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Trading Schedule for the 2019 Easter Holiday Period

11 April 2019

Please note the amended Darwinex Trading Schedule for the 2019 Easter Holiday Period.

Times are displayed in UK time and changes to regular schedules are highlighted in red.

Instrument	Thursday 18th April	Friday 19th April	Monday 22nd April
FX	22:01:01 Wed – 21:59:50 Thu	22:01:01 Thu – 21:55:00 Fri	22:05 Sun – 21:59:50 Mon
Commodities*	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon
DARWINs	22:05 Wed – 21:59 Thu	22:05 Thu – 21:55 Fri	22:05 Sun – 21:59 Mon
Indices
Europe50	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	CLOSED
GDAXI	07:00:00 – 21:00:00	CLOSED	CLOSED
SPX500	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon
WS30	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon
NDX	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon
J225	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon
AUS200	23:00 Wed – 15:00 Thu	CLOSED	CLOSED
FCHI40	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	CLOSED
UK100	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	CLOSED	CLOSED
SPA35	07:00 – 19:00	CLOSED	CLOSED
US stocks	14:31 – 20:59	CLOSED	14:31 – 20:59
Crypto instruments	23:00 Wed – 22:00 Thu	23:00 Thu – 21:55 Fri	23:00 Sun – 22:00 Mon

*Please, be reminded that the instrument XAUUSD closes a minute earlier, and opens a minute later, than the rest of Commodities in Darwinex as shown in the table of Darwinex assets and spreads.

Please note during Easter Holidays, swaps will be charged in a different way than on normal weeks. There may be days with swap x6 charges and days without any swap charges at all. The amount of the swap will be similar to that of normal weeks, the only thing that changes is the way it’s charged. The swap rates that appear on our site generally get updated around 19:00 BST and may suffer only minor changes afterwards.

Also note that on Friday, April 19th the US market will be closed. Fx spreads thus may widen considerably. Both traders and investors should avoid setting tight stop loss levels.

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 Knowledge Base article: Can I buy and sell DARWINs whenever I want?

Do not hesitate to contact us at info@darwinex.com for support.

Happy Easter!

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Last News

Discontinuation of cryptocurrencies from 2021

15 September 2020

From 2021 Darwinex will no longer offer cryptocurrencies. As a first step, on Monday 21 September we will deactivate the creation of new accounts.

From 2021 Darwinex will no longer offer cryptocurrencies. Their low demand from our customer base does not justify the regulatory risk involved.

As a first step towards the discontinuation of cryptocurrencies, on Monday 21 September we will deactivate the creation of new accounts.

The cryptocurrency accounts already opened will be able to continue operating until the end of the year.

Amended Trading Hours U.S. Labor Day 2020

27 August 2020

Please note the amended Darwinex trading hours for the upcoming U.S. Labor Day on September 7th, 2020. All times are UTC.

For your convenience:

– Normal DARWIN trading hours

– Normal FX/CFD trading hours

– Annual Calendar of Amended Darwinex Trading Hours

Apple And Tesla Stock Splits

25 August 2020

Tesla’s and Apple’s stock splits are approaching. As of August 31st, Tesla shares will be split 5-for-1, and Apple’s 4-for-1. Existing shares of each company will be multiplied by 5 and 4, respectively, and their share prices divided by those same values. At Darwinex we will apply the stock split on the weekend of August […]

At Darwinex we will apply the stock split on the weekend of August 29th.

In live accounts we will adjust open positions in $AAPL and $TSLA to the split without the need to close and reopen trades. Pending orders will be cancelled.

In demo accounts, however, we will close all open positions in $AAPL and $TSLA on Friday afternoon. Pending orders will be cancelled.

Both $AAPL and $TSLA will be available for trading from Monday, August 31st, at post-split prices.

UK100 Closed on August 31st

19 August 2020

Please note that the UK100 index CFD will be closed on Monday August 31st due to UK Summer Bank Holiday. All other assets will trade according to the usual trading hours.

The UK100 index CFD will be closed on Monday August 31st due to UK Summer Bank Holiday. All other assets will trade according to the usual trading hours. 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.

DarwinIA introduces four additonal eligibility criteria

12 August 2020

Darwinex accompanies the new D-Score with modifications to the criteria for participating in DarwinIA. From the September 2020 edition, 3 additional excluding criteria will be added.

As announced in the article about the new D-Score, Darwinex accompanies the new D-Score with modifications to the eligibility criteria for participating in DarwinIA. From the September 2020 edition, the following 4 criteria will be added:

– Mc > 3. To be ranked on the DarwinIA leaderboard, a DARWIN’s Market correlation score must be 3 or higher.
– Rs > 3. To be ranked on the DarwinIA leaderboard, a DARWIN’s Risk stability score must be 3 or higher.
– Monthly return > 0%. To be ranked on the DarwinIA leaderboard, a DARWIN’s monthly return must be positive.

– DarwinIA allocation < € 500,000. To be ranked on the DarwinIA leaderboard, a DARWIN’s current DarwinIA allocation must be lower than € 500,000.

Visit Darwinex Docs – A Short Guide to DarwinIA to check out all excluding factors.

DarwinIA

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!