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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!

Trading hours

Last News

Potential High Volatility upon Market Open on Sunday Oct 20th

15 October 2019

We’d like to inform our traders of the possible extraordinary UK parliamentary sitting on Saturday October 19th, 2019 where a vote may be held on any Brexit deal achieved at the EU Council meeting this week.

Due to the uncertainty created by this event, we urge our traders to proceed cautiously as market moves may be large. Particular attention should be paid to the market open on Sunday October 20th, where there is potential for high volatility which may cause market gaps.

To manage their account effectively, traders should review margin rates and that there is sufficient collateral to cover their exposure.

For any questions, reach out to info@darwinex.com and we’ll be happy to help.

Brexit

End of DST in Europe (October 27th 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.

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, some 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 – 21:01 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!

Daylight Saving Time DST Trading hours

Amended Trading Hours U.S. Labor Day 2019

30 August 2019

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!

Trading hours

UK100 Closed on August 26th

14 August 2019

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.

DAX Trading Hours Soon to be Extended

9 July 2019

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:

07:00 – 21:00 (London) Mon-Thu
07:00 – 20:55 (London) Fri

The extended schedule will be as follows:

01:30 – 21:00 (London) Mon-Thu
01:30 – 20:55 (London) Fri

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 FCA Makes ESMA’s CFD Restrictions Permanent

4 July 2019

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.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) made the European Authority’s (ESMA) CFD restrictions permanent this week.

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.