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Trading Update | 27 Mar 2025
All times hereafter are expressed in the MetaTrader platform time – GMT+3.
Weekend Maintenance:
Maintenance will be carried out on all trading platforms (cTrader, DXtrade, MT4, and MT5) on Saturday, 29 Mar 2025, between 09:00 and 18:00.
During the maintenance period, trading on the specified platforms will be disabled, and access to the platforms may be fully restricted.
Daylight Saving Time Change in Europe:
On Sunday, 30 Mar 2025, Europe will transition to Daylight Saving Time (DST). However, trading will not be interrupted.
With this change, starting on 31 Mar 2025, the trading hours for the below–listed instruments will be shifted one hour backward on the MT4 and MT5 platforms.
Trading sessions of each symbol can be found directly in MetaTrader platforms, in the symbol specifications. For example, AIRF will have new trading hours of 10:05–18:30 instead of the current 11:05–19:30.
Affected Instruments:
- AIRF
- ALVG
- BAYGn
- DBKGn
- IBE
- LVMH
- VoWG_p
- SPN35.cash
- N25.cash
- EU50.cash
- FRA40.cash
- COCOA.c
- COFFEE.c
- SUGAR.c
On the cTrader and DXtrade platforms, trading hours are displayed according to the user’s chosen timezone setting.
Important Notice on Max Daily Loss Reset
Please be aware that the Max Daily Loss is monitored based on Prague time, and the daily drawdown resets at midnight. Starting 30 Mar 2025, 04:00 GMT+3 (02:00 CET), the offset between Prague time (CEST) and MetaTrader time (GMT+3) will be again just 1 hour. Please consider this to avoid any accidental breach of Max Daily Loss due to this time difference.
If you are unsure when exactly the Max Daily Loss resets, you can check your Account MetriX by hovering your mouse cursor 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.
Listing of USDSGD and USDCNH on Demo Servers:
In order to further expand the range of tradable instruments, we will be listing USDSGD and USDCNH. These symbols will be listed on Thursday, 27 Mar 2025, and will initially be available only for Free Trial accounts on our MT4 and MT5 platforms. The symbols will be set to read-only at first, with trading enabled starting on Monday, 31 Mar 2025. If everything proceeds as planned, they will be fully listed on all platforms and servers in the following weeks.
The USDSGD is a CFD currency symbol designed to track the spot price of the US dollar versus the Singapore dollar, and the USDCNH is a CFD currency symbol designed to track the spot price of the US dollar versus the Chinese Yuan. Both symbols have a contract size of 100,000, with a commission of 3 USD per lot (round-trip). The default trading hours will follow the same schedule as other Exotic pairs; you can view these hours on the trading platform or on the Symbols page. Under normal conditions, positions can be held open Monday to Friday across all account types. However, traders using non-Swing FTMO accounts must close positions before the weekend.
As always, please monitor announcements for any upcoming holidays or maintenance periods.
Ching Ming Festival
Due to the Ching Ming Festival holiday on Friday, 4 Apr 2025, there will be changes in trading sessions for the following symbols:
- HK50.cash will be closed for the whole day.
- GER40.cash and UK100.cash will have an early close at 23:00.
Daylight Saving Time Change in Australia
Starting Sunday, 6 Apr 2025, Australia will transition to Daylight Saving Time (DST). Trading will continue without interruption. As a result, beginning Monday, 7 Apr 2025, the trading hours for AUS200.cash will be shifted one hour forward across all platforms.
The new trading hours will be 02:55–09:30 and 10:15–23:55, instead of the current trading hours 01:55–08:30 and 09:15–23:00.
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.
