Currency's "open" hours

I live in Los Angeles, so the hours that London is open are basically the middle of the night for me ... how important, or how much of a difference does it make, to trade a particular currency when the main market for that currency is open ... are the majority of the big moves in the euro made only when it's "daytime" in London ... would it be worthwhile to stay up late at night here, or can I still catch enough good moves during London's off hours?

hey tbar.... if your manualy trading it might be quite important..... if your using ea's , you can sleep in.......

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fortunately manually trading is not and never will be one of my abilities...... coding is however..... i track every trade in a wide sort metrics important to me..... also plot each trade on the charts...... for various reason but one is to see at a glance just where they are opening and closing..... almost invariably closing will be during the london/new york overlap......

if you plot your trades, the volume and atr on the 4 hour chart there is little doubt when game time is...... when the puck hit the ice, gretzky was wide awake.....

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will be lookin for ya at game time..... i'll be in the very back row, the sight of blood makes me abit queazy.......h

I have heard west coast traders complaining about the disadvantage they have. I think the London open is the most important time of the day and most of the most experienced traders I have talked to have told me that.

Of course the New York open is equally, if not more, important. The big trouble with the New York session, in my opinion, is that it's frequently whipsawed by the London/European closes and so not as easy to trade. Easy is not the right word but you get my drift.

If I were to move to the west coast I would probably just trade off the H4 and D1 charts, which I do most of the time anyway. Much more relaxed.