Opens tomorrow at 09:30
The /auction page surfaces live data from the EGX auction sessions: the pre-open auction (09:30 – 10:00 Cairo) and the closing auction (14:15 – 14:25 Cairo). During these windows the market accumulates buy and sell orders without executing them; the system computes an indicative price for every stock that updates in real time as new orders arrive. The live dashboard shows market-wide breadth (advancing vs declining), the largest expected opening moves, and the indicative trade flow. The feature is Premium-only because the live exchange feed carries a monthly cost — free accounts see the countdown, the explainer, and the FAQ.
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Every EGX-listed stock gets a live indicative open price that updates with each new order — see whether the stock will gap or open within its normal range.
A quick advancing-vs-declining counter from the auction itself — a gauge of trader sentiment before the session starts.
Top 10 most-affected stocks (up and down) in the auction — useful for spotting names with breaking news or institutional flow.
If you have an entry signal on a stock, check whether it opens within a reasonable range or with a sizable gap before placing the order.
A daily push at 09:25 Cairo telling you the auction is about to start, with a direct link back to this page.
The same dashboard runs 14:15 – 14:25 Cairo so you can track the final settlement prices for the session.
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The EGX pre-open auction runs for 30 minutes (09:30 – 10:00 Cairo) and collects all orders submitted before trading opens. The price shown for each stock during this window is indicative — if the session closed right now, the stock would open at that level. No actual fills happen until the official continuous session starts at 10:00.
What the data is useful for:
The closing auction (14:15 – 14:25 Cairo) works the same way on the other end of the day — it determines the official close price used for position settlement and per-symbol VWAP calculations.
A short final phase called Trading At Last (14:25 – 14:30 Cairo) follows it: orders still execute, but only at the close price the auction just set — no further price discovery. When it ends, the session is over.
The pre-open auction (09:30 – 10:00 Cairo) collects buy and sell orders without executing them. The system calculates an indicative price that would balance the largest possible number of orders, and at exactly 10:00 the stock opens at that price. The regular continuous session (10:00 – 14:15) executes every order as soon as a matching counterparty is found.
No, they are indicative only. They tell you what the open price would be if the auction closed right now — in practice the numbers update continuously as new orders arrive. The official open price prints exactly at 10:00.
The closing auction runs 14:15 – 14:25 Cairo, after the continuous session. Its job is to set the official close price — which is used for portfolio NAV, trade settlement, and the day's per-symbol VWAP calculation.
Once the closing auction ends and the official close price is set, there is a short window (14:25 – 14:30 Cairo) in which orders can still execute — but only at that exact close price. No further price discovery happens. When it ends, trading is over for the day.
Yes. Brokers accept buy and sell orders throughout the auction, and every order participates in the indicative price calculation. If your order matches the indicative price at the close, it gets filled. Orders priced too far from the indicative will roll into the regular session queue.
The live exchange feed comes online 10 minutes before the auction (09:20 Cairo) to warm up the connection. Before that there is no real-time data available, but the countdown, explainer, and FAQ stay visible on the page — only the live board has to wait until streaming begins.
Live auction data is available to Premium subscribers only — the live exchange feed carries a monthly cost. The /auction page itself is open to everyone so you can learn what the data is, see the countdown, and read the explainer. Subscribing to Premium unlocks the live dashboard immediately.
Yes. Premium subscribers receive a push notification at 09:25 Cairo (5 minutes before the pre-open auction starts) every trading day. The notification falls under the "Auction Window Alerts" category and can be toggled in your notification settings.