Tools to check your trading connection and market hours
The short answer
These tools help you check your own trading connection and the market hours, so you know whether anything needs fixing. None of them changes your delay or measures our server’s connection to your broker. Start with the connection check, which times your own platform.
Pick the check you want to run
- Run the connection checkRead this to find out whether you need us. It is a stopwatch you run yourself. Time the same task without us, then through us, and compare.
- MT4 server location lookupRead this if you don’t know where your broker’s server is. It shows how to turn its address into a likely city, and why your broker has the firm answer.
- Tracing the path to your brokerRead this if your connection is slow. It shows where on your own path to your broker a delay starts, and which patterns matter.
- Trading session clockRead this to see which forex sessions are open now. It lists each session’s hours in local time and UTC, so you know when markets get busy.
- Session overlap calculatorRead this to see when the Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions overlap. It gives each overlap in UTC, and London and New York in your time zone.
Warning. Check your broker’s terms
Traders Proxy is a trading proxy, and it doesn’t change what your broker allows. If your broker prohibits proxies, don’t use one.
Start here
MT4 server location lookup, find your broker’s server city
Find the city hosting your broker’s MetaTrader 4 (MT4) trade server to choose the matching proxy node.
How to read a traceroute to your broker’s server
A traceroute to your broker shows where latency begins along your transit path.
Forex market hours now, which session is open?
A forex session is open now if it is a weekday, 8 am to 5 pm, in Sydney, London or New York. Tokyo runs 9 am to 6 pm.
Forex session overlap times in your time zone
Check forex session overlap times in UTC or in my timezone table below. London and New York overlap from 8 am New York to 5 pm London.
Server and path checks
How to read a traceroute to your broker’s server
A traceroute to your broker shows where latency begins along your transit path.
MT4 server location lookup, find your broker’s server city
Find the city hosting your broker’s MetaTrader 4 (MT4) trade server to choose the matching proxy node.
Market hours and overlaps
Forex market hours now, which session is open?
A forex session is open now if it is a weekday, 8 am to 5 pm, in Sydney, London or New York. Tokyo runs 9 am to 6 pm.
Forex session overlap times in your time zone
Check forex session overlap times in UTC or in my timezone table below. London and New York overlap from 8 am New York to 5 pm London.
Bring your trading route closer to home.
Get set up in under 5 minutes with four values and nothing to install. Connect through our server in your broker’s city, then time your platform with and without us.
From $9 a month · Stop renewal any time in your dashboard · First payment refunded if your platform can’t connect through us