The Rise of 24/7 Trading: Opportunities and Challenges for CFD Brokers
By Sylwester Majewski
AI summary of the source article
A growing number of FX and CFD brokers are introducing 24/7 weekend trading for assets including gold, oil, and equity indices. While offering continuous access, brokers face challenges around thin liquidity, wider spreads, pricing, and risk management.
Why it matters
Continuous trading creates for brokers "an opportunity to increase client activity, attract new customers and compete with cryptocurrency exchanges and prediction markets that already operate throughout the weekend."
Key facts
- Brokers including Vantage, XM, CMC Markets, FxPro, and easyMarkets have introduced weekend trading on gold, oil, silver, and equity indices.
- Coinbase's futures exchange regularly experiences billion-dollar weekend trading days, according to an FIA March 2026 roundtable report.
- Hedging weekend CFDs is challenging because traditional underlying spot and futures markets are closed, leaving liquidity providers with limited hedging options.
Source excerpt · Finance Magnates
The traditional five-day trading week is coming under increasing pressure. Throughout 2026, a growing number of FX/CFD brokers have introduced products that allow clients to trade seven days a week, including weekends when most underlying financial markets remain closed. Gold has become the main focus of this expansion, with Vantage, VT Markets, XM, STARTRADER, CFI Financial Group and CMC Markets…