CurrenlyzerNew York Session: Which Symbols Wake Up and When
The New York session (about 13:00 to 22:00 UTC) brings the US dollar and the US data releases into every pair. Its first hours, which overlap with London, are the busiest of the day for the dollar pairs; the late evening hours are quiet.
The New York session is where the dollar pairs, gold, oil and the US stock indices are most active. Its opening hours overlap with London, and scheduled US news arrives in the first hour or two. This article measures how much each major pair moves in the New York hours.
Pairs ranked inside the New York session
| # | Pair | Average hour | % of price | Share of the day | Against a normal hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NZD/USD | 7.91 pips | 0.14% | 40% | 0.96 times |
| 2 | AUD/JPY | 14.3 pips | 0.13% | 36% | 0.87 times |
| 3 | USD/CHF | 10.5 pips | 0.13% | 42% | 1.01 times |
| 4 | AUD/USD | 8.13 pips | 0.12% | 40% | 0.97 times |
| 5 | USD/JPY | 17.4 pips | 0.11% | 36% | 0.87 times |
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For 5 of the 12 pairs the average hour inside the New York session is busier than the pair’s average hour of the whole day.
Inside the New York session the average hourly range of NZD/USD is 7.91 pips (0.14% of price), the largest of the twelve pairs. The smallest belongs to EUR/GBP (0.06%). "Against a normal hour" divides the session’s average hour by the pair’s average hour over the whole day: 1.00 means the session hour is as busy as an average hour.
How to read the table
"Average hour" is the average range of one hourly candle inside the session, in pips or points. "% of price" is the same range divided by the price, which is what lets different pairs be compared. "Share of the day" is the part of the whole day’s hourly movement that falls inside the session hours. "Against a normal hour" compares a session hour with the average hour of the same pair over the whole day.
What to do with it
If you trade one session, use the table to choose pairs that actually move in it. If you trade all day, use it to see where a pair does most of its work. A pair with a small share in your session is a pair that waits for another one. The dashboard shows the same measurement hour by hour for each weekday.
How to check this in Currenlyzer
- Open the scanner. It lists every symbol with its reading for the current hour: Busy, Normal or Quiet.
- Sort by the busiest now or by the usual range, and filter by currency.
- Click a symbol to open its analyzer, where the hours of every weekday and the number of days counted are shown.
How we count
The numbers come from the live price feed of Currenlyzer: one-minute prices are built into hourly and daily candles, all in UTC. The range of a candle is its high minus its low. We use finished candles only, and we leave out hours when the market is closed and days that are too thin to count (the first hours of the Sunday open, short holiday days), so a closed hour is never averaged in as zero. Averages cover the last 30 days for the daily range and the last 60 days for hours, unless the text says otherwise. Pips follow the dashboard: one pip is 0.0001 on most pairs, 0.01 on yen pairs and 0.10 on gold. The same method is used in the dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
When is the New York session?
In Currenlyzer it covers the hourly candles from 13:00 to 22:59 UTC. It shifts by an hour when the United States changes its clocks.
Which symbols move most in New York?
Dollar pairs, gold and the US indices. The table on this page ranks the major pairs by their average hourly range in the New York hours.
Why are the late New York hours quiet?
London is closed and the main US news has been released, so fewer orders arrive. The hourly range in the last hours of the session is among the lowest of the day.
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