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Released regularly on Thursday afternoon or as needed in case of urgent matters.
Trading Update | 26 Feb 2026
Times below until 9 Mar are expressed in MetaTrader platform time (GMT+2 / CET+1). Starting on Monday, 9 Mar 2026, following the DST change, the times will be displayed in MetaTrader platform time (GMT+3 / CET+2).
Weekend Maintenance
We will perform scheduled maintenance on Saturday, 28 Feb 2026, across all trading platforms (MT5, MT4 and cTrader) from 13:00 to 18:00.
During the maintenance window mentioned above, trading on the specified platforms will be disabled, and access may be fully restricted.
Daylight Saving Time Change in the USA on 8 Mar
On Sunday, 8 Mar 2026, the USA will transition to Daylight Saving Time (DST). Therefore, trading on all platforms (MT5, MT4 and cTrader) will be unavailable between 07:00 GMT+2 and 11:00 GMT+3. Due to this DST change, the trading hours for European stocks (Equities CFD II) and the indices listed below will be shifted forward by 1 hour on the MT4 and MT5 platforms.
For example:
- AIRF will have new trading hours of 11:05–19:30 instead of 10:05–18:30.
- AUS200.cash will have new trading hours of 01:55–08:30 and 09:15–23:55 instead of 00:55–07:30 and 08:15–22:55.
This change will take effect from 10 Mar 2026 and will revert on 29 Mar 2026, when Europe transitions to DST.
| Affected Instruments | |
|---|---|
| Indices and Commodities | Stocks |
| SPN35.cash | AIRF |
| N25.cash | ALVG |
| EU50.cash | BAYGn |
| FRA40.cash | DBKGn |
| HK50.cash | IBE |
| AUS200.cash | LVMH |
| COFFEE.c | VoWG_p |
| COCOA.c | |
| SUGAR.c | |
On the cTrader platform, trading hours are displayed according to the user’s selected timezone settings.
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 8 Mar 2026 at 10:00 GMT+3 (08:00 CET), the offset between Prague time (CET) and MetaTrader time (GMT+3) will be 2 hours. 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 is displayed. Alternatively, you may 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.
