Updated . The windows are computed for today's date; the sources below were checked 23 October 2026.
ICT killzone, silver bullet and macro times in New York time and UTC
Every window on the New York clock, and on UTC while New York is on standard and on daylight time.
| Window | New York | UTC, mid-January (New York on EST) | UTC, mid-July (New York on EDT) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killzones | |||
| London killzone | 02:00–05:00 | 07:00–10:00 | 06:00–09:00 |
| New York AM killzone | 08:30–11:00 | 13:30–16:00 | 12:30–15:00 |
| New York PM killzone | 13:30–16:00 | 18:30–21:00 | 17:30–20:00 |
| Asia killzone | 20:00–00:00 | 01:00–05:00 (next day) | 00:00–04:00 (next day) |
| Silver bullets | |||
| London silver bullet | 03:00–04:00 | 08:00–09:00 | 07:00–08:00 |
| New York AM silver bullet | 10:00–11:00 | 15:00–16:00 | 14:00–15:00 |
| New York PM silver bullet | 14:00–15:00 | 19:00–20:00 | 18:00–19:00 |
| Macros | |||
| London macro 1 | 02:33–03:00 | 07:33–08:00 | 06:33–07:00 |
| London macro 2 | 04:03–04:30 | 09:03–09:30 | 08:03–08:30 |
| New York AM macro 1 | 08:50–09:10 | 13:50–14:10 | 12:50–13:10 |
| New York AM macro 2 | 09:50–10:10 | 14:50–15:10 | 13:50–14:10 |
| New York AM macro 3 | 10:50–11:10 | 15:50–16:10 | 14:50–15:10 |
| Lunch macro | 11:50–12:10 | 16:50–17:10 | 15:50–16:10 |
| New York PM macro 1 | 13:10–13:40 | 18:10–18:40 | 17:10–17:40 |
| Last hour macro | 15:15–15:45 | 20:15–20:45 | 19:15–19:45 |
| Opens | |||
| Midnight open (true day open) | 00:00 | 05:00 | 04:00 |
Why two UTC columns
The windows are fixed on the New York clock, the IANA zone America/New_York. New York is on standard time (EST, UTC−5) from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March and on daylight time (EDT, UTC−4) for the rest of the year, so on UTC, and on any clock that does not change on the same dates, every window is an hour earlier from March to November. Times marked "next day" fall on the calendar day after the New York date.
ICT killzone times in UTC by date
Until 1 Nov 2026: London 06:00–09:00 and New York AM 12:30–15:00 UTC; from 1 Nov 2026, London 07:00–10:00 and New York AM 13:30–16:00 UTC. Each row is one stretch between New York's clock changes.
| Period | London | New York AM | New York PM | Asia | Silver bullets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now → 1 Nov 2026 | 06:00–09:00 | 12:30–15:00 | 17:30–20:00 | 00:00–04:00 (next day) | 07:00, 14:00, 18:00 |
| 1 Nov 2026 → 14 Mar 2027 New York's clocks go back to EST | 07:00–10:00 | 13:30–16:00 | 18:30–21:00 | 01:00–05:00 (next day) | 08:00, 15:00, 19:00 |
| 14 Mar 2027 → 25 Oct 2027 New York's clocks go forward to EDT | 06:00–09:00 | 12:30–15:00 | 17:30–20:00 | 00:00–04:00 (next day) | 07:00, 14:00, 18:00 |
Which Asia killzone? The sources disagree
20:00–00:00, 19:00–22:00 or 20:00–22:00 New York time, depending on the source; the clock shows which set it uses.
