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Margin increase for XAUUSD (Professional Clients only)

9 January 2020

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.

Darwinex Trading Hours for the 2019 Christmas & New Year Holiday Period

18 December 2019

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.

Christmas 2019

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

New Year 2020

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!

UK General Election: Significant Volatility, Wider Spreads Expected

10 December 2019

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.

Trading Hours for the 2019 US Thanksgiving Holidays

22 November 2019

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!

Trading hours

Last night’s incident on MT4 micro indices

14 November 2019

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.

What happened

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 decision

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!

Upcoming Holiday in Japan on November 4th

31 October 2019

There is a public holiday in Japan on Monday, 4th of November. Kindly note that 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.

There is a public holiday in Japan on Monday, 4th of November. Kindly note that 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. For any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to info@darwinex.com.