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And the DarwinIA winners are…

4 January 2016

The December 2015 edition of the DarwinIA trading challenge is over! A new edition with bigger prizes is now live: in January we are allocating € 500,000.00 to the top 20 DARWINs (instead of “just” 400,000.00 € to the top 16)! The winner of January’s edition will be allocated € 55,000. Click here to see the new allocation scheme.

Last month’s winners that were allocated € 400,000.00 for a 6 month period are…

PLACE	DARWIN	DECEMBER’S ALLOCATION	TOTAL ALLOCATED
1^st	FTA	50,000.00 €	90,000.00 €
2^nd	WZA	40,000.00 €	40,000.00 €
3^rd	FUV	35,000.00 €	55,000.00 €
4^th	VLD	30,000.00 €	30,000.00 €
5^th	AIS	25,000.00 €	65,000.00 €
6^th	VFL	20,000.00 €	40,000.00 €
7^th	CDG	20,000.00 €	60,000.00 €
8^th	FDU	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
9^th	PLF	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
10^th	KPZ	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
11^th	KXZ	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
12^th	ZDV	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
13^th	NDI	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
14^th	YMG	20,000.00 €	60,000.00 €
15^th	ERQ	20,000.00 €	60,000.00 €
16^th	XFL	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €

Have questions about DarwinIA? Feel free to get in touch at info@darwinex.com!

DarwinIA winners

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US Memorial Day & UK Spring Bank Holiday on 27th May 2019

14 May 2019

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US Memorial Day & UK Spring Bank Holiday on Monday 27th May 2019. All times are in UK (BST) time. Important: if you open / close an investment in a DARWIN that has an open trade in an asset with the market closed (see amended trading […]

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US Memorial Day & UK Spring Bank Holiday on Monday 27th May 2019. All times are in UK (BST) time.

Important: if you open / close an investment in a DARWIN that has an open trade in an asset with the market closed (see amended trading hours in red below), the transaction will not be carried out immediately. The operation will show up in your investor portfolio once it has been executed by our system when the index/commodity resumes trading on Monday night.

As always, at info@darwinex.com we’ll be happy to assist you!

Commodities	Monday 27th May 2019
Gold	23:01 Sun – 18:00 Mon
Silver	23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon
Platinum	23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon
Palladium	23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon
US Crude	23:00 Sun – 17:45 Mon
US Natural Gas	23:00 Sun – 17:45 Mon
Indices
UK100	CLOSED
J225	23:00 Sun – 18:15 Mon
SPX500	23:00 Sun – 18:15 Mon
NDX	23:00 Sun – 18:15 Mon
WS30	23:00 Sun – 18:15 Mon
US Stocks
All US stocks	CLOSED

The rest of the assets will trade according to their usual trading time.

Trading hours

UK100 closed on 6th May 2019

29 April 2019

Please note that on Monday 6th May 2019, the UK100 index CFD will be closed due to bank holiday in the United Kingdom.

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

Amended trading hours and changes to EUR swaps: 1st May 2019

24 April 2019

Please note that amended Darwinex trading hours will apply on Wednesday 1st May 2019. There will also be changes to the way EUR swaps get charged / credited during next week due to the bank holiday on May 1st. Indices Wednesday 1st May 2019 STOXX50E CLOSED FCHI40 CLOSED GDAXI CLOSED SPA35 CLOSED The rest of […]

Please note that amended Darwinex trading hours will apply on Wednesday 1st May 2019. There will also be changes to the way EUR swaps get charged / credited during next week due to the bank holiday on May 1st.

Indices	Wednesday 1st May 2019
STOXX50E	CLOSED
FCHI40	CLOSED
GDAXI	CLOSED
SPA35	CLOSED

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

Amended trading hours on ANZAC Day on 25th April 2019

22 April 2019

Please note that on Thursday 25th April 2019, the Australia 200 index CFD will open at 8:10 and close at 22:00 BST. The rest of the assets will trade according to their usual trading time.

Please note that on Thursday 25th April 2019, the Australia 200 index CFD will open at 8:10 and close at 22:00 BST.

The rest of the assets will trade according to their usual trading time.

Trading hours

Trading Schedule for the 2019 Easter Holiday Period

11 April 2019

Please note the amended Darwinex trading schedule for the 2019 Easter Holiday Period.

Please note the amended Darwinex Trading Schedule for the 2019 Easter Holiday Period.

Times are displayed in UK time and changes to regular schedules are highlighted in red.

Instrument	Thursday 18th April	Friday 19th April	Monday 22nd April
FX	22:01:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu	22:01:01 Thu – 21:55:00 Fri	22:05 Sun – 21:59:50 Mon
Commodities*	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon
DARWINs	22:05 Wed – 21:59 Thu	22:05 Thu – 21:55 Fri	22:05 Sun – 21:59 Mon
Indices
Europe50	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	CLOSED
GDAXI	07:00:00 – 21:00:00	CLOSED	CLOSED
SPX500	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon
WS30	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon
NDX	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon
J225	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon
AUS200	23:00 Wed – 15:00 Thu	CLOSED	CLOSED
FCHI40	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	CLOSED
UK100	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	CLOSED
SPA35	07:00 – 19:00	CLOSED	CLOSED
US stocks	14:31 – 20:59	CLOSED	14:31 – 20:59
Crypto instruments	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	23:00 Thu – 21:55 Fri	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon

*Please, be reminded that the instrument XAUUSD closes a minute earlier, and opens a minute later, than the rest of Commodities in Darwinex as shown in the table of Darwinex assets and spreads.

Please note during Easter Holidays, swaps will be charged in a different way than on normal weeks. There may be days with swap x6 charges and days without any swap charges at all. The amount of the swap will be similar to that of normal weeks, the only thing that changes is the way it’s charged. The swap rates that appear on our site generally get updated around 19:00 BST and may suffer only minor changes afterwards.

Also note that on Friday, April 19th the US market will be closed. Fx spreads thus may widen considerably. Both traders and investors should avoid setting tight stop loss levels.

The DARWIN Exchange will remain open even if the underlying assets’ market is closed. Should you want to know the standard procedure when you buy/sell a DARWIN whose underlying asset market is closed, we recommend you to read the following Knowledge Base article: Can I buy and sell DARWINs whenever I want?

Do not hesitate to contact us at info@darwinex.com for support.

Happy Easter!

Trading hours

Start of Daylight Saving Time 2019

4 March 2019

Please note our amended trading hours for the three-week-long period between the change in the US from EST to EDT on 10th March 2019 and the subsequent change in the UK from GMT to BST on 31st March 2019.

Please note our amended trading hours for the three week period between the change in the US from EST to EDT on 10th March 2019 and the subsequent change in the UK from GMT to BST on 31st March 2019.

Instrument	Trading Hours in GMT
FX	21:05 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 21:01 daily)
DARWINS	21:05 Sun – 21:00 Fri (except 21:00 – 21:01 daily)
COMMODITIES
Gold	22:01 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 20:59 – 22:01 daily)
Silver	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Platinum	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Palladium	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
US Crude	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Natural Gas	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
INDICES
Australia 200	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Europe 50	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
France 40	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Germany 30	07:00 – 21:00 (Mon – Fri)
Spain 35	07:00 – 19:00 (Mon – Fri)
Japan 225	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
UK 100	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
US SPX 500	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
US Tech 100	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Wall Street 30	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
US STOCKS	13:31 -19:59 (Mon – Fri)
CRYPTOCURRENCIES	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)

As always, please do not hesitate to get in touch at info@darwinex.com should you need assistance.

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