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The main feature of global Forex market is that there is no centralized ground for holding trades as it for example takes place in stock market. All market players (banks, investment funds, hedge funds, insurance companies, brokers etc.) work in different time zones around the globe. As the result, rate fluctuation keep going all the time. Official time of market operation is 24 hours, 5 days a week from 8 p.m on Sunday till 11 p.m of Friday (UTC/GMT). Exception is state holidays when all financial bodies are out of duty. On holidays Forex market works unofficially as well but because of the low liquidity and activity volumes, it is rather hard to find liquidity suppliers on the market. During that time all financial operations take place between various financial entities, banks and more often upon urgent issues.
Popular article: Square 4 (box)
Putting price and time zones on chart under W.D. Gann method is called “squaring”. The box can be built through squaring of both price and time. The best performing square is the square built according to Gann's arithmetic patterns. As per Gann methodology, box is a pattern chart. Those charts are called pattern charts, because for building them Gann takes a certain size along X and Y, size of charts is closely connected with Gann cycles. The most popular pattern charts are “Square 4”, “Square 144” and “Square 360” a full cycle. The number in name of chart means the number of periods as per price and time. There are a few ways of building those charts.
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