Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming bank holiday in Australia on 10th June 2019. All times are in UK (BST) time.
| Indices | Monday 10th June 2019 |
| AUS200 | 08:10 – 22:00 |
The rest of the assets will trade according to their usual trading time.
As always, at info@darwinex.com we’ll be happy to assist you!
Please be aware that there is a public holiday in New Zealand on Monday, January 20th during which spreads may be wider and liquidity may be thinner. For any questions, reach out to info@darwinex.com.
Please be aware that there is a public holiday in New Zealand on Monday, January 20th during which spreads may be wider and liquidity may be thinner. For any questions, reach out to info@darwinex.com.
Our margin requirement for the XAUUSD asset for Professional Clients is changing on Friday (January 10th 2020) around 17:00 GMT due to the US-Iran uncertainty. The new margin requirement will be 2% as opposed to the previous 1%. It will remain in place until further notice and will affect both existing and new positions. Kindly […]
Our margin requirement for the XAUUSD asset for Professional Clients is changing on Friday (January 10th 2020) around 17:00 GMT due to the US-Iran uncertainty.
The new margin requirement will be 2% as opposed to the previous 1%. It will remain in place until further notice and will affect both existing and new positions.
Kindly make sure you have enough available margin and equity in your account for the new margin level.
Need help? Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@darwinex.com.
Please find below the Darwinex Trading Schedule for the 2019 Christmas and New Year Holiday Period. All times are displayed in UK time (GMT) and changes to regular trading hours are highlighted in red.
Christmas is around the corner!
Please find below the Darwinex Trading Schedule for the 2019 Christmas and New Year Holiday Period. All times are displayed in UK time (GMT) and changes to regular trading hours are highlighted in red.
Also note that during the Cristmas and New Year holiday period spreads may widen and swaps may be affected by the ‘turn’ effect. The ‘turn’ effect is a phenomenon that exists in financial markets which is caused by supply and demand for funding over key dates such as year or quarter-end. This can create anomalies in the forward curves for certain currencies, and we are already beginning to see this priced into the year-end swap points that we receive from our liquidity providers.
Further, you may want to check out what happens if you want to buy/sell a DARWIN which has underlying trades open with different opening/closing times.
| DARWINs | Tuesday 24th December | Wednesday 25th December | Thursday 26th December |
| All DARWINs | 22:05 Mon – 21:59 Tue | Closed | 22:05 Wed – 21:59 Thu |
| FX | Tuesday 24th December | Wednesday 25th December | Thursday 26th December |
| All FX Instruments | 22:04:01 Mon – 21:59:50 Tue | Closed | 22:04:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu |
| Commodities | Tuesday 24th December | Wednesday 25th December | Thursday 26th December |
| XAUUSD | 23:01 Mon – 18:29 Tue | Closed | 23:01 Wed – 21:59 Thu |
| XAGUSD | 23:00:01 Mon – 18:29:50 Tue | Closed | 23:00:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu |
| XPTUSD | 23:00:01 Mon – 18:44:50 Tue | Closed | 23:00:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu |
| XPDUSD | 23:00:01 Mon – 18:44:50 Tue | Closed | 23:00:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu |
| XTIUSD | 23:00:01 Mon – 18:29:50 Tue | Closed | 23:00:01 Wed – 21:50:50 Thu |
| XNGUSD | 23:00:01 Mon – 18:29:50 Tue | Closed | 23:00:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu |
| Indices | Tuesday 24th December | Wednesday 25th December | Thursday 26th December |
| AUS200 | 23:00 Mon – 03:30 Tue | Closed | Closed |
| STOXX50E | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| FCHI40 | 23:00 Mon – 13:00 Tue | Closed | Closed |
| GDAXI | Closed | Closed | Closed |
| J225 | 23:00 Mon – 18:15 Tue | Closed | Closed |
| SPA35 | 07:00 – 13:00 | Closed | Closed |
| UK100 | 23:00 Mon – 12:50 Tue | Closed | Closed |
| SPX500 | 23:00 Mon – 18:15 Tue | Closed | Closed |
| NDX | 23:00 Mon – 18:15 Tue | Closed | Closed |
| WS30 | 23:00 Mon – 18:15 Tue | Closed | Closed |
| US Stocks | Tuesday 24th December | Wednesday 25th December | Thursday 26th December |
| All US stocks | 14:31 – 17:59 | Closed | 14:31 – 20:59 |
| Crypto | Tuesday 24th December | Wednesday 25th December | Thursday 26th December |
| All Crypto Instruments | 22:05 Mon – 22:00 Tue | 22:05 Tue – 22:00 Wed | 22:05 Wed – 22:00 Thu |
| DARWINs | Tuesday 31st December | Wednesday 1st January | Thursday 2nd January |
| All DARWINs | 22:05 Mon – 21:59 Tue | Closed | 22:05 Wed – 21:59 Thu |
| FX | Tuesday 31st December | Wednesday 1st January | Thursday 2nd January |
| All FX Instruments | 22:04:01 Mon – 21:59:50 Tue | Closed | 22:04:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu |
| Commodities | Tuesday 31st December | Wednesday 1st January | Thursday 2nd January |
| XAUUSD | 23:01 Mon – 21:59 Tue | Closed | 23:01 Wed – 21:59 Thu |
| XAGUSD | 23:00:01 Mon – 21:59:50 Tue | Closed | 23:00:01 Wed – 21:50:50 Thu |
| XPTUSD | 23:00:01 Mon – 21:59:50 Tue | Closed | 23:00:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu |
