Weekend trading
Opportunity doesn’t keep to office hours. Access our weekend markets – GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY, global indices and more.
Why trade on weekends with us?
Discover unique opportunities. You won’t find prices on GBP/USD or our indices with anyone else.1
Monitor your weekend trading performance with our trade analytics tool – identify your mistakes and build on successes.
Trade on the go with Singapore's No.1 app2 or from our award-winning web platform.3
Our weekend market offerings
Forex
Seize opportunities on GBP/USD you won’t find anywhere else, and trade EUR/USD and USD/JPY when these markets are usually closed.
Global indices
Trade our exclusive FTSE 100, Germany 40, Wall Street, US Tech 100 and HS50 weekend markets.4
Commodities
Take your position on spot gold when others can't.
Weekend trading hours
You can trade our regular weekday markets from 7am on Monday (5am for forex) until 6am SGT on Saturday night. Our weekend market hours* are:
- 3pm SGT Saturday to 5.40am SGT Monday for Indices and Spot Gold
- 3pm SGT Saturday to 3.40am SGT Monday for weekend GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY
*All times listed above are in GMT+7 to maintain alignment with British Summer Time. Outside of UK daylight saving time (BST), these times will be adjusted to GMT+8.
What is weekend trading?
Weekend trading gives you access to the forex, commodities and indices markets on a Saturday and Sunday. So, if news breaks and you see an opportunity to trade, you won’t have to wait until the markets open again on Monday. Keep your weekend index or FX positions and gold open after Monday morning close, and they’ll roll over into regular weekday positions – with any attached stops or limits remaining in place.
Weekend prices for indices and forex are quoted separately to their weekday counterparts. As the only provider of weekend trading, we do not have access to real-time data of underlying asset prices during weekend trading hours. However, we base prices on underlying market conditions such as volatility, as well as client activity and news flow to give you the most accurate pricing possible.
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 when the market closes on Saturday morning. Some negative news is anticipated, which 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 at 5.40am SGT on Monday, it will automatically net off against your existing weekday trade - that is, unless 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.
Choose IG as your weekend trading provider
Take a position on weekend market including GBP/USD, EUR/USD, USD/JPY, FTSE 100, Wall Street and more.
*Demo accounts are only available for CFD trading.
FAQs
How does Saturday and Sunday trading work?
Saturday and Sunday trading works differently depending on the market.
Forex
Our Saturday and Sunday markets on GBP/USD, EUR/USD and USD/JPY are separate to their weekday equivalents. This means you can trade 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 3pm SGT on Saturday to 3.40am SGT on Monday. Any positions open at 3.40am SGT on a Monday will roll over into weekday positions when the weekday market resumes 20 minutes later at 4am SGT.
Indices
As with forex, your weekday index positions will be separate to their weekend counterparts. This means you can trade 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 3pm SGT on Saturday to 5.40am SGT on Monday. Positions open at 5.40am SGT on Monday will roll over into weekday positions when those markets resume 20 minutes later at 6am SGT. Please note, however, that the FTSE 100 and Germany 40 will open for trading two minutes later at 6.02am SGT.
Commodities
As with forex, your weekday Spot Gold positions will be separate to their weekend counterparts. This means you can trade on market developments over the weekend without having to alter your weekday positions.
Weekend trading hours on Spot Gold are from 3pm SGT on Saturday to 5.40am SGT on Monday. Positions open at 5.40am SGT on Monday will roll over into weekday positions when those markets resume 20 minutes later at 6am SGT.
*All times listed above are in GMT+7 to maintain alignment with British Summer Time. Outside of UK daylight saving time (BST), these times will be adjusted to GMT+8.
Who offers weekend trading in Singapore?
IG is the only provider to offer weekend trading on indices, Spot Gold and GBP/USD.
Does the FTSE trade on Saturday and Sunday?
You can trade the FTSE 100 on a Saturday and Sunday with IG – the only Singapore provider to offer this market 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.
What will happen to my weekend positions once the weekend market closes?
If you do not have a weekday position that is in the same market, your weekend positions would be automatically rolled over along with any attached stop or limit.
| Existing weekday position | Attached stop/limit on weekday position | Weekend position | Attached stop/limit on weekend position | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🗶 | - | ✓ | ✓ | The weekend position will be rolled into the corresponding weekday position at the closing mid-price of the weekend market, with stops and limits attached at the previous levels. |
| 🗶 | - | ✓ | 🗶 | The weekend position will be rolled into the corresponding weekday position at the closing mid-price of the weekend market. |
Hedged weekend positions will be automatically rolled over if you have attached a stop or limit to either your weekday or weekend positions. This will result in both long and short positions once the rollover is complete. However, there may be instances where weekday and weekend positions are netted off. Please refer to the table below for reference:
| Existing weekday position | Attached stop/limit on weekday position | Weekend position | Attached stop/limit on weekend position | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✓ | 🗶 | ✓ (to hedge weekday position) |
🗶 | The existing weekday position and the weekend position will be netted off at the closing mid-price of the weekend market. |
| ✓ | 🗶 | ✓ (to hedge weekday position) |
✓ | The existing weekday position will remain open. The weekend position will be rolled into the corresponding weekday position based on the closing mid-price of the weekend market, with stops and limits maintained at their previous levels. This will result in both a long and a short position being held concurrently on the same market. |
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (to hedge weekday position) |
🗶 | The existing weekday position will remain open. The weekend position will be rolled into the corresponding weekday position based on the closing mid-price of the weekend market, resulting in a both a long and short position on the same market. |
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ (to hedge weekday position) |
✓ | The existing weekday position will remain open. The weekend position will be rolled into the corresponding weekday position based on the closing mid-price of the weekend market, with stops and limits maintained at their previous levels. This will result in both a long and a short position being held concurrently on the same market. |
1 Excludes the hours from 5am SGT to 3pm SGT on Saturday, and 20 minutes just before the weekday market opens on Monday morning SGT.
2 By total number of client relationships. Investment Trends 2022 - 2024 Singapore Leverage Trading Report
3 Winner for Mobile Platform / App based on the Investment Trends 2018 Singapore CFD & FX Report based on a survey of over 4,500 traders and investors. Winner for Education Materials / Programmes based on the Investment Trends 2021 Singapore Leverage Trading Report. Awarded the Best Online Trading Platform by Influential Brands in 2019 and 2022. Winner of FX Markets Asia FX Awards 2021 - Best Retail FX Platform. Awarded the best forex provider in Singapore by the Global Brands Magazine in 2023 and 2024. Awarded Best Forex Trading Support - Asia by Global Forex Awards 2021 – Retail. Winner for Best Trading App based on the Investors Chronicle and Financial Times Investment and Wealth Management Awards 2018, and the Professional Trader Awards 2019.
4 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.
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