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And the DarwinIA Winners Are… (February 2018)

1 March 2018

The February 2018 edition of our DarwinIA trading challenge came to its end. Below you can find the 48 winners of our € 4,000,000.00 notional allocations for a 6 month period. Congratulations to the winners!

Place	DARWIN	Notional allocation
1st	PUZ	€ 300,000.00
2nd	BAD	€ 250,000.00
3rd	DZL	€ 210,000.00
4th	AUA	€ 170,000.00
5th	TYU	€ 150,000.00
6th	YZF	€ 140,000.00
7th	ING	€ 130,000.00
8th	FGC	€ 120,000.00
9th	OOA	€ 110,000.00
10th	MER	€ 110,000.00
11th	LZB	€ 110,000.00
12th	LLZ	€ 100,000.00
13th	MYQ	€ 100,000.00
14th	RZX	€ 100,000.00
15th	JMP	€ 90,000.00
16th	SIX	€ 90,000.00
17th	AFO	€ 90,000.00
18th	GTD	€ 80,000.00
19th	UYZ	€ 80,000.00
20th	ABH	€ 80,000.00
21st	SEP	€ 70,000.00
22nd	XTT	€ 70,000.00
23rd	WBH	€ 70,000.00
24th	NTI	€ 70,000.00
25th	KWC	€ 60,000.00
26th	PFH	€ 60,000.00
27th	YYL	€ 60,000.00
28th	XHA	€ 60,000.00
29th	BAS	€ 60,000.00
30th	KGL	€ 60,000.00
31st	NVL	€ 50,000.00
32nd	IGU	€ 50,000.00
33rd	RBD	€ 50,000.00
34th	DDY	€ 50,000.00
35th	RFV	€ 50,000.00
36th	VCT	€ 50,000.00
37th	PUD	€ 50,000.00
38th	JCW	€ 40,000.00
39th	AOF	€ 40,000.00
40th	EEE	€ 40,000.00
41st	OEB	€ 40,000.00
42nd	LSC	€ 40,000.00
43rd	LDD	€ 40,000.00
44th	QFW	€ 40,000.00
45th	TKT	€ 30,000.00
46th	BOJ	€ 30,000.00
47th	PUK	€ 30,000.00
48th	CBY	€ 30,000.00

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Trading Hours for the US Martin Luther King Day on 21st January 2019

15 January 2019

Please note that the following trading hours will apply on Monday 21st January 2019. All times are in GMT+0 (London) time. Commodities Monday 21st January 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 […]

Please note that the following trading hours will apply on Monday 21st January 2019. All times are in GMT+0 (London) time.

Commodities	Monday 21st January 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
J225	23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon
SPX500	23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon
NDX	23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon
WS30	23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon

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!

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Darwinex Trading Hours for the 2018 Christmas & New Year Holiday Period

18 December 2018

Christmas is around the corner! Please find below the Darwinex Trading Schedule for the 2018 Christmas and New Year Holiday Period (all times are displayed in UK time 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 […]

Christmas is around the corner!

Please find below the Darwinex Trading Schedule for the 2018 Christmas and New Year Holiday Period (all times are displayed in UK time 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.

Christmas 2018

DARWINs	Monday 24th December	Tuesday 25th December	Wednesday 26th December
All DARWINs	22:05 Sun – 18:45 Mon	Closed	22:05 Tue – 21:59 Wed

FX	Monday 24th December	Tuesday 25th December	Wednesday 26th December
All FX Instruments	22:05 Sun – 18:45 Mon	Closed	22:01:01 Tue – 21:59:50 Wed

Commodities	Monday 24th December	Tuesday 25th December	Wednesday 26th December
Gold	23:01 Sun – 18:45 Mon	Closed	23:01 Tue – 21:59 Wed
Silver	23:00 Sun – 18:45 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 21:50:50 Wed
Platinum	23:00 Sun – 18:45 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
Palladium	23:00 Sun – 18:45 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
US Crude	23:00 Sun – 18:30 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
US Natural Gas	23:00 Sun – 18:30 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed

Indices	Monday 24th December	Tuesday 25th December	Wednesday 26th December
AUS200	23:00 Sun – 03:30 Mon	Closed	Closed
STOXX50E	Closed	Closed	Closed
FCHI40	23:00 Sun – 13:00 Mon	Closed	Closed
GDAXI	Closed	Closed	Closed
J225	23:00 Sun – 18:15 Mon	Closed	Closed
SPA35	07:00 – 13:00	Closed	Closed
UK100	23:00 Sun – 12:50 Mon	Closed	Closed
SPX500	23:00 Sun – 18:15 Mon	Closed	Closed
NDX	23:00 Sun – 18:15 Mon	Closed	Closed
WS30	23:00 Sun – 18:15 Mon	Closed	Closed

US Stocks	Monday 24th December	Tuesday 25th December	Wednesday 26th December
All US stocks	14:31 – 17:59	Closed	14:31 – 20:59

Crypto	Monday 24th December	Tuesday 25th December	Wednesday 26th December
All Crypto Instruments	22:05 Sun – 22:00 Mon	22:05 Mon – 22:00 Tue	22:05 Tue – 22:00 Wed

New Year 2019

DARWINs	Monday 31st December	Tuesday 1st January	Wednesday 2nd January
All DARWINs	22:05 Sun – 21:59 Mon	Closed	22:05 Tue – 21:59 Wed