| Source | Killzones, New York time | Asia on UTC, New York on EST | Asia on UTC, New York on EDT |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICT Levels Desk | Asia 20:00–00:00, London 02:00–05:00, New York AM 08:30–11:00, New York PM 13:30–16:00 | 01:00–05:00 (next day) | 00:00–04:00 (next day) |
| innercircletrader.net (updated 15 June 2026) and ictkillzone.com (updated 29 September 2026) | Asia 19:00–22:00, London 02:00–05:00, New York 07:00–09:00, London close 10:00–12:00 Neither lists a New York PM killzone; both add a London close window. | 00:00–03:00 (next day) | 23:00–02:00 |
| TradingFinder (modified 12 November 2025) | Asia 20:00–22:00, London 02:00–05:00, New York AM 08:00–11:00, New York PM 13:00–15:00 Its table gives New York AM as 08:00–11:00; its FAQ and body text say 07:00–10:00. | 01:00–03:00 (next day) | 00:00–02:00 (next day) |
What the sources say, checked 23 October 2026
There is no official table. Everyone agrees on London, 02:00–05:00 New York time. The Asia and New York windows differ: innercircletrader.net and ictkillzone.com give Asia 19:00–22:00 and New York 07:00–09:00, add a London close window at 10:00–12:00 and list no New York PM window. TradingFinder gives Asia 20:00–22:00, New York AM 08:00–11:00 in its table (07:00–10:00 in its FAQ) and New York PM 13:00–15:00. This page defaults to ICT Levels Desk's set, Asia 20:00–00:00, London 02:00–05:00, New York AM 08:30–11:00 and New York PM 13:30–16:00, so the windows here are the boxes the desk draws on a chart. Pick another set on the clock and every time on it follows.
When does the ICT day start: 00:00 or 18:00?
ICT reads the day from New York midnight; the futures day starts at 18:00. The clock starts the day at either.
| Day open | UTC, New York on EST | UTC, New York on EDT | Who uses it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00, the midnight open | 05:00 | 04:00 | ICT Levels Desk and LuxAlgo, ICT time anchors and ictkillzone.com (updated 29 September 2026) |
| 18:00, the futures day | 23:00 | 22:00 | CME Group, gold futures contract specs and ICT Levels Desk |
The midnight open and the 18:00 open, with sources
The midnight open is the price at 00:00 New York time. ICT Levels Desk calls it the true day open and draws it as the day's premium and discount line; LuxAlgo's guide to ICT time anchors says the midnight open is 00:00 America/New_York, not midnight UTC, the 17:00 forex rollover or the 18:00 futures reopen (checked 23 October 2026).
The futures trading day is the other common start: CME Globex trades gold futures from Sunday to Friday, 18:00 to 17:00 New York time (CME Group contract specs), and ICT Levels Desk's day-open time for futures and most CFDs defaults to 18:00. Starting the day there puts the Asia killzone first and the midnight open six hours in.
ICT silver bullet times
03:00–04:00, 10:00–11:00 and 14:00–15:00 New York time; every guide we checked agrees.
On other clocks, and the rule
On UTC the silver bullets are 08:00, 15:00 and 19:00 from November to March and 07:00, 14:00 and 18:00 from March to November, each for one hour. The guides agree on the hours and differ on the setup; the ICT Silver Bullet article writes one rule down, cites them and replays it.
ICT macro times
Eight windows of 20 to 30 minutes, from 02:33 to 15:45 New York time.
Where the list comes from
The eight windows are the ones ICT Levels Desk draws and ictkillzone.com lists (checked 23 October 2026): 02:33–03:00 and 04:03–04:30 in London, 08:50–09:10, 09:50–10:10 and 10:50–11:10 in the New York morning, 11:50–12:10 at lunch, and 13:10–13:40 and 15:15–15:45 in the afternoon. Lists elsewhere can differ by a few minutes, so check the list your source uses.
ICT killzones and daylight saving time
Not on the New York clock. On UTC and most other clocks, each window moves by an hour twice a year.
How the clock changes move the windows
New York moves its clocks forward on the second Sunday of March and back on the first Sunday of November. A clock that never changes, such as UTC or India's IST, sees every window an hour earlier between those dates. A clock that changes on other dates sees two kinds of week: the UK changes on the last Sundays of March and October, so for about three weeks in March and one week around the end of October London's killzone starts at 06:00 UK time instead of 07:00. A table typed in a fixed UTC offset is right for only part of the year.
ICT killzone times by country and UTC offset
18 clocks, one page each, with every window for both halves of the year and the dates they move.
Add a live killzone badge
A one-line status for a README or a Notion page that updates every minute, with a PNG copy for Discord.
Markdown, for a GitHub README or Notion:
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HTML:
<a href="https://proea.app/en/tools/ict-killzone-times?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ict-killzone-times"><img src="https://proea.app/api/badge/ict-killzones.svg" alt="ICT killzones, live" height="20"></a>Discord does not show SVG images, so paste the PNG link there: https://proea.app/api/badge/ict-killzones.png. Discord keeps its own copy of an image, so a posted badge shows the status at the time it was posted. The badge counts down to the next killzone on New York's clock; add ?tz= and an IANA time zone (Asia/Kolkata, Europe/London) to show the time on that clock too.