Gold Trading Hours: XAUUSD Sessions and Weekend Trading

September 21, 2026

6 minutes

Last Updated: November 4, 2026

Gold trading hours depend on the venue. On EVEDEX, gold trades 24/7 as the XAUTUSD perpetual, weekends included. COMEX gold futures run from Sunday 6pm to Friday 5pm New York time with a one-hour break each day, and most brokers quote XAUUSD about 23 hours a day, five days a week. Both close for the weekend.

This guide lists gold trading hours by venue, the busiest and quietest windows, what a weekend close means for open positions and how trading gold works around the clock as the XAUTUSD perpetual on EVEDEX.

Key takeaways

EVEDEX, a commodities trading platform built on perpetual futures, lists gold as the XAUTUSD perpetual that trades 24/7, with funding charged hourly, weekends included.
COMEX gold futures trade from Sunday 6pm to Friday 5pm ET, with a daily break from 5pm to 6pm ET.
Broker XAUUSD follows a similar schedule; exact times depend on the broker's server clock.
The London and New York overlap, roughly 8am to noon ET, usually brings the deepest liquidity.
A weekend close can leave a price gap at the Sunday reopen that jumps past stop-loss orders.

What are gold trading hours?

Gold has no single opening bell. Each venue sets its own schedule, and the price passes from Asia to London to New York through the day.

Venue	Trading hours	Weekend	What to know
EVEDEX XAUTUSD perpetual	24/7, no scheduled break	Open	Tracks Tether Gold (XAUT), not spot XAUUSD; funding is charged every hour
COMEX gold futures (GC)	Sunday 6pm to Friday 5pm ET, daily break 5pm to 6pm ET	Closed	The daily settlement price is set around 1:30pm ET
London OTC market	London and global business hours	Closed	The LBMA Gold Price auctions at 10:30 and 15:00 London time set the benchmark
Broker XAUUSD (CFD)	About 23 hours a day, Sunday evening to Friday evening ET	Closed	Times follow the broker's server clock; spreads often widen near the close

Sources: CME Group gold futures specifications and the LBMA Gold Price.

World clock faces showing different time zones

Sessions and the busiest hours

Even while a market is open, liquidity changes through the day:

Asian hours. Fewer desks are active, so the same order size can move the price more.
London morning. Activity picks up when London opens at 8am London time and around the 10:30 auction.
London and New York overlap. Roughly 8am to noon ET, European and US desks trade at the same time and spreads are usually tightest.
Data releases. Central bank decisions and major US reports can widen spreads for a few minutes around the release.

Spreads are measured in pips, and the XAUUSD pip calculation shows what a spread a few pips wider costs on your position size.

What are XAUUSD trading hours?

XAUUSD is the broker quote for spot gold in US dollars, and our guide to the XAUUSD meaning explains the ticker itself. Most brokers follow a schedule close to COMEX: trading opens on Sunday evening ET, runs about 23 hours a day with a short daily break and closes on Friday evening.

Brokers publish the times in their server time, so the same session looks different on each platform and shifts by an hour when daylight saving time changes in the US or Europe. Holidays can shorten a session, so check the contract specification before planning around a specific hour.

Can you trade gold on weekends?

Yes, but not everywhere. EVEDEX lists gold as the XAUTUSD perpetual, which has no weekly close, so a position can be adjusted on a Saturday night as easily as on a Tuesday morning. It tracks Tether Gold (XAUT), a token that stands for one troy ounce of gold and trades on crypto venues around the clock. COMEX and most brokers close their gold markets from Friday 5pm to Sunday 6pm ET.

Weekend gaps, thin hours and funding

Every schedule carries its own risks:

Weekend gaps. News keeps coming while COMEX and brokers are closed. At the Sunday reopen the price can jump to a new level, and a stop-loss fills at the next available price, not the one you set.
Daily breaks. The 5pm to 6pm ET pause works the same way on a smaller scale.
Thin hours. Asian hours and holidays bring wider spreads and more slippage.
Funding on perpetuals. A perpetual never closes, so funding keeps running at weekends. On EVEDEX it is calculated every 8 hours and charged hourly at 1/8 of the rate, and a position can pay or receive it.
Leverage. A move against a leveraged position in a quiet hour can trigger liquidation as fast as in a busy one.

Trading gold 24/7 on EVEDEX

On EVEDEX, gold trades 24/7 as the XAUTUSD perpetual, next to silver, oil, US stocks, forex and 39 crypto perpetuals on one USDT balance, according to EVEDEX data as of November 4, 2026.

Trading hours: 24/7, with no scheduled break and no weekly close.
Gold contract: XAUTUSD follows Tether Gold, where one XAUT represents one troy ounce held in Switzerland by TG Commodities Limited; its price can differ slightly from broker XAUUSD quotes, especially at weekends when spot markets are closed.
Leverage: up to 100x, falling as positions grow, according to EVEDEX data as of November 9, 2026.
Funding: calculated every 8 hours and charged hourly at 1/8 of the rate, weekends included.
Fees: no more than 0.015% maker and 0.045% taker before up to 35% cashback.
KYC: no classic KYC; you sign in with a wallet, email or social login, and every deposit passes an automated AML check.
Minimum deposit: 6 USDT, with orders from 5 USDT; not available in restricted countries.

Perpetual contracts carry a high risk of loss.

FAQ

On EVEDEX, the XAUTUSD gold perpetual trades 24/7 with no weekly close. COMEX gold futures open on Sunday at 6pm New York time and trade until Friday 5pm, with a one-hour break from 5pm each weekday, and most brokers reopen XAUUSD around the same Sunday evening hour, set by their server clock.

On EVEDEX it is: the XAUTUSD perpetual trades 24/7, weekends included. Elsewhere it is almost 24 hours on weekdays: COMEX trades about 23 hours a day with a one-hour daily break, brokers quote XAUUSD on a similar schedule, and both close at the weekend.

Liquidity is usually deepest during the London and New York overlap, roughly 8am to noon ET, when spreads tend to be tightest. Asian hours are thinner, and spreads can widen for a few minutes around major US data releases and central bank decisions, so a stop or market order can fill worse then.

At most brokers XAUUSD trades from Sunday evening to Friday evening US Eastern Time, about 23 hours a day with a short daily break. Brokers publish the times in server time, so check the contract specification and expect a one-hour shift when daylight saving time changes in the US or Europe.

Because news keeps arriving while the market is closed. When trading resumes on Sunday evening, the price moves straight to the new level, and a stop-loss fills at the first available price, which can be worse than the level you set. A 24/7 perpetual has no weekly reopen, so it has no scheduled weekend gap.

The LBMA Gold Price auctions take place at 10:30 and 15:00 London time and set the benchmark gold price. Activity usually picks up when London opens at 8am London time and around the 10:30 auction, before New York desks join in the afternoon in Europe.

On EVEDEX they do not, because the XAUTUSD perpetual trades 24/7. COMEX keeps its schedule in New York time, so the Sunday 6pm open moves by an hour in other time zones when US or European clocks change, and brokers quoting XAUUSD in server time can shift too.

Yes. EVEDEX lists gold as the XAUTUSD perpetual on Tether Gold, which trades 24/7 with no weekly close. Funding is calculated every 8 hours and charged hourly, weekends included, so a position held over Saturday and Sunday keeps paying or receiving funding. The minimum order is 5 USDT.