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And the DarwinIA winners are…

1 December 2015

The November edition of the DarwinIA trading challenge is over! The winners of our cash prizes and the DARWINs that were allocated € 320,000 for a 6 month period are…

PLACE	DARWIN	CASH PRIZE	NOVEMBER’S ALLOCATION	TOTAL ALLOCATED
1st	YMG	1,400.00 €	20,000.00 €	40,000.00 €
2nd	PHI	1,100.00 €	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
3rd	TCY	850.00 €	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
4th	HBU	650.00 €	20,000.00 €	40,000.00 €
5th	QAW	490.00 €	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
6th	WCC	360.00 €	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
7th	AIS	270.00 €	20,000.00 €	40,000.00 €
8th	USV	215.00 €	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
9th	ERQ	180.00 €	20,000.00 €	40,000.00 €
10th	CDG	150.00 €	20,000.00 €	40,000.00 €
11th	KDU	120.00 €	20,000.00 €	40,000.00 €
12th	CNX	95.00 €	20,000.00 €	40,000.00 €
13th	HOS	70.00 €	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
14th	PFL	50.00 €	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
15th	NWU	/	20,000.00 €	40,000.00 €
16th	NTI	/	20,000.00 €	40,000.00 €

A new edition of DarwinIA with bigger prizes is now live: in December we are allocating € 400,000 to the top 16 DARWINs! The winner of this month’s edition will be allocated € 50,000. Click here to see the new allocation scheme.

Also, if you visit the leaderboard you’ll notice that cash prizes were removed. This is so because they were being paid out as an additional income source to the best traders while we were finalising the investor platform… which won’t be necessary anymore because the investor platform is opening up to everyone VERY soon. We’ll keep you posted!

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

DarwinIA winners

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UK100 Closed on August 26th

14 August 2019

Please note that the UK100 index CFD will be closed on Monday August 26th due to UK Summer Bank Holiday. All other assets will trade according to the usual trading hours.

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.