Trading Sessions
Asia open
21:00
London open
07:00
New York open
12:00
Peak liquidity
12:00 – 16:00
Triple swap day
Swap charges are applied at 3× on Friday to cover the weekend rollover.
Spread behaviour
Standard spread behavior
Soybean Cash CFD trades Monday 00:00 UTC to Friday 18:20 UTC. There is a daily break from 12:45 UTC to 13:30 UTC. Trading is not available on weekends.
At Afterprime, Soybean Cash CFD is available as a CFD, meaning you can go long or short within these hours without owning the underlying asset. All times shown follow CME/NYMEX exchange session times and adjust automatically for daylight saving changes in the US.
Soybean Cash CFD typically sees its highest liquidity and tightest spreads during Standard liquidity session (12:00 UTC–16:00 UTC). Liquidity peaks when the relevant commodity exchange pit session is active.
Lower-volume periods, particularly the Asian session, may see wider spreads and thinner order books. For traders on trend-following and intraday strategies, timing entries around the Standard liquidity session open tends to offer the most favourable conditions.
Soybean Cash CFD has a short daily maintenance break but is otherwise available throughout the entire trading week. Orders placed while the market is closed are queued and filled at the next available open price.
If you have a pending position when the market closes, it will be held overnight and a swap rate will apply. For Soybean Cash CFD, the current swap rates are -0.44 points long and 0.194 points short, with a triple swap applied on Friday.
SOYBEAN opens Monday at 00:00 UTC.
SOYBEAN closes Friday at 18:20 UTC.
The triple swap is charged on Friday for SOYBEAN positions held overnight.
Yes. SOYBEAN has a short daily break from 12:45 UTC to 13:30 UTC.
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