TraderGuy,
You could be right. He tells me they have a goal of moving towards 23 hour / day trading. If what he says is true, then they likely have batch processing that needs to be done for some reason or another - thats my hunch. This is what the fellow came back with:
Dear Trader,
There is a brief period in each business day where certain services may be temporarily unavailable as part of regular system maintenance at a given computing center.
During this reset period, customers may be unable to log in or enter/manage orders. Additionally, simulated order types may not be functional. Orders already placed at exchanges will continue to be represented in the market although execution reporting may be delayed. The typical reset period is roughly 30-60 minutes, from 23:45 – 00:30 EST for US/Europe and 04:10-04:40 HKT for Hong Kong servers.
As such, currency trading is not available 24 hours a day.
You could be right. He tells me they have a goal of moving towards 23 hour / day trading. If what he says is true, then they likely have batch processing that needs to be done for some reason or another - thats my hunch. This is what the fellow came back with:
Dear Trader,
There is a brief period in each business day where certain services may be temporarily unavailable as part of regular system maintenance at a given computing center.
During this reset period, customers may be unable to log in or enter/manage orders. Additionally, simulated order types may not be functional. Orders already placed at exchanges will continue to be represented in the market although execution reporting may be delayed. The typical reset period is roughly 30-60 minutes, from 23:45 – 00:30 EST for US/Europe and 04:10-04:40 HKT for Hong Kong servers.
As such, currency trading is not available 24 hours a day.