# Copper Price Today: Live Chart and Daily Range | DT Terminal > Live Copper price and copper chart. See today's range, how copper moves in each session since 2016, and size your next copper trade. Metals · Copper # Copper price USD -0.0939 (-1.41%) today Bid 6.5639 Ask 6.5669 Spread 0.0030 Updated 20:54:59 UTC Market closed Opens Sun 23:01 UTC [Open full chart](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true) Loading the chart… Day range 6.5197 to 6.6669 $0.1472 so far today Previous close 6.6578 The last session's close 52 week range 4.9502 to 6.9540 High set 22 Sep 2026 Average day range $0.1344 Last 90 trading days ## How copper moves through the day Average Copper range in each session as a share of its price, measured on every trading day since 2016. ### Average range by session Asia 00:00 to 07:00 1.18% · about $0.0775 today London 07:00 to 12:00 1.10% · about $0.0724 today London and New York 12:00 to 16:00 1.30% · about $0.0855 today New York afternoon 16:00 to 21:00 0.80% · about $0.0524 today ### Busiest hours (UTC) 00 to 11 top row 12 to 23 bottom row Copper moves most from 13:00 to 15:00 UTC. The quietest hour starts at 21:00 UTC. Your copper trades ## See your own Copper trades on this chart Connect your broker once. Every copper entry and exit lands on the chart, your journal and rules sit beside it, and Edge learns from your trades to show you the one thing to fix next. Then practice it on copper in the backtester before you trade it live. [Start free](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true) [Practice Copper in the backtester](https://www.thedtterminal.com/login?signup=true) Example: an entry and its exit marked on a copper chart Example: your entry (green) and exit (red) drawn where they happened. Edge Example: "Most of your copper losses come in the first 15 minutes after New York opens. Try waiting for the first 15 minute candle to close." ## Copper questions ### What is Copper? Copper is the price of copper in US dollars, quoted as a cash CFD that follows the futures market. ### Why is my broker's copper price different? Each broker quotes its own bid and ask from its own liquidity providers, so prices can differ a little from broker to broker. The prices here are indicative bid quotes. Spreads also widen around big news and when the market opens. ### When does copper trade? Spot Copper trades nearly 24 hours a day from Sunday evening to Friday evening, New York time, with a short daily break around 17:00 New York time. ### How much is one lot of Copper? Contract sizes for Copper differ from broker to broker. Your broker's contract specification shows how much one lot is and what a $1.00 move is worth per lot, so check it before you size a trade. ### What moves the copper price? Supply from a small number of mining countries, demand from industry and car makers, the US dollar and the mood across markets. ## Markets traders watch with copper [XAUUSD Gold vs US dollar -3.60%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/xauusd) [XAGUSD Silver vs US dollar -5.83%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/xagusd) [XPTUSD Platinum vs US dollar -3.73%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/xptusd) [DXY US dollar index +0.03%](https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/dxy) --- Risk disclosure: Futures, forex and options trading contains substantial risk and is not for every investor. An investor could potentially lose all or more than the initial investment. Risk capital is money that can be lost without jeopardizing one's financial security or lifestyle. Only risk capital should be used for trading and only those with sufficient risk capital should consider trading. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. [Read the full risk disclosure](https://www.thedtterminal.com/legal/risk-disclosure). This is the Markdown version of https://www.thedtterminal.com/markets/copper. [Home](https://www.thedtterminal.com/) · [Verification](https://www.thedtterminal.com/verification) · [Pricing](https://www.thedtterminal.com/pricing) · [Supported brokers](https://www.thedtterminal.com/supported-brokers) · [Rankings](https://www.thedtterminal.com/rankings) · [About](https://www.thedtterminal.com/about) · [llms.txt](https://www.thedtterminal.com/llms.txt)