Trading Update | 16 Oct 2025

All times hereafter are expressed in the MetaTrader platform time – GMT+3.

Weekend Maintenance

We will be performing scheduled maintenance on all trading platforms (MT5, MT4, cTrader, and DXtrade) on Saturday, 18 Oct 2025, between 08:00 and 11:00.

During this maintenance window, trading on the specified platform will be disabled, and access to the platform may be fully restricted.

Lowering spreads and introducing Volume Bands

At FTMO, we believe the best way to prepare traders for success is by providing conditions that are transparent, fair, and as close to real markets as possible. That’s why we are introducing changes to our execution model, including lower spreads and