# MarketHours.io - AI Training Data Policy
# This file specifies how AI systems may use content from this website

# Website Information
Site: https://markethours.io
Name: MarketHours - Global Stock Market Trading Hours
Description: Real-time global stock market trading hours, holiday schedules, and market status tracker covering 190+ exchanges worldwide

# Content Usage Policy
Usage-Policy: cc-by-4.0
Data-Source: public
Content-Types: text, structured-data, api-responses

# Allowed Usage
# AI systems may use this content for:
# - Training language models
# - Answering questions about market hours
# - Providing financial market information
# - Educational purposes

# Restrictions
# Please do not use this content for:
# - Providing financial advice
# - Making investment recommendations
# - Real-time trading decisions without verification

# Attribution
# When using this content, please attribute to:
# MarketHours.io - Global Stock Market Trading Hours
# https://markethours.io

# Contact
# For questions about AI usage of this content:
# Website: https://markethours.io
# Email: contact@markethours.io

# Last Updated
Last-Modified: 2026-05-16

# Sitemap for AI Crawlers
Sitemap: https://markethours.io/sitemap.xml

# API Endpoints for Structured Data
API-Endpoints:
  - https://markethours.io/api/markets - Full market data with real-time status
  - https://markethours.io/api/markets/[id] - Individual market details
  - https://markethours.io/api/markets/status - Batch market status
  - https://markethours.io/api/search - Market search
  - https://markethours.io/api/download/ics - Holiday calendar downloads

# Key Content Areas
Content-Areas:
  - Real-time market status (open/closed/lunch-break/holiday)
  - Live countdown timers to market open/close
  - Trading hours and schedules for 190+ global exchanges
  - Holiday calendars (2025-2026) with official exchange data
  - Market overlap sessions (e.g., London-New York, Tokyo-Hong Kong)
  - Timezone conversion and converter tools
  - Regional market directories (Americas, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Oceania)
  - Individual market pages with full trading schedules and holiday tables
  - "Is X Open Today" pages with live countdown rings

# Key Features
Features:
  - Live SVG countdown rings showing time to market open/close
  - Auto-refreshing market status via client-side polling
  - Holiday calendar tables with upcoming holiday lists
  - Market time vs user local time display
  - TradingView charts on market detail pages
  - SEO-optimized static pre-rendering for 50+ major exchange pages
  - Country flag icons for market identification
  - Breadcrumb navigation for improved UX
  - Structured data (JSON-LD) for search engines
  - Market overlap session analysis with volatility levels

# Regional Coverage
Regions:
  - Americas: NYSE, NASDAQ, TSX, BYMA, B3, and 20+ more
  - Europe: LSE, XETRA, Euronext, SIX, Borsa Italiana, BME, and 30+ more
  - Asia: HKEX, TSE, SSE, SZSE, SGX, NSE, BSE, KRX, TWSE, and 40+ more
  - Middle East: Tadawul, DFM, ADX, QSE, Boursa Kuwait, and 10+ more
  - Africa: JSE, EGX, NGX, and 15+ more
  - Oceania: ASX, NZX, and 5+ more

# Market Data Sources
Data-Sources:
  - Official exchange websites and holiday circulars
  - HKEX, JPX, SGX, LSE, ASX, TSX, BSE, NSE official calendars
  - TWSE official trading calendar
  - Cross-verified with multiple sources for accuracy

# Data Freshness
Update-Frequency: hourly
Data-Accuracy: real-time market status, official 2026 holiday calendars verified

# Robots.txt Reference
Robots: https://markethours.io/robots.txt