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Trading Update | 12 Mar 2026
All times hereafter are expressed in MetaTrader platform time — GMT+3.
Weekend Maintenance
We will perform scheduled maintenance on the MT5 trading platform across all servers on Saturday, 14 March 2026, between 10:00 and 12:00.
During the maintenance window, trading on the specified platforms will be disabled, and access may be temporarily unavailable.
Increased Risk of Price Abnormalities
Due to ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, market conditions may become highly unstable across certain instruments, particularly in metals, commodities and energy-related markets. Clients may experience abnormal market conditions, including:
- sharp price movements
- increased volatility
- price gaps
- wider spreads
- slippage
- reduced liquidity
- difficulties with order execution
These conditions may lead to irregular price behaviour and increased trading risk. Please exercise extra caution and ensure your risk management settings are appropriate before opening or holding positions.
Listing of New Stocks
To further expand the range of tradable instruments, we will be listing the new stock instruments specified in the table below. These symbols will be listed on Thursday, 12 March 2026, and will initially be available only for Free Trial accounts on our MT4, MT5, and cTrader platforms. The symbols will be set to read-only at first, with trading enabled starting on Monday, 16 March 2026. If everything proceeds as planned, they will be fully listed on all platforms and servers during the following week.
| Equities | CFD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Description | Symbol | Description | Symbol | Description |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices, Spot CFD | ARM | Arm Holdings Inc., Spot CFD | AVGO | Broadcom, Spot CFD |
| AZN | AstraZeneca PLC, Spot CFD | BA | Boeing Co., Spot CFD | BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B, Spot CFD |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Spot CFD | CVX | Chevron, Spot CFD | DIS | Walt Disney, Spot CFD |
| FDX | FedEx, Spot CFD | GE | General Electric, Spot CFD | GM | General Motors, Spot CFD |
| GME | GameStop, Spot CFD | IBM | IBM Corp., Spot CFD | INTC | Intel Corp., Spot CFD |
| JNJ | Johnson & Johnson, Spot CFD | JPM | JPMorgan Chase, Spot CFD | KO | Coca-Cola, Spot CFD |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin, Spot CFD | MCD | McDonald’s, Spot CFD | MSTR | MicroStrategy, Spot CFD |
| NKE | Nike, Spot CFD | PLTR | Palantir Technologies, Spot CFD | QCOM | Qualcomm, Spot CFD |
| RTX | Raytheon Technologies, Spot CFD | SBUX | Starbucks, Spot CFD | SNOW | Snowflake Inc., Spot CFD |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil, Spot CFD | ||||
| Equities II CFD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symbol | Description | Symbol | Description | Symbol | Description |
| ADSGn | Adidas AG, Spot CFD | BMW | BMW AG, Spot CFD | MBG | Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Spot CFD |
| SAN | Banco Santander, Spot CFD | SIEGn | Siemens AG, Spot CFD | TTE | TotalEnergies, Spot CFD |
These CFD symbols are designed to track the spot price of the underlying stocks. All other parameters, such as commissions and default trading hours, will follow the group to which the symbols belong. You can view these trading hours and commissions directly on the trading platform or on the Symbols page.
As always, please monitor our announcements for any upcoming holidays or maintenance periods on these instruments.
Daylight Saving Time Change in Europe
On Sunday, 29 Mar 2026, Europe will transition to Daylight Saving Time (DST). Trading will not be interrupted.
Due to this DST change, the trading hours for European stocks (Equities CFD II) and the cash instruments listed below will be shifted back by 1 hour on the MT4 and MT5 platforms.
For example:
- AIRF will have new trading hours of 10:05–18:30 instead of 11:05–19:30.
- AUS200.cash will have new trading hours of 00:55–07:30 and 08:15–22:55 instead of 01:55–08:30 and 09:15–23:55.
Affected Instruments:
| Affected Instruments | |
|---|---|
| Indices and Commodities | Stocks |
| SPN35.cash | AIRF |
| N25.cash | ALVG |
| EU50.cash | BAYGn |
| FRA40.cash | DBKGn |
| HK50.cash | IBE |
| COFFEE.c | LVMH |
| COCOA.c | VoWG_p |
| SUGAR.c | |
On the cTrader platforms, trading hours are displayed according to the user’s chosen timezone setting.
Important Notice on Max Daily Loss Reset
Please note that the Max Daily Loss is monitored in Prague time (CET), and the daily drawdown resets at midnight CET. Starting 29 Mar 2026 at 04:00 GMT+3 (02:00 CET), the offset between Prague time (CEST) and MetaTrader time (GMT+3) will again be just 1 hour. Please take this into account to avoid any accidental breach of the Max Daily Loss due to this time difference.
If you are unsure when the Max Daily Loss resets, you can check your Account MetriX by hovering over Today’s Permitted Loss, where a tooltip with a countdown to the reset will be displayed. Alternatively, you can contact us via live chat for further assistance.
Overnight rollover swaps are subject to regular changes and adjustments, reflecting, among other things, interest rate differentials and dividend adjustments. If you are holding positions overnight, please be reminded that it is your responsibility to check these swaps in the contract specification for each symbol, and to adjust (if needed) and manage your positions accordingly. FTMO is not responsible for trading results affected by swap changes or adjustments.
The situation in Ukraine - geopolitical development, sanctions, and markets
Due to the war in Ukraine, traders can experience increased uncertainty in the markets, accompanied by increased volatility on many assets, along with the possibility of price spikes, whipsaws, flash crashes, spread widening and liquidity supply issues. Traders are advised to pay extra caution while trading during these times. Risk management and capital preservation should be the key focus of every trader, just as being aware and adaptive to the market conditions that might be unpredictable or risky.
Unfortunately, at this time, we are not allowed to process payments to regions of Crimea, Sevastopol, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine and our clients from there, as per the latest sanctions imposed in connection with the war in Ukraine. There are also sanctions targeting some Russian banks and high-profile individuals. We are not allowed to process any payouts to clients and banks on the sanction list. Payouts to our clients from/in the subject locations, or being subject to the sanctions list, will be possible once the imposed sanctions are lifted. Crypto payouts are included in the restrictions.
