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  • #21
  • Jul 17, 2015 4:02am Jul 17, 2015 4:02am
Without limits it's likely, that you will have significant losses, especially if you left open near market close
  • #22
  • Jul 17, 2015 5:13am Jul 17, 2015 5:13am
Quoting CTForex
Trade everyday... some are slower than others and as holidays. One cannot predict which days are good to trade ... until the end of the day. Figures state that Fridays and Sundays are slow... but I have seen days when Fridays and Sundays were the best days to trade for that week.
^^^ This in my opinion. I mean volatility Friday seems to dry up around noon. I think it depends on your trading style. If you are a day trader and plan to close positions around noon, then I think trading Friday is okay. Otherwise if you are going to be in a position after noon, then it makes more sense not to trade Friday.
  • #23
  • Jul 24, 2015 5:19am Jul 24, 2015 5:19am
It's hard to predict fridays, this is a good day for profit losses, produced during the week.
  • #24
  • Jul 24, 2015 5:36am Jul 24, 2015 5:36am
Quoting grillbritt
Hello... How come that I have read in many places, that fridays is not a good day to place trades??

Weekend gaps, spread widenings, impossibility to manage your positions, headache after drunk weekend - all it adds up to even high enough risks to blow out your account on monday
  • #25
  • Aug 24, 2015 11:32pm Aug 24, 2015 11:32pm
I don't believe in such things that you shouldn't trade on any particular days. However if there is some high impact news, then you can avoid trading regardless its Friday or not. But only considering that Fridays are bad for trading, without any reason is not what I believe on.
  • #26
  • Aug 25, 2015 5:23am Aug 25, 2015 5:23am
Quoting Marker7
I don't believe in such things that you shouldn't trade on any particular days. However if there is some high impact news, then you can avoid trading regardless its Friday or not. But only considering that Fridays are bad for trading, without any reason is not what I believe on.
Most of the times Forex news will not come or the scope of such a news is limited.

We have to understand this and also make sure that if our trading is not dependent on news we can stay away from it
Trading in Forex since 8 years
  • #27
  • Dec 19, 2017 2:47am Dec 19, 2017 2:47am
Quoting grillbritt
Hello... How come that I have read in many places, that fridays is not a good day to place trades??
Well, if you don’t have enough knowledge of the fundamental analysis; then Friday wouldn’t be a great choice for you! Because, there have so many major fundamental events! But, avoiding the news session is not a good sign for the traders!
  • #28
  • Dec 19, 2017 2:53am Dec 19, 2017 2:53am
Quoting Majeeda
{quote} Well, if you don’t have enough knowledge of the fundamental analysis; then Friday wouldn’t be a great choice for you! Because, there have so many major fundamental events! But, avoiding the news session is not a good sign for the traders!
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  • #29
  • Dec 19, 2017 9:15am Dec 19, 2017 9:15am
Most people close their positions on Fridays, not to mention that by Friday evening the volatility drops significantly. Also, if you trade on Friday you may end up with an open position over the weekend and then have to contend with gaps when the market opens on Monday.
  • #30
  • Feb 21, 2026 9:01am Feb 21, 2026 9:01am
Hello traders

I have been trading since 2019 and I can tell you that it is a very good idea to avoid trading on Fridays, the volume or liquidity is not at a good level to worth the trade. Let me make it very simple, every trader knows that there is no such certainty in trading it is about probabilities, so your winning set ups probabilities are much higher on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday than Fridays and Mondays. The risk to get in false signals and losing trades are higher on Fridays especially if you are a scalper. However, Mondays are somewhat good to trade especially if there is a high impact economic news. The bottom line, I totally avoid trading on Fridays, on Mondays I only trade A+ signals, signals that I should not avoid, and I never miss trading from Tuesday to Thursday as I am more confident during these days and my psychological trading mindset is optimum. I do advise you to not trade on Fridays and make your main focus on the middle of the week
  • #31
  • Feb 21, 2026 1:35pm Feb 21, 2026 1:35pm
Fridays are fine. If you want to avoid any days, dont trade first and last days of the month..
Im only here for the Guzzoline...
  • #32
  • Feb 21, 2026 4:43pm Feb 21, 2026 4:43pm
Why not, indeed.
  • #33
  • Feb 22, 2026 12:59am Feb 22, 2026 12:59am
Quoting grillbritt
Hello... How come that I have read in many places, that fridays is not a good day to place trades??
Many traders don't like the weekend when the markets are closed. Some news may come out that affects the market.
Some traders close all positions at the end of the trading day for the very same reason.

