Trading sessions

The best time to trade

Name: Axora Funded challenges
Brand: Axora Funded
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Most of the daily range happens in a few hours. Knowing the sessions lets you trade when spreads are tight and moves are clean, and avoid the quiet hours where most challenge losses come from over-trading.

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Key facts

Updated 1 October 2026

Axora Funded is a prop firm with its own trading platform.
Accounts from $5,000 to $200,000; the cheapest challenge costs $39 (one-time fee).
Profit split: 90% to the trader on the funded account.
Payouts in USDT (TRC20, ERC20 or BEP20), from 50 USDT, after identity verification.
Programmes: 2-Step (from $39), 1-Step (from $49) and Futures (from $99).
Markets: forex, gold, US indices, 11 crypto pairs 24/7 and CME futures.

London open

07:00–08:00 UTC (08:00 London).

New York open

13:30–14:30 UTC for stocks (09:30 NY).

Overlap

London–New York, the most liquid window.

US data

Usually 12:30–13:30 UTC (08:30 NY).

2-Step Challenge: prices and rules

Target 10% + 5% · daily loss 4% · max loss 8% · consistency 50%

Account	Price	Phase 1 target	Daily loss	Max loss
$5,000	$39	$500	$200	$400	Choose
$10,000	$59	$1,000	$400	$800	Choose
$25,000	$139	$2,500	$1,000	$2,000	Choose
$50,000	$249	$5,000	$2,000	$4,000	Choose
$100,000	$499	$10,000	$4,000	$8,000	Choose
$200,000	$949	$20,000	$8,000	$16,000	Choose

The three forex sessions

Tokyo (Asian) session: quieter for EUR and GBP, active for JPY and AUD.
London session: the largest share of forex volume; EURUSD, GBPUSD and gold wake up.
New York session: US data, the stock-market open and the most volatile hours for indices.

Best time for each market

EURUSD and GBPUSD: London open and the London–New York overlap. USDJPY: Tokyo and New York. Gold: London open, New York open and US releases. NAS100, US30, SPX500: the first 60–90 minutes after the New York cash open. Crypto trades 24/7, with the most liquidity during US hours.

Times to be careful

The daily rollover around 21:00–22:00 UTC often has wider spreads and thin liquidity. Our loss limits reset at 00:00 UTC. The first minutes after a major release can gap through stop losses.

Instruments with live prices

instruments

1:100

max. leverage

Real-time

live prices & execution

24/7

crypto, weekends included

EURUSD

Euro

Live

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Spread

—

Leverage

1:100

Hours

24/5

GBPUSD

British Pound

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:100

Hours

24/5

USDJPY

US Dollar vs Japanese Yen

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:100

Hours

24/5

AUDUSD

Australian Dollar

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:100

Hours

24/5

USDCAD

US Dollar vs Canadian Dollar

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:100

Hours

24/5

XAUUSD

Gold

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:30

Hours

23/5

US30

Dow Jones 30

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:20

Hours

23/5

100

NAS100

Nasdaq 100

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:20

Hours

23/5

500

SPX500

S&P 500

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:20

Hours

23/5

BTC

BTCUSD

Bitcoin

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

ETH

ETHUSD

Ethereum

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

SOL

SOLUSD

Solana

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

BNB

BNBUSD

BNB

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

XRP

XRPUSD

XRP

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

ADA

ADAUSD

Cardano

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

DOGE

DOGEUSD

Dogecoin

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

LTC

LTCUSD

Litecoin

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

AVAX

AVAXUSD

Avalanche

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

LINK

LINKUSD

Chainlink

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

DOT

DOTUSD

Polkadot

Live

—

Spread

—

Leverage

1:5

Hours

24/7

Live prices from our platform. Spreads are variable and may widen at the market open, around news and outside main sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best time to trade forex?

The London–New York overlap, roughly 12:00–16:00 UTC, offers the highest liquidity and tightest spreads for the major pairs.

What is the best time to trade gold?

The London open, the New York open and US data releases.

What is the best time to trade NAS100?

The first 60–90 minutes after the 09:30 New York cash open.

Is the capital real?

All accounts are demo accounts with virtual funds that run in a simulated trading environment. Rewards are paid in USDT based on your simulated performance, according to our terms.

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