Question: Trading Hours of Exotic/Minor Forex currency pairs on MT4 (MetaTrader4)?
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HotForex offers nearly 50 different Forex currency pairs including Major, Minor and Exotic ones through MT4 trading platform.
Most of the major Forex currency pairs are available for trading 24/5 without a break time.
You may need to be careful with the low liquidity around midnight in MT4 server time though, you should be able to trade anyway at anytime you want.
The trading hours of some Minor and Exotic pairs are limited. Here are the Forex pairs which are available for trading limited time only.
Trading hours 10:00 – 17:55
- EURRON
- USDRON
- USDRUB
Trading hours 10:00 – 17:55
- EURDKK
- EURNOK
- USDDKK
- USDNOK
Margin requirements for some of the above Fores pairs are also higher than others too.
| EURDKK | 10,000USD on EURUSD Rate (per 1 lot) |
|---|---|
| USDRUB | 50,000USD (per 1 lot) |
Trading conditions are different for each symbol on HotForex MT4, so you are recommended to check the full condition on HotForex official website before start trading different symbols.
Minor/Exotic pairs are Low Liquidity
Although the specific trading hours of each Forex currency pairs, you can still execute orders in case of low liquidity in the market.
Especially minor and exotic Forex currency pairs are not traded often comparing to other major pairs in the market.
It is very normal that the spread and volatility are higher for Minor and Exotic Forex currency pairs.
Also, if there is no liquidity available in the market, your order will not be executed or gets slippage to find the next available price.
