{"id":655,"date":"2025-01-23T11:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/?post_type=trading-updates&#038;p=648709"},"modified":"2025-01-23T11:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:54:12","slug":"trading-update-23-jan-2025","status":"publish","type":"trading-updates","link":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/au\/blog\/trading-updates\/trading-update-23-jan-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading Update | 23 Jan 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekend Maintenance,<\/br><br \/>\nLunar New Year,<\/br><br \/>\nAustralia Day Holiday,<\/br><br \/>\nRenaming of FB to META on cTrader,<\/br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[10],"class_list":["post-655","trading-updates","type-trading-updates","status-publish","hentry","category-trading-updates"],"acf":{"main_content":"All times hereafter are expressed in the MetaTrader platform time \u2013 <strong>GMT<\/strong>+<strong>2<\/strong> (<strong>CET<\/strong>+<strong>1<\/strong>).\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong style=\"color: #262729;\">Weekend Maintenance:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nDuring the maintenance periods, trading on the specified platform(s) will be disabled, and the platform(s) may be fully inaccessible.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The <strong>MT4<\/strong>, <strong>MT5<\/strong>, and <strong>cTrader<\/strong> trading platforms will undergo maintenance on <strong>Saturday<\/strong>, <strong>25<\/strong> <strong>Jan<\/strong> <strong>2025<\/strong>, between <strong>13<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong> and <strong>18<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Additionally, the <strong>DXtrade<\/strong> platform will have scheduled maintenance on\u00a0<strong>Saturday<\/strong>, <strong>25<\/strong> <strong>Jan<\/strong> <strong>2025<\/strong>, between <strong>12<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong> and <strong>19<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>Lunar New Year:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nDue to the Lunar New Year festival, the <span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong><b class=\"black-bold\"><b class=\"black-bold\"><b class=\"black-bold\">HK50.cash <\/b><\/b><\/b><\/strong>symbol will be closed all day on the following days:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"> <strong>Wednesday<\/strong>, <strong>29 Jan 2025<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>Thursday<\/strong>, <strong>30 Jan 2025<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><strong>Friday<\/strong>, <strong>31\u00a0Jan 2025<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>Australia Day Holiday:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nDue to the Australia Day holiday on <strong>Monday<\/strong>, <strong>27 Jan 2025<\/strong>, trading on the<b class=\"black-bold\"> <strong><b class=\"black-bold\">AUS200.cash<\/b><\/strong><\/b> symbol will closed all day.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<h3><strong>Renaming of FB to META on cTrader:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The symbol <\/span><strong>FB<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be replaced by <\/span><strong>META<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the cTrader platform starting on<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> Monday<\/strong>, <strong>27 Jan 2025<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To ensure a smooth transition, <b class=\"black-bold\">we kindly ask you to close all<\/b> <\/span><strong>FB<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <b class=\"black-bold\">trades by<\/b> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Friday<\/strong>, <strong>24 Jan 2025<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, before the market closure. To help prevent any accidental entries into new positions, <strong>FB<\/strong> will be switched to close-only mode after its market closure on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Thursday<\/strong>, <strong>23 Jan 2025<\/strong>, <strong>at 23<\/strong>:<strong>00<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Any positions remaining open after Friday's market close will be closed at the prevailing market price. <\/span>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>","secondary_content":"Overnight rollover\u00a0<strong>swaps<\/strong>\u00a0are 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":"[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>. Traders are advised to pay extra caution while trading during these times.\u00a0<strong>Risk management and capital preservation<\/strong> should be the key focus of every trader, just as being aware and adaptive to the market conditions that might be unpredictable or risky.\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, at this time, we are not allowed to process\u00a0<strong>payments to regions of Crimea, Sevastopol, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine<\/strong>\u00a0and 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. 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