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End of DST in Europe (October 27th 2019)

15 October 2019

Please note that Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends in Europe on Sunday October 27th 2019 but our MT4 nd MT5 servers’ time is not changing until Sunday November 3rd 2019 when DST ends in the US.

This means that there will be 1 week (October 27th through November 2nd) where, for European users, most markets will open 1 hour earlier than during European DST, e.g. FX market will open at 21:01 GMT; commodities will open at 22:01 GMT.

Instrument	Trading Hours (GMT)
FX	21:05 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 21:04 daily)
DARWINS	21:05 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 20:59 – 21:05 daily)
COMM.
Gold	22:01 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 20:59 – 22:01 daily)
Silver	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Platinum	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Palladium	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
US Crude	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Natural Gas	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
INDICES
Australia 200	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Europe 50	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
France 40	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Germany 30	01:30 – 21:00 (Mon – Fri)
Spain 35	07:00 – 19:00 (Mon – Fri)
Japan 225	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
UK 100	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
US SPX 500	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
US Tech 100	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
Wall Street 30	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)
US STOCKS	13:31 -19:59 (Mon – Fri)
CRYPTO	22:00 Sun – 20:55 Fri (except 21:00 – 22:00 daily)

As always, at info@darwinex.com we’ll be glad to assist you with any question you may have!

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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.

Margin increase for the Turkish lira (TRY) starting today

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.

Upcoming Holiday in Japan resulting in the possibility of wider spreads and thinner liquidity

29 April 2020

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.

UK100 closed on 8th May 2020

28 April 2020

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!