| XPDUSD | 23:00:01 Mon – 21:59:50 Tue | Closed | 23:00:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu |
| XTIUSD | 23:00:01 Mon – 21:59:50 Tue | Closed | 23:00:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu |
| XNGUSD | 23:00:01 Mon– 21:59:50 Tue | Closed | 23:00:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu |
| Indices | Tuesday 31st December | Wednesday 1st January | Thursday 2nd January |
| AUS200 | 23:00 Mon – 03:30 Tue | Closed | 23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu |
| STOXX50E | Closed | Closed | 23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu |
| FCHI40 | 23:00 Mon – 13:00 Tue | Closed | 23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu |
| GDAXI | Closed | Closed | 07:00 – 21:00 |
| J225 | 23:00 Mon – 22:00 Tue | Closed | 23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu |
| SPA35 | 07:00 – 13:00 | Closed | 07:00 – 19:00 |
| UK100 | 23:00 Mon – 12:50 Tue | Closed | Closed |
| SPX500 | 23:00 Mon – 22:00 Tue | Closed | 23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu |
| NDX | 23:00 Mon – 22:00 Tue | Closed | 23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu |
| WS30 | 23:00 Mon – 22:00 Tue | Closed | 23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu |
| US Stocks | Tuesday 31st December | Wednesday 1st January | Thursday 2nd January |
| All US stocks | 14:31 – 20:59 | Closed | 14:31 – 20:59 |
| Crypto | Tuesday 31st December | Wednesday 1st January | Thursday 2nd January |
| All Crypto Instruments | 22:05 Mon – 22:00 Tue | 22:05 Tue – 22:00 Wed | 22:05 Wed – 22:00 Thu |
As always, if you have any queries, please feel free to contact us at info@darwinex.com.
The Darwinex Team wishes you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!
Increased volatility and wider spreads are expected as the UK is gearing up to hold a general election on Thursday.
We would like to remind you that there is a general election in the UK on Thursday, December 12th 2019.
Kindly note that all GBP related instruments are likely to experience significant volatility, wider spreads and an increased risk of market gaps.
It is important that you have sufficient margin coverage and are comfortable with the exposure on your account.
Please feel free to contact us at info@darwinex.com should you need assistance in this regard.
Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US Thanksgiving holiday period on 28th and 29th of November 2019.
Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US Thanksgiving holiday period on 28th and 29th of November 2019. During this time spreads may be wider and liquidity may be thinner. Bank holidays may also give rise to changes on the applicable swap rates.
All times are in UK (GMT+0) time.
| Instrument | November 28th 2019 | November 29rd 2019 |
| COMMODITIES | ||
| XAUUSD | 23:01 Wed – 17:59 Thu | 23:01 Thu – 18:10 Fri |
| XAGUSD | 23:00 Wed – 17:59:50 Thu | 23:00 Thu – 18:10 Fri |
| XPTUSD | 23:01 Wed – 17:59:50 Thu | 23:01 Thu – 18:40 Fri |
| XPDUSD | 23:00 Wed – 17:59:50 Thu | 23:00 Thu – 18:40 Fri |
| XTIUSD | 23:00 Wed – 17:44:50 Thu | 23:00 Thu – 18:25 Fri |
| XNGUSD | 23:00 Wed – 17:44:50 Thu | 23:00 Thu – 18:25 Fri |
| INDICES | ||
| Japan 225 | 23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu | 23:00 Thu – 18:10 Fri |
| US SPX 500 | 23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu | 23:00 Thu – 18:10 Fri |
| US Tech 100 | 23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu | 23:00 Thu – 18:10 Fri |
| Wall Street 30 | 23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu | 23:00 Thu – 18:10 Fri |
| STOCKS | ||
| US Stocks | CLOSED | 14:31 Fri – 17:59 Fri |
The rest of the assets will trade according to their usual trading time. As always, at info@darwinex.com we’ll be happy to assist you!
Our MT4 feed on some “micro” indices went down in the night from November 13th to November 14th, 2019. NB: the downtime did NOT affect FX pairs, commodities, stocks and cryptos on MT4, and MT5 operated as normal. This blog post explains what happened and what we did about it. What happened One of our Prime Brokers […]
Our MT4 feed on some “micro” indices went down in the night from November 13th to November 14th, 2019.
NB: the downtime did NOT affect FX pairs, commodities, stocks and cryptos on MT4, and MT5 operated as normal.
This blog post explains what happened and what we did about it.
One of our Prime Brokers had issues with their “micro” Liquidity Provider on STOXX50E, UK100, GER30 and WS30 in the very early European morning.
We worked with them to isolate, then fix the root cause and resumed streaming later in the European morning.
Our Operations Department has proactively reviewed all affected orders. We will pay affected customers wherever a compensation is due. Luckily enough, some of our customers benefited from this incident and made larger profits than they planned!
If you feel any of your orders ought to be reviewed, kindly reach out to info@darwinex.com. As ever, don’t forget to mention your MT4 account number and (where possible), Order ID.
We keep working hard to improve our liquidity, the better our LPs, the lower the chances that this sort of incidents take place.
Please accept our sincerest apologies for the inconvenience and do let us know if doubts remain. We’ll do our utmost to clarify!
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