Important times of the day

In his book "Beat the Forex Dealer", Augustin Silvani lists

important times of the day that all traders should be aware of:

00:00 Sydni Open (good time for an ambush)
11:00 LIBOR Spot Fixing (manipulation)
15:00 London FIX (corporate and "must do" flows)
17:00 NY options cut (manipulation)
18:00 Europe closes their books (reversal time)
19:15-19:30 Close of IMM (last minute positioning by Chicago traders)

all times are GMT

manipulation and abnormal moves are common during these times, so keep your eyes peeled and watch your stops!

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Just thought this was interesting and wondering if any other traders have a similar list?

Are most of these times off by an hour now that the US, UK, and Europe are on daylight savings time? Or are they already adjusted for that, and will be off by an hour once we return to standard time?

I have no idea...I pulled the info from a book so there is no one to ask.

There's really no reason for any ambiguity here.

Start here:
http://www.worldtimezone.com/

Starting at around 8am for each area you'll see different markets come alive. Some won't get moving till 9am or 9:30, so it all depends on what pairs you're following and how you trade.

For instance lets say you want to trade the Yen...

http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/e/fr/tnks/marketlive.aspx

You can clearly see that the Nikkei chart starts at 9am and the Yen chart starts at 8am local time, and you can use the worldtimezone chart to find what time that'd be for you... with and without daylight savings.

So is there a list of the BEST times to trade and the times to be out for each pair?

Thanks for the list / times to trade. Nice to know about the 'manipulation'.