If you are trading for a living, you have to withdraw money from your account to pay your bills. Obviously you can do so anytime, but many do it on Friday.

The big money, banks, investment firms, close shop after trading hours. That gives lower liquidity. Lower liquidity means more erratic behavior.

The impact of what I wrote depends on what your are trading. A major pair like EURUSD is less effected by those things than many (smaller) stocks. But even huge stocks can be affected. For example if their CEO dies. Or news of fraud comes out. Think Enron. Some traders like hyper aggressive markets. Many don't.

It's also a old saying, from the time everything went manually.
  • #34
  • Feb 22, 2026 6:32am Feb 22, 2026 6:32am
Fridays can be tricky because liquidity often drops and weekend gap risk is real if you hold positions, especially late in the day. Hedging can also cost more than simply reducing exposure or closing, depending on spreads and swap
  • #35
  • Feb 25, 2026 7:49am Feb 25, 2026 7:49am
I think that’s an old and still established opinion that the liquidity dramatically drops on Fridays and it's better to avoid trading. To some extent it’s true, but not entirely. Maybe for indices is valid, but for other assets this is not accurate anymore. I’m too lazy to research data and show here that there is no significant liquidity drop on Fridays compared to the other days in the week. In the past, on the weekends there was no trading at all, now even that has changed. We have cryptocurrencies for the weekends. But here it’s true that the liquidity is so low that it isn't really worth trading it on the weekends.
I trade almost every Friday, of course, if there is a trading opportunity. And on some Friday,s I have made some of the sweetest trades in my career.
  • #36
  • Mar 6, 2026 10:42pm Mar 6, 2026 10:42pm
Yeah… a lot of traders say that about Fridays. The main reason is that the market can get a bit weird before the weekend. Some big players close their positions, volume can drop. And sometimes prices move randomly instead of following a clear trend. That’s why some people prefer to stay out. But it’s not a strict rule. Markets like Bitcoin still move a lot on Fridays, so some traders actually like trading that volatility. It really depends on your strategy.
  • #37
  • Mar 11, 2026 2:00pm Mar 11, 2026 2:00pm
Quoting Tygobei
Yeah… a lot of traders say that about Fridays. The main reason is that the market can get a bit weird before the weekend. Some big players close their positions, volume can drop. And sometimes prices move randomly instead of following a clear trend. That’s why some people prefer to stay out. But it’s not a strict rule. Markets like Bitcoin still move a lot on Fridays, so some traders actually like trading that volatility. It really depends on your strategy.
I mean you are not wrong about the liquidity drops and random spikes, but for my intraday US indices (NQ & SP500) approach, friday trading is perfectly fine. I take trades usually in the market opening (from 9:30 to 10:20 AM) and I don't see anything inherently wrong with it as long as you adjust your position sizing for the potential volatility. So yeah, it really depends on your strategy. While swing traders might want to avoid weekend gap risk, day traders like me often find great opportunities in that morning volatility before the late day slowdown hits.
  • #38
  • Mar 13, 2026 5:21am Mar 13, 2026 5:21am
It’s ok to trade Friday if the whole week didn’t give any significant moves. Otherwise, you’re trying to catch what’s already happened. So it depends. If the week was full of news and was quite volatile, Friday won’t be an option. Day for latecomers, nothing more. And I noticed that if the price is in a certain trend, on Friday it tends to correct itself. It was so true for GER40, I have the most experience with intraday.
  • #39
  • Mar 13, 2026 3:31pm Mar 13, 2026 3:31pm
In almost friday its manipulation market...
  • #40
  • Apr 9, 2026 8:04am Apr 9, 2026 8:04am
Hi! Many traders avoid opening trades on Fridays because markets can be unpredictable. People start closing positions, liquidity drops, and weekend news can cause price gaps. So, some prefer to wait until Monday.
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