Direct answer
The forex market is rarely “closed” for a full holiday across all currencies and trading venues. Because forex is traded over multiple time zones through decentralized participants, holidays typically change liquidity and execution conditions rather than creating a single universal closure date.
In practice, you can think of two different ideas:
- Market closed in your account/instrument: trading access may be paused by your broker, bank, or liquidity provider.
- Market open somewhere in the global system: trading can often continue in at least part of the day, even if activity is thinner.
How “holiday closures” work in forex
Forex does not operate like a single exchange that announces fixed global closure days. Instead, participants trade continuously during their local business hours and across electronic platforms. Holidays matter because many institutions reduce staffing and liquidity:
- Banks and market makers may be unavailable or operate with limited schedules.
- Electronic order books may become thinner, which can widen spreads and increase slippage.
So when people ask “What holidays is the forex market closed?”, the most verifiable answer is usually not a universal list of dates, but the conditions under which trading becomes limited or temporarily unavailable.
Example checks you can do
To turn the general rule into an answer for your situation, verify the hours that apply to the exact venue and instrument you trade:
- Compare your broker’s market hours page or platform trading schedule.
- Look for holiday notices on your broker’s site (some brokers publish instrument-by-instrument schedules).
- Test using your platform’s “trade/quote available” status for the holiday date.
If your broker shows no trading, that is a reliable indicator that your access is paused, even if other parts of the global forex market may still be active.
Limitations and uncertainty
This explanation is intentionally bounded: it does not assume real-time calendars or any specific broker schedule. Two readers can see different “closures” for the same holiday because brokers may apply different liquidity access, maintenance windows, and instrument-specific rules. For precise holiday closure dates, you must rely on your broker’s posted trading hours and holiday notices for the relevant currency pairs and account type.