Is FOREX Really Closed after Friday 5PM EST?

[pursuit]

Is it just retail bucketshops or the real interbank system is closed too?

 

[syntheticjunkie]

LMAX offering "weekend pairs" to trade.

 

[Xela]

Is it just retail bucketshops or the real interbank system is closed too?

Wrong way round: it's the interbank market that's closed, though some of the counterparty brokers are open (for retail traders willing to pay weekend spreads).