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title: "Sydney session - Meaning & GFN's Figure - Get Funded Now"
description: "The first session to open each week, from around 22:00 UK time on Sunday. Volume is the lowest of the four, and it is where the weekly gap against…"
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Sessions and events

# Sydney session

The first session to open each week, from around 22:00 UK time on Sunday. Volume is the lowest of the four, and it is where the weekly gap against Friday's close appears.

GFN’s figure

A weekend gap on the Sunday reopen is measured against GFN's equity-based limits the moment it prints. Weekend holding is permitted where the account allows, and the gap risk is the trader's.

In detail

## Sydney session, explained

Thin books at the weekly open mean spreads are at their widest and slippage at its most likely, which makes it a poor time to enter and a common time to be stopped out.

For a trader holding over the weekend it is the moment the weekend's news is priced, all at once.

[The rule in full →](https://getfundednow.com/rules/overnight-and-weekend) · [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.

- [Asian session](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/asian-session) - The first major window of the trading day, centred on Tokyo and running roughly 00:00 to 09:00 UK time. Ranges are narrower and yen pairs and Australasian currencies are the most active.
- [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.
- [Liquidity](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/liquidity) - How much can be traded at a given price without moving it. Deep liquidity produces tight spreads and reliable fills; thin liquidity produces wide spreads, slippage and gaps.
- [Slippage](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/slippage) - The difference between the price requested and the price filled. It appears when the market moves between order and execution, and it is most pronounced around news and at thin points in the session.
- [Swing trading](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/swing-trading) - Holding positions for days or weeks to capture a larger move. It requires wider stops, which means smaller positions, and it exposes the account to overnight swap and weekend gaps.

Also governed by [/rules/overnight-and-weekend](https://getfundednow.com/rules/overnight-and-weekend)

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