on Monday (UTC+8)*. Positions open at 6.40am (UTC+8)* on a Monday will roll over into weekday positions when those markets resume 20 minutes later at 7am. Please note, however, that the FTSE 100 and Germany 40 will open for trading two minutes later at 7.02am (UTC+8)*.
Cryptocurrencies
Trading cryptocurrencies CFDs on Saturday and Sunday works a little differently – because the underlying market is open over the weekend, we’ve extended our weekday market. So any CFD positions on cryptocurrencies will move over the weekend, and stops/limits can be triggered.
As our current CFD cryptocurrency markets are now available on weekends, any stops and limits you hold will be affected by our extended trading hours. This extra trading period means that you have longer to speculate on the price of these markets, and also that any stops or limits you have to open or close positions can be filled on weekends.
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’).
Trading hours on weekend forex pairs are from 4pm on Saturday to 4.40am on Monday (UTC+8)*. Any positions open at 4.40am on a Monday will roll over into weekday positions when the weekday Forex market resumes 20 minutes later at 5am (UTC+8)*.
*Our trading hours are based on UK GMT hours, and are converted to UTC+8 hours. This means that the times listed are affected by UK clock changes in the year, and will be adjusted by +/- 1 hour accordingly.
Which markets are available for weekend trading with IG?
We offer weekend trading on a range of indices, forex pairs and cryptocurrencies, as well as our Crypto 10 Index.
What about my stops and limits?
Here’s a rundown of when weekend trading can and can’t impact 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
Please note that weekend positions with attached stops/limits will not be netted off against existing weekday contracts. In this instance the weekend position will roll into a new weekday position, with the same stops/limits attached.
Similarly, weekend positions will not net off against existing weekday contracts if the weekday contracts have stops/limits attached. In this instance, weekend positions will be rolled into new weekday contracts.
Does the US Tech 100 trade on Saturday and Sunday?
You can trade the Weekend US Tech 100 on a Saturday and Sunday with us. IG clients also have access to a number of other indices including the Weekend Hong Kong HS50, Weekend Wall Street, Weekend UK 100 and Weekend Germany 40.
You can trade the Weekend US Tech 100 on a Saturday and Sunday with us. IG clients also have access to a number of other indices including the Weekend Hong Kong HS50, Weekend Wall Street, Weekend UK 100 and Weekend Germany 40.
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1 24/7 means all week apart from ten hours from 6am to 4pm Saturday (UTC+8), and 20 minutes just before the market opens on Monday morning. Our trading hours are based on UK GMT hours, and are converted to UTC+8 hours. This means that the times listed are affected by UK clock changes in the year, and will be adjusted by +/- 1 hour accordingly.
2 Best Finance App, Best Multi-Platform Provider and Best Platform for the Active Trader as awarded at the ADVFN International Financial Awards 2024.
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If you have traditional weekday positions on the US Tech 100, HS50, Wall Street, FTSE 100 or Germany 40, the valuations of these positions will not change during weekend trading after IG closes on a Saturday morning. 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 4pm Saturday through to 6am, the next Saturday (UTC+8). 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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