Please note that amended Darwinex trading hours will apply on Wednesday 1st May 2019. There will also be changes to the way EUR swaps get charged / credited during next week due to the bank holiday on May 1st.
| Indices | Wednesday 1st May 2019 |
| STOXX50E | CLOSED |
| FCHI40 | CLOSED |
| GDAXI | CLOSED |
| SPA35 | CLOSED |
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!
Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming U.S. Labour Day on September 2nd, 2019.
Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming U.S. Labor Day on September 2nd, 2019. All times are in UK (BST) time.
| Instrument | Trading Hours on September 2nd 2019 |
| COMMODITIES | |
| Gold | 23:01 Sun – 17:59 Mon |
| Silver | 23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon |
| Platinum | 23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon |
| Palladium | 23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon |
| US Crude | 23:00 Sun – 17:45 Mon |
| Natural Gas | 23:00 Sun – 17:45 Mon |
| INDICES | |
| Japan 225 | 23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon |
| US SPX 500 | 23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon |
| US Tech 100 | 23:00 Sun – 18:00 Mon |
| Wall Street 30 | 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. As always, at info@darwinex.com we’ll be happy to assist you!
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.
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.
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:
The extended schedule will be as follows:
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 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.
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.
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.
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 3rd July | Thursday 4th 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!
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!
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