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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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DAX Trading Hours Soon to be Extended

9 July 2019

The CFD of the DAX (GDAXI) start trading with an extended schedule as of Monday July 22nd, 2019.

The CFD of the DAX (GDAXI) will soon – probably as of Monday July 22nd – start trading with an extended schedule.

The current schedule is as follows:

07:00 – 21:00 (London) Mon-Thu
07:00 – 20:55 (London) Fri

The extended schedule will be as follows:

01:30 – 21:00 (London) Mon-Thu
01:30 – 20:55 (London) Fri

We’ll update this post with the final implementation date of the extended schedule as soon as possible.

Update on July 18th: the DAX will start trading according to the new schedule on Monday July 22nd.

Note that during the night, GDAXI usually has a wider spread and a lower liquidity than during the day.

Please get in touch at info@darwinex.com for any questions you may have.

The FCA Makes ESMA’s CFD Restrictions Permanent

4 July 2019

The new measure doesn’t affect us more than the ESMA intervention already did. And it affected us in a positive way, contributing to the improvement of our clients’ performance.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) made the European Authority’s (ESMA) CFD restrictions permanent this week.

Some reactions to this we saw in user forums implied this was a “ban” of Contracts for Differentes (CFDs). Some even said it was “the end of Darwinex”.

We’d like to clarify that the FCA’s measure makes the restrictions we already applied last year permanent. But nothing else changes. It’s only that this time it’s the national regulator that said this while last year it was the ESMA.

The new measure doesn’t affect us more than the ESMA intervention already did. And it affected us in a positive way, contributing to the improvement of our clients’ performance.

Trading Schedule for the US Independence Day on 3rd and 4th July 2019

27 June 2019

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours (in red) for the upcoming US Independence Day on 3 & 4 July 2019. All times are in UK (BST) time.

FX	Wednesday 3^rd July	Thursday 4^th July
All FX Instruments	22:05 Tue – 22:00 Wed	22:05 Wed – 22:00 Thu

DARWINs	22:05 Tue – 21:59 Wed	22:05 Tue – 21:59 Wed

Commodities
Gold	23:01 Tue – 21:59 Wed	*23:01 Wed – 18:00 Thu
Silver	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed	*23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu
Platinum	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed	*23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu
Palladium	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed	*23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu
US Crude	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed	*23:00 Wed – 17:45 Thu
US Natural Gas	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed	*23:00 Wed – 17:45 Thu

Indices
AUS200	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu
STOXX50E	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu
FCHI40	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu
GDAXI	07:00 – 21:00	07:00 – 21:00
J225	*23:00 Tue – 18:15 Wed	*23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu
SPA35	07:00 – 19:00	07:00 – 19:00
UK100	23:00 Tue – 22:00 Wed	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu
SPX500	*23:00 Tue – 18:15 Wed	*23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu
NDX	*23:00 Tue – 18:15 Wed	*23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu
WS30	*23:00 Tue – 18:15 Wed	*23:00 Wed – 18:00 Thu

US stocks	14:31 – 20:59	CLOSED

Crypto
All Crypto Instruments	22:05 Tue – 22:00 Wed	22:05 Wed – 22:00 Thu

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 Help Center article: What happens if you want to buy/sell a DARWIN which has underlying trades open with different opening/closing times?

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

Australia Public Holiday on 10th June 2019

5 June 2019

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming Bank Holiday in Australia on 10th June 2019 (all times are in UK time).

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!

Trading hours

Upcoming holiday in New Zealand resulting in the possibility of wider spreads and thinner liquidity

30 May 2019

Please be aware that there is a bank holiday in New Zealand on Monday June 3rd. Therefore, during this time, spreads may be wider and liquidity may be thinner for all NZD-related assets. For any questions, we’re one email away, at info@darwinex.com.

Please be aware that there is a bank holiday in New Zealand on Monday June 3rd.

Therefore, during this time, spreads may be wider and liquidity may be thinner for all NZD-related assets.

For any questions, we’re one email away, at info@darwinex.com.

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