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title: "New York session - Meaning & GFN's Figure - Get Funded Now"
description: "The US trading window, roughly 08:00 to 17:00 Eastern time. Most scheduled US data lands at its start, which makes the first ninety minutes the most…"
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Sessions and events

# New York session

The US trading window, roughly 08:00 to 17:00 Eastern time. Most scheduled US data lands at its start, which makes the first ninety minutes the most volatile stretch of the trading day.

GFN’s figure

Most high-impact US releases land in this session, and on a GFN funded account profits from trades opened or closed within 3 minutes either side of a relevant release may be removed.

In detail

## New York session, explained

The New York morning carries the US data calendar and the US equity open within a couple of hours of each other, so index and dollar instruments both move fastest here.

The afternoon, after London closes, is a different market: thinner, slower and more prone to drift than to trend.

[The rule in full →](https://getfundednow.com/rules/news-trading) · [Rules handbook](https://getfundednow.com/rules) · [More sessions and events](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/category/sessions)

Related

## Terms that come with it

Most rules only make sense next to the ones they interact with. These are the entries this one depends on.

- [London session](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/london-session) - The European trading window, roughly 08:00 to 16:30 UK time. It is the highest-volume session in forex, and the one where the euro and sterling pairs do most of their daily range.
- [Session overlap](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/session-overlap) - The hours when two trading sessions are open at once. The London-New York overlap, roughly 13:00 to 16:30 UK time, carries the highest volume and the tightest spreads of the day.
- [Non-farm payrolls](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/non-farm-payrolls) - The monthly US employment report, released on the first Friday of the month at 08:30 Eastern. It is the single most disruptive scheduled release for dollar pairs, gold and US index instruments.
- [FOMC](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/fomc) - The Federal Open Market Committee, the body that sets US interest rates. Its scheduled decision, written statement and press conference move every dollar-denominated market, usually in two distinct waves about half an hour apart.
- [Market open](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/market-open) - The moment an instrument begins trading for a session. Opens concentrate order flow that built up while the market was closed, which is why volatility spikes and spreads take time to settle.

Also governed by [/rules/news-trading](https://getfundednow.com/rules/news-trading)

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