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Released regularly on Thursday afternoon or as needed in case of urgent matters.
Trading Update | 22 May 2025
All times hereafter are expressed in the MetaTrader platform time – GMT+3.
Weekend Maintenance
Please be advised that maintenance will be carried out on the following trading platforms:
- All trading platforms (MT5, MT4, cTrader, DXtrade) on Saturday, 24 May 2025, between 04:00 and 05:00.
- Further maintenance on the MT4 trading platform will take place on Saturday, 24 May 2025, between 09:00 and 11:00.
During the maintenance period, trading on the specified platforms will be disabled, and access to the platform(s) may be fully restricted.
U.S. Memorial Day and UK Spring Bank Holiday
Due to the U.S. Memorial Day and the UK Spring Bank Holiday on Monday, 26 May 2025, there will be changes to trading hours for specified instruments:
- JP225.cash, US100.cash, US500.cash, US30.cash, US2000.cash symbols will have an early close at 20:00.
- XAUUSD, as well as other Metal CFDs, USOIL.cash, HEATOIL.c and NATGAS.cash symbols, will have an early close at 21:30.
- UK100.cash, Equities I CFD (US Stocks) and Agriculture commodities will be closed for the whole day.
- GER40.cash will have an early close at 23:00.
- UKOIL.cash will have an early close at 20:30.
- CORN.c, SOYBEAN.c, WHEAT.c will open late at 16:35.
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.
