XM MT4 & MT5 Market Hours on Christmas and New Year’s Holidays 2018

XM has announced the detailed market hours through Christmas and New Year’s holidays in 2018 and 2019.

The market holidays affect XM MT4 and MT5 trading hours from December 24th to January 2nd.

Please refer to the below table for the general market hours through holiday season.

The time is shown in GMT+2, which is the MetaTrader server time.

Date	XM Customer Support Hours	XM MT4 & MT5 Trading Hours
24/12/2018	08:00 – 20:00	Early Closing 19:00
25/12/2018	Closed	Closed
26/12/2018	Normal Hours	Late Opening 09:00
27/12/2018 – 28/12/2018	Normal Hours	Normal Hours
31/12/2018	08:00 – 20:00	Early Closing 19:00
01/01/2019	Closed	Closed
02/01/2019	Normal Hours	Late Opening 09:00

The trading schedule is different for each financial instrument, for the detailed schedule please refer to the PDF file below.

XM Christmas & New Year Holiday Market Hours

Lower Market Liquidity during holiday seasons

While some markets will be closed temporarily due to holidays at the end of the year 2018, you may also want to pay extra cautions to market activity.

During the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, lower than normal market liquidity and thus the higher volatility in market prices are expected.

The market condition could cause higher slippage rate too.

These conditions are normal during holiday seasons, and you are recommended to monitor your accounts and make sure to have enough funds to support your trading positions.