Official forex time zone

is there a standard forex time zone? do i follow gmt or NY time? i use 4 hour charts and sometimes the time is way off because of time zone difference.

Hi ProdiG,

There is not a "standard forex time zone." Regarding what time to follow, I find it easier to set everything up with the time zone that I am in, which right now happens to be Eastern. Most of the Economic calendars use ET for the listing of news releases, so that makes it easier.

Actually, now that I think about it, even when I travel, I still keep the ET setting on my charts. Maybe you should consider that too. Unless you're closer to GMT time. If that's the case, you could set up your charts for that time as well. Either, Or. Your choice.

But there is no FT.




Trade smart.

Fiona

im in NY so i use that tiem zone for my reuters software. but i use fxdd to trade which is gmt + 2 and it can get confusing because i use the 5 minute for signals and the 4hr for trend. just not sure which time zone i should use for my 4 hr charts

Does someone have a provider or feed for metatrader for GMT and EST??