FX	Monday 31st December	Tuesday 1st January	Wednesday 2nd January
All FX Instruments	22:05 Sun – 21:59:50 Mon	Closed	22:01:01 Tue – 21:59:50 Wed

Commodities	Monday 31st December	Tuesday 1st January	Wednesday 2nd January
Gold	23:01 Sun – 21:59 Mon	Closed	23:01 Tue – 21:59 Wed
Silver	23:00 Sun – 21:59:50 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 21:50:50 Wed
Platinum	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
Palladium	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
US Crude	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
US Natural Gas	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed

Indices	Monday 31st December	Tuesday 1st January	Wednesday 2nd January
AUS200	23:00 Sun – 03:30 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
STOXX50E	Closed	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
FCHI40	23:00 Sun – 13:00 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
GDAXI	Closed	Closed	07:00 – 21:00
J225	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
SPA35	07:00 – 13:00	Closed	07:00 – 19:00
UK100	23:00 Sun – 12:50 Mon	Closed	Closed
SPX500	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
NDX	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed
WS30	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon	Closed	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed

US Stocks	Monday 31st December	Tuesday 1st January	Wednesday 2nd January
All US stocks	14:31 – 20:59	Closed	14:31 – 20:59

Crypto	Monday 31st December	Tuesday 1st January	Wednesday 2nd January
All Crypto Instruments	22:05 Sun – 22:00 Mon	22:05 Mon – 22:00 Tue	22:05 Tue – 22:00 Wed

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!

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UK Parliament Vote on EU Withdrawal Bill (11 December 2018)

9 December 2018

We would like to remind you that the UK Parliament will vote on the EU Withdrawal Bill on 11th December 2018. There is a high degree of uncertainty as to the outcome of the vote and all GBP currency crosses are likely to experience significant volatility with increased risk of market gaps. It is important that you […]

We would like to remind you that the UK Parliament will vote on the EU Withdrawal Bill on 11th December 2018.

There is a high degree of uncertainty as to the outcome of the vote and all GBP currency crosses are likely to experience significant volatility with increased risk of market gaps.

It is important that you have sufficient margin coverage and are comfortable with the exposure on your account as our margin requirements may change going into the vote or depending on the outcome of the vote.

Please feel free to contact us at info@darwinex.com should you need assistance in this regard.

Amended Trading Hours US National Day of Mourning on December 5th 2018

4 December 2018

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US National Day of Mourning on December 5th 2018. All times are in UK (GMT+0) time. Instrument December 5th 2018 INDICES US SPX 500 23:00 Tue – 14:45 Wed US Tech 100 23:00 Tue – 14:45 Wed Wall Street 30 23:00 Tue – 14:45 Wed […]

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US National Day of Mourning on December 5th 2018. All times are in UK (GMT+0) time.

Instrument	December 5th 2018
INDICES
US SPX 500	23:00 Tue – 14:45 Wed
US Tech 100	23:00 Tue – 14:45 Wed
Wall Street 30	23:00 Tue – 14:45 Wed
STOCKS
US Stocks	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!

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Amended Trading Hours for the 2018 US Thanksgiving Holidays (Nov. 22nd and 23rd)

20 November 2018

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US Thanksgiving holiday period on 22nd and 23rd of November 2018. All times are in UK (GMT+0) time. Instrument November 22nd 2018 November 23rd 2018 COMMODITIES Gold 23:01 Wed – 17:59 Thu 23:01 Thu – 18:40 Fri Silver 23:00 Wed – 17:59 Thu 23:00 Thu – […]

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US Thanksgiving holiday period on 22nd and 23rd of November 2018. All times are in UK (GMT+0) time.

Instrument	November 22nd 2018	November 23rd 2018
COMMODITIES
Gold	23:01 Wed – 17:59 Thu	23:01 Thu – 18:40 Fri
Silver	23:00 Wed – 17:59 Thu	23:00 Thu – 18:40 Fri
Platinum	23:00 Wed – 17:59 Thu	23:00 Thu – 18:40 Fri
Palladium	23:00 Wed – 17:59 Thu	23:00 Thu – 18:40 Fri
US Crude	23:00 Wed – 17:44 Thu	23:00 Thu – 17:25 Fri
Natural Gas	23:00 Wed – 17:44 Thu	23:00 Thu – 17:25 Fri
INDICES
Japan 225	23:00 Wed – 17:59 Thu	23:00 Thu – 18:10 Fri
US SPX 500	23:00 Wed – 17:59 Thu	23:00 Thu – 18:10 Fri
US Tech 100	23:00 Wed – 17:59 Thu	23:00 Thu – 18:10 Fri
Wall Street 30	23:00 Wed – 17:59 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!

Thanksgiving

Bitcoin Cash (XBNUSD) trading suspended until further notice

7 November 2018

The BCH fork on November 15th may create a split in the BCH instrument resulting in two currencies, BCH and BSV. Due to the uncertainly around this event, at Darwinex we’ve decided to suspend opening of any new XBNUSD trades with immediate effect.

As traders trading cryptocurrency CFDs sure know, the BCH fork on November 15th may create a split in the BCH instrument (XBNUSD as provided by our liquidity provider LMAX) resulting in two currencies, BCH and BSV.

Due to the uncertainly around this event, at Darwinex we’ve decided to suspend opening of any new XBNUSD trades with immediate effect.

We’ll contact Darwinex traders with open positions in XBNUSD and recommend them to close their positions because as of November 15th our liquidity provider will stop offering liquidity for XBNUSD for an unknown period of time.

For any questions, please contact us at info@darwinex.com.