Session trading

Session tools trade only during defined hours, most often the London or New York open, when liquidity and volatility are concentrated. Restricting activity to a window keeps an EA out of the thin Asian session and away from rollover spread spikes, but it also means every product depends on correct server-time offsets. Each listing in this category documents how to set the broker GMT offset and daylight-saving handling, and includes presets for common broker time zones. Combine a session EA with a news filter if your broker's spreads widen sharply around scheduled releases.