Which markets are available for weekend trading with IG?
We offer weekend trading on gold and a range of indices, forex pairs and cryptocurrencies, as well as [currencies:CRYPTOB10].
How does Saturday and Sunday trading work?
Saturday and Sunday trading works differently depending on the market.
Indices
With indices, your weekday index positions will be separate to their weekend counterparts. This means you can speculate on market developments over the weekend without having to alter your weekday positions. Weekend index markets are differentiated from their weekday counterparts by their names. Our Saturday and Sunday FTSE 100 market is called ‘Weekend UK 100’, for example, whereas the weekday equivalent is simply ‘FTSE 100’.
Weekend trading hours on indices are from 4pm on Saturday to 6.40am on Monday (UTC+8)*. Positions open at 6.40am (UTC+8)* on a Monday will roll over into weekday positions when those markets resume 20 minutes later at 7am. Please note, however, that the FTSE 100 and Germany 40 will open for trading two minutes later at 7.02am (UTC+8)*.
Cryptocurrencies
Trading cryptocurrencies CFDs on Saturday and Sunday works a little differently – because the underlying market is open over the weekend, we’ve extended our weekday market. So any CFD positions on cryptocurrencies will move over the weekend, and stops/limits can be triggered.
As our current CFD cryptocurrency markets are now available on weekends, any stops and limits you hold will be affected by our extended trading hours. This extra trading period means that you have longer to speculate on the price of these markets, and also that any stops or limits you have to open or close positions can be filled on weekends.
Forex
Our Saturday and Sunday markets on GBP/USD, EUR/USD and USD/JPY are separate to their weekday equivalents. This means you can speculate on market developments over the weekend without having to alter an existing weekday position. Weekend cable (GBP/USD) is distinguished from the weekday market by its name on the platform – ‘Weekend GBP/USD’. The same principle applies to EUR/USD (‘Weekend EUR/USD’) and USD/JPY (‘Weekend USD/JPY’).
Trading hours on weekend forex pairs are from 4pm on Saturday to 4.40am on Monday (UTC+8)*. Any positions open at 4.40am on a Monday will roll over into weekday positions when the weekday Forex market resumes 20 minutes later at 5am (UTC+8)*.
Commodities
As with forex, your weekday Spot Gold positions will be separate to their weekend counterparts. This means you can speculate on market developments over the weekend without having to alter your weekday positions.
Weekend trading hours on Spot Gold are from 4pm Saturday to 6.40am Monday*. Positions open at 6.40am on a Monday will roll over into weekday positions when those markets resume 20 minutes later at 7am.
*Our trading hours are based on UK GMT hours, and are converted to UTC+8 hours. This means that the times listed are affected by UK clock changes in the year, and will be adjusted by +/- 1 hour accordingly.
Does the US Tech 100 trade on Saturday and Sunday?
You can trade the [indices:SUNNAS| Weekend US Tech 100] on a Saturday and Sunday with us. IG clients also have access to a number of other indices including the [indices:SUNHANS|Weekend Hong Kong HS50], [indices:SUNDOW|Weekend Wall Street], [indices:SUNFUN|Weekend UK 100] and [indices:SUNDAX|Weekend Germany 40].
Weekend US Tech 100 Analysis (Q1 2025) I analyzed how the IG Weekend US Tech 100 moved and whether weekend losses could predict further downside on Monday.
Here’s what I found:
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68% accuracy: When the index dropped over the weekend, it also fell on Monday in most cases.
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Correlation 0.52: Weekend and Monday moves are moderately positively correlated.
Conclusion: If you're trading short, watching weekend declines can statistically give you an edge for Monday setups – but beware of news-driven reversals.
As per 27 April the Index change is at around -0,3% (-66bips): https://www.ig.com/de/indizes/maerkte-indizes/weekend-us-tech-100-e1
Data Table | Weekend Move (%) | Monday Move (%) | Same Direction? | |------------------|-----------------|-----------------| | -0.5% | -0.3% | Yes | | -0.2% | -0.1% | Yes | | +0.3% | +0.6% | Yes | | +0.4% | +0.5% | Yes | | +0.1% | -0.2% | No | | -0.4% | -0.5% | Yes | | +0.2% | +0.1% | Yes | | -0.3% | -0.2% | Yes | | +0.5% | +0.7% | Yes | | -0.1% | +0.1% | No | | +0.6% | +0.8% | Yes | | -0.2% | -0.4% | Yes |