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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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Trading Schedule for the US Independence Day on 3rd July 2020

30 June 2020

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US Independence Day on 3 July 2020.

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming US Independence Day on 3 July 2020. All times are in UK (BST) time.

FX	Friday 3rd July
All FX Instruments	22:04:01 Thu – 21:55:00 Fri

DARWINs	22:05:00 Thu – 21:55:00 Fri

Commodities	Friday 3rd July
Gold	*23:01:00 Thu – 17:44 Fri
Silver	*23:00:01 Thu – 17:59:50 Fri
US Crude	*23:00:01 Thu – 17:44 Fri
US Natural Gas	*23:00:01 Thu – 17:44 Fri

Indices	Friday 3rd July
AUS200	23:00 Thu – 22:00 Fri
STOXX50E	23:00 Thu – 22:00 Fri
FCHI40	23:00 Thu – 22:00 Fri
GDAXI	07:00 – 21:00
J225	*23:00 Thu – 18:00 Fri
SPA35	07:00 – 19:00
UK100	23:00 Thu – 22:00 Fri
SPX500	*23:00 Thu – 18:00 Fri
NDX	*23:00 Thu – 18:00 Fri
WS30	*23:00 Thu – 18:00 Fri

Stocks	Friday 3rd July
All US stocks	CLOSED

Crypto	Friday 3rd July
All Crypto Instruments	22:05 Wed – 22:00 Thu

*Amended trading hours.

The DARWIN Exchange will remain open even if the underlying assets’ market is closed. Learn about standard procedure when you buy/sell a DARWIN whose underlying asset market is closed: 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!

Move of DarwinIA allocations to new risk DARWINs

26 June 2020

Next Monday 29 June 2020 13:00 we will move DarwinIA allocations from the DARWINs of VaR 10% to those of VaR 6.5%.

For this move, it’s necessary to take into account the PnL of the allocation. That is, if a DARWIN of VaR 10% had an allocation of 20,000 and PnL of 1,000, what it will have after the migration to VaR 6.5% will be

(20000 + 1000) * 10/6.5

If it were a loss instead of a gain, it would be subtracted.

On July 1st the new DarwinIA prizes will be allocated to the 6.5% VaR DARWINs.

Upcoming Holiday in Australia

4 June 2020

Please be aware that there is a public holiday in Australia on 8 June. Please kindly note that during this time spreads may be wider and liquidity may be thinner. Bank holidays may also give rise to changes to the applicable swap rates. Here are the amended Darwinex trading hours for this day. All times are […]

Here are the amended Darwinex trading hours for this day. All times are in UK (BST) time.

Indices	Monday 8th June 2020
AUS200	08:10 – 22:00

The rest of the assets will trade according to their usual trading time.

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.