The May edition of our DarwinIA trading challenge has come to an end, below you can see which DARWINS made it to the top this month. A new edition of DarwinIA is live, in June we’ll be allocating € 1,000,000 to the best DARWINS! Further info is available here.
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As France and Spain have lifted the shortselling ban introduced in March, we’ve enabled the opening of short positions in the FCHI40 and SPA35 Equity Index CFDs.
As France and Spain have lifted the shortselling ban introduced in March, we’ve enabled the opening of short positions in the FCHI40 and SPA35 Equity Index CFDs.
Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US Memorial Day & UK Spring Bank Holiday on Monday 25th May 2020. All times are in UK (BST) time.
Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US Memorial Day & UK Spring Bank Holiday on Monday 25th May 2020. 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 25th May 2020 |
| Gold | 23:01:00 Sun – 17:44:00 Mon |
| Silver | 23:00:01 Sun – 17:59:50 Mon |
| US Crude | 23:00:01 Sun – 17:44:50 Mon |
| US Natural Gas | 23:00:01 Sun – 17:44:50 Mon |
| Indices | |
| UK100 | CLOSED |
| 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 |
| US Stocks | |
| All US stocks | CLOSED |
The rest of the assets will trade according to their usual trading time.
After disabling XTIUSD trades last month, we’ll enable it again at Monday’s market open (11 May 2020).
After disabling XTIUSD trades last month, we’ll enable it again on Monday’s market open (11 May 2020).
Please note that, given the current market situation, the following conditions will apply to XTIUSD trades.
Do not hesitate to contact us at info@darwinex.com should you need assistance in this regard.
We’d like to inform you that our margin requirement for the Turkish lira will be increased today for both Retail and Professional Clients.
We’d like to inform you that our margin requirement for the Turkish lira will be increased today for both Retail and Professional Clients.
The new margin requirement will be 20% as opposed to 10% before.
This change is a security measure due to an increase in market uncertainty surrounding the TRY with liquidity expected to be extremely thin over the following days. Swaps are expected to widen as well.
The change will take effect today May 8th 2020 5 after pm BST and will apply to both existing and new positions.
Kindly make sure you have enough available margin and equity in your account for the new margin levels.
Need help? Please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@darwinex.com.
Please be aware that there are public holidays in Japan on 4 May, 5 May and 6 May. Please kindly note that during this time spreads may be wider and liquidity may be thinner.
There are public holidays in Japan on May 4, 5 and 6. Kindly note that during this time spreads may be wider and liquidity may be thinner.
Bank holidays may also give rise to changes in the applicable swap rates.
Don’t hesitate to contact us at info@darwinex.com if you have any questions regarding the above.
Please note that on Friday 8th May 2020, the UK100 index CFD will be closed due to bank holiday in the United Kingdom.
Please note that on Friday 8th May 2020, 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!
CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. -- % of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
