{"id":1888,"date":"2026-02-12T11:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/?post_type=trading-updates&#038;p=685678"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:24:19","slug":"trading-update-12-feb-2026","status":"publish","type":"trading-updates","link":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/au\/blog\/trading-updates\/trading-update-12-feb-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading Update | 12 Feb 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekend Maintenance, <\/br><br \/>\nPresident&#8217;s Day in the USA, <\/br><br \/>\nLunar New Year Festival<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[10],"class_list":["post-1888","trading-updates","type-trading-updates","status-publish","hentry","category-trading-updates"],"acf":{"main_content":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6\">All times hereafter are expressed in MetaTrader platform time \u2014 <strong>GMT+2<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-7\"><strong>Weekend Maintenance<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-6\">We will perform scheduled maintenance on\u00a0<strong>trading platforms <\/strong>on dates and times as specified below<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 16px\">\r\n \t<li>On <strong>all trading platforms<\/strong> (<strong>MT5<\/strong>, <strong>MT4 <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>cTrader<\/strong>) on <strong>Saturday<\/strong>, <strong>14 Feb 2026<\/strong>, between\u00a0<strong>03<\/strong>:<b>30 <\/b>and <strong>04<\/strong>:<strong>30<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li>On the <strong>MT5<\/strong>, <strong>MT4<\/strong>, and <strong>cTrader<\/strong> Free Trial servers (<strong>FTMO<\/strong>-<strong>Demo<\/strong>, <strong>FTMO<\/strong>-<strong>Demo2<\/strong>, and <strong>cTrader<\/strong> <strong>Live<\/strong>), on <strong>Saturday<\/strong>,<strong> 14 Feb 2026<\/strong>, between <strong>14<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong> and <strong>18<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><strong>IT Maintenance<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\">On\u00a0<strong>Saturday<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>14 Feb <\/strong><strong>2026<\/strong>, between\u00a0<strong>11<\/strong>:<strong>00\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>12<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong>, our IT teams will perform infrastructure optimisation of supporting systems, which will cause disruptions to some parts of our services.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li class=\"ai-optimize-10\"><b class=\"black-bold\">The Client Area<\/b>\u00a0will be inaccessible or experience disruptions, resulting<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in temporary unavailability of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>services such as\u00a0<b class=\"black-bold\">Account MetriX<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"black-bold\">KYC<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"black-bold\">payouts<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"black-bold\">billing<\/b>,\u00a0<b class=\"black-bold\">new order purchases<\/b>, and others.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"ai-optimize-11\">Automatic email communication may experience delays during the maintenance period, but all emails will be sent once the maintenance is complete.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"ai-optimize-12\">Our web pages will be operational.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"ai-optimize-13\">Our chat and email support will be available during this time, but due to system disruptions, their ability to assist with account- or order-specific queries will be limited. We kindly ask you for patience during this time.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-7\" style=\"margin-top: 4px\">During the maintenance window above, trading on the specified platforms will be <strong>disabled<\/strong>, and access may be fully <strong>restricted<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-7\"><strong>President's Day in the USA<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nDue to President\u2019s Day in the United States on <strong>Monday<\/strong>,<strong> 16 Feb 2026<\/strong>, there will be adjustments to the standard trading hours. The changes are as follows:\r\n\r\n<strong>Monday<\/strong>, <strong>16 Feb<\/strong>, <strong>2026<\/strong>:\r\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 4px;margin-bottom: 16px\">\r\n \t<li><strong>US30.cash<\/strong>, <strong>US100.cash<\/strong>, <strong>US500.cash<\/strong>, <strong>JP225.cash<\/strong> and <strong>US2000.cash<\/strong> will close early at <strong>20<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Metals CFD<\/strong>, <strong>USOIL.cash<\/strong>, <strong>NATGAS.cash<\/strong> and <strong>HEATOIL.c<\/strong> will close early at <strong>21<\/strong>:<strong>30<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>GER40.cash<\/strong> and <strong>UK100.cash<\/strong> will close early at <strong>23<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Agriculture<\/strong> and <strong>US stocks<\/strong> will be <strong>closed<\/strong> for an <strong>entire day<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong style=\"margin-top: 20px\">Tuesday<\/strong>, <strong>17 Feb<\/strong>, <strong>2026<\/strong>:\r\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 4px\">\r\n \t<li><strong>WHEAT.c<\/strong>, <strong>SOYBEAN.c<\/strong>, <strong>CORN.c<\/strong> will <strong>open late<\/strong> at <strong>16<\/strong>:<strong>35<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-7\"><strong>Lunar New Year Festival<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nDue to the Lunar New Year, beginning on <strong>Monday<\/strong>, <strong>16<\/strong> <strong>Feb 2026<\/strong>, there will be adjustments to the standard trading hours of <strong>HK50.cash<\/strong>. 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FTMO is not responsible for trading results affected by swap changes or adjustments.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>","the_situation_in_ukraine":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6\">[dropdown title=\"The situation in Ukraine - geopolitical development, sanctions, and markets\"]\r\nDue to the war in Ukraine, traders can experience increased uncertainty in the markets, accompanied by\u00a0<strong>increased volatility<\/strong>\u00a0on many assets, along with the possibility of\u00a0<strong>price spikes, whipsaws, flash crashes, spread widening and liquidity supply issues<\/strong>. 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