The Sydney open: any edge, or just something to watch?
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2026 12:11 pm
The Sunday evening Sydney open attracts curiosity. Before treating it as a trading opportunity, consider what typically happens:
Useful information it gives: whether there's a weekend gap, how big, and whether any news drove it. That helps plan Monday morning in London.
If you want to check whether trading it makes sense, a micro-lot test with spreads logged on several Sunday opens will show the cost directly. A worked example: a 3 pip spread on a 10 pip target is 30% of the target before slippage.
Has anyone made the Sunday open work consistently?
- Very wide spreads in the first 15 to 30 minutes, often several pips on majors.
- Gaps from Friday's close, sometimes from weekend news.
- Thin liquidity: small orders can move price.
- Platforms and brokers sometimes reopen with a delay.
Useful information it gives: whether there's a weekend gap, how big, and whether any news drove it. That helps plan Monday morning in London.
If you want to check whether trading it makes sense, a micro-lot test with spreads logged on several Sunday opens will show the cost directly. A worked example: a 3 pip spread on a 10 pip target is 30% of the target before slippage.
Has anyone made the Sunday open work consistently?