Crypto Session Times Change Twice in 8 Days (25 Oct and 1 Nov): New UTC and MSK Times

The London session starts at 08:00 UTC in winter, not 07:00. The change happens on 25 October 2026, when Europe moves its clocks back, and New York follows on 1 November. Moscow does not change: it stays on UTC+3 all year. That is why the London session time in UTC in winter shifts by an hour, the New York session moves from 12:30 to 13:30 UTC, and the Asia session does not move at all. This guide gives every session and the BiasNex measured windows in UTC and Moscow time (MSK) for the three periods you will trade through.

The short answer: what changes and when

• 25 October 2026: European summer time ends. The London session moves one hour later in UTC, from 07:00 to 08:00.
• 1 November 2026: US daylight saving time ends. The New York session moves one hour later in UTC, from 12:30 to 13:30.
• Asia and Moscow: no change. The Asia session stays 00:00 to 09:00 UTC, and MSK stays UTC+3.

The dates come from the rules, not from our clock. GOV.UK says UK clocks go back at 2am on the last Sunday in October, and the EU uses the same Sunday: European Summer Time ends at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October. The US rule is 2:00 a.m. local time on the first Sunday of November, which is 1 November in 2026. Russia has not used daylight saving since 2014, and Moscow Time is UTC+3.

Crypto itself does not care: exchanges run all day. What moves is the clock of the traditional markets that traders use as reference points. If you work from a fixed UTC or MSK schedule, your plan is off by an hour until you update it.

Three periods, not two

The two dates are seven days apart, so there are three schedules, not two. Summer runs until 24 October. Then comes one odd week, 25 to 31 October, where London is on winter time and New York is still on summer time. From 1 November both are on winter time.

Read the figure by rows. The London bar jumps right once, on 25 October. The New York bar jumps right once, on 1 November. In the odd week the two bars are closest to each other in time, because London has moved and New York has not. 25 October is a Sunday, so the first trading day of the odd week is Monday 26 October.

London session time in UTC in winter, and the other sessions

These are the hours used by the BiasNex trading sessions clock: 09:00 to 18:00 in Tokyo, 08:00 to 17:00 in London and 08:30 to 17:00 in New York, each on its own local clock. Other sources use slightly different edges, so treat them as approximate.

Session times in Moscow time

Add three hours to every UTC time. Because MSK does not change, the shifts below are the whole story for a Moscow-based trader: London opens at 11:00 instead of 10:00 from 26 October, and New York opens at 16:30 instead of 15:30 from 2 November.

The New York session ends at 21:00 UTC in summer, which is midnight in Moscow, and at 22:00 UTC in winter, which is 01:00 MSK the next day.

The London and New York overlap changes length

Sessions overlap, and the overlap is the stretch people usually mean by "the busy part of the day". On our clock it is:

For one week the overlap on the clock is an hour longer, then it goes back to 3.5 hours with a later start. That is a calendar fact about the sessions, not a claim about volatility.

The BiasNex measured windows

The tool also measures price range in five narrower windows, tied to London and New York local time: London prep, London main, New York observe, New York sweep and New York main entry. Their UTC times follow the same two changes. Times below are UTC, with MSK in brackets.

The windows are anchored to local time, so the live clock and the volatility table adjust by themselves. US stocks open at 09:30 New York time: 13:30 UTC (16:30 MSK) until 31 October and 14:30 UTC (17:30 MSK) from 1 November.

Kill zones follow New York time

ICT kill zones are defined in New York time, so they move with the US change on 1 November, not with the European one on 25 October. If you trade a London kill zone, it is tied to the New York clock too, which is why that window shifts a week after the London session itself. The full explanation, and what separates a session from a kill zone, is in kill zones vs trading sessions. The finer 20-minute windows are covered in ICT macro times.

How to update your schedule

1. Pick one reference clock. UTC is the safest; MSK works if you never trade across time zones.
2. Write your windows down in UTC once, then change them on 25 October and again on 1 November.
3. Check the live sessions clock on the Monday after each change. It follows the change automatically and shows the times in your own zone.
4. If you use alerts, calendar entries or bot schedules, move those too. A fixed UTC cron job set in summer fires an hour off from the moment it stops matching the session you built it for.
5. Remember that the best time to trade is a question for your own data. Our guide on the best time to trade crypto shows how to check it by hour.

Common mistakes

• Assuming one change. Europe and the US change on different dates, so the week between them is its own schedule.
• Changing the Asia session. Tokyo does not use daylight saving, so the Asia session stays 00:00 to 09:00 UTC.
• Changing MSK. Moscow stays on UTC+3. Only the UTC times of London and New York move.
• Moving everything by an hour. Only London moves on 25 October and only New York on 1 November.
• Treating a session as a signal. A session says which market is open, not which way price will go.

FAQ

What time does the London session start in winter in UTC?

At 08:00 UTC, which is 11:00 MSK. The London session opens at 08:00 London time, and in winter London time equals UTC. In summer it opens at 07:00 UTC. The change comes with European clocks going back on 25 October 2026.

What time does the New York session start in winter in UTC?

On our clock it opens at 08:30 New York time. That is 13:30 UTC (16:30 MSK) in winter, against 12:30 UTC in summer. The US moves its clocks on 1 November 2026, so the new time applies from Monday 2 November.

Does Moscow time change with daylight saving?

No. Moscow stays on UTC+3 all year and Russia has not used daylight saving since 2014. Only the UTC times of the London and New York sessions move, so their Moscow times shift by one hour.

Do crypto markets close when the sessions change?

No. Exchanges run 24/7. The change only moves the working hours of London and New York, which traders use as reference points for when activity is likely to rise.

Times as of 20 October 2026, taken from the BiasNex trading sessions definitions and the clock-change rules linked above.