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1 March 2016

The February edition of our DarwinIA trading challenge is over!

A new edition is on and we are proud to announce that DarwinIA got even bigger: this month we’ll be allocating € 550,000.00 to the top 22 DARWINs!

Going back to February’s edition, wonder which DARWINs were allocated € 500,000.00 for a 6 month period? Here you go!

PLACE	DARWIN	FEBRUARY’S ALLOCATION	TOTAL ALLOCATED
1^st	NTI	55,000.00 €	95,000.00 €
2^nd	ZGE	45,000.00 €	85,000.00 €
3^rd	JEG	37,500.00 €	57,500.00 €
4^th	JMC	32,500.00 €	52,500.00 €
5^th	MEY	27,500.00 €	27,500.00 €
6^th	QNR	22,500.00 €	22,500.00 €
7^th	PTW	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
8^th	OPK	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
9^th	UVT	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
10^th	ZUV	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
11^th	STT	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
12^th	VFL	20,000.00 €	87,500.00 €
13^th	QIE	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
14^th	UYZ	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
15^th	SQG	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
16^th	IMR	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
17^th	PYL	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
18^th	MHK	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
19^th	XTT	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €
20^th	VBU	20,000.00 €	20,000.00 €

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

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Platform in Maintenance Mode on May 30-31

29 May 2020

For the rolling out of the changes announced earlier this week, the entire Darwinex platform will be switched to maintenance mode including darwinex.com, mobile apps, FTP service and DARWIN API.

If everything goes as planned, the new DARWINs will be born by the end of the weekend!

Upcoming Holiday In New Zealand Resulting In The Possibility Of Wider Spread

27 May 2020

Please be aware that there is a public holiday in New Zealand on Monday, June 1st during which spreads may be wider and liquidity may be thinner. For any questions, reach out to info@darwinex.com.

Upcoming closure of demo investments in DARWINs not present in any live portfolio

Starting today we will gradually close demo investments in those old risk DARWINs that aren’t present in any live portfolio.

Related to the pivot we announced earlier this week, starting today we will gradually close demo investments in old risk DARWINs that aren’t present in any live portfolio. Throughout the coming weeks we will close all demo investments in these DARWINs. Closed investments in old DARWINs won’t be automatically replaced with investments in the new DARWIN. You will need to buy the new version to continue demo investing in the DARWIN again.

To open the investment in the new DARWIN with the same risk/return level you had with the old DARWINs, multiply the old investment amount by 1.54.

FCHI40 and SPA35 Equity Index CFDs Available for Shortselling Again

20 May 2020

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.

US Memorial Day & UK Spring Bank Holiday on 25th May 2020

19 May 2020

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.

XTIUSD trades enabled again

8 May 2020

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.

Margin requirement will be 20% both for Retail and Professional Clients.
If the hypotethical case of the price dropping below $5.5, we’ll be closing all client positions in the market. We’ll do this at the last price received from our Liquidity Provider which might be not exactly $5.5. This measure is due to the fact that MetaTrader’s and our Liquidity Provider’s infrastructure is not designed to support negative pricing.

Do not hesitate to contact us at info@darwinex.com should you need assistance in this regard.