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title: 'When does the daily candle open and close?'
description: 'Each market keeps its own trading day. Crypto rolls at 00:00 UTC, forex and gold at 17:00 New York, CME futures at 17:00 Chicago, US stocks on the New York trading day. Weekly and 4-hour candles follow the same day.'
category: chart
kind: faq
keywords: [daily candle, candle close, trading day, session, forex, gold, xauusd, 17:00 new york, new york close, sunday candle, cme, chicago, utc, weekly candle, 4h candle]
updatedAt: '2026-11-03'
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# When does the daily candle open and close?

**Each market keeps its own trading day, and the daily candle runs from one open to the next.**

| Market | Trading day | Daily candle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Crypto | 00:00 to 00:00 UTC | One per calendar day, seven days a week |
| Forex and gold (FX_OTC) | 17:00 to 17:00 New York | Sunday evening trading belongs to Monday's candle, so a week has five daily candles and no Sunday candle |
| CME futures | 17:00 to 17:00 Chicago | Sunday evening belongs to Monday's candle |
| US stocks | The New York trading day | One per trading day |

- **Weekly and 4-hour candles follow the same day.** On forex and gold the weekly candle opens Sunday 17:00 New York, and 4-hour candles start at 17:00, 21:00, 01:00 New York and so on. CME futures do the same on Chicago time.
- **New York follows daylight saving.** In summer 17:00 New York is 21:00 UTC; in winter it is 22:00 UTC. The candle stays on 17:00 New York either way.
- **Indicators and scripts read the same day.** The previous day's high and low, a session VWAP and the day's open on a forex or gold chart use the 17:00 New York day, so they sit on the daily candle's wicks. Your own scripts get the same day from `time.trade_date`.

This is the 17:00 New York close that TradingView and MT4 brokers use for forex and gold. Hiding weekends on markets that close is a separate setting: see [Why are weekend candles missing from my chart?](/learn/faq/chart/missing-weekend-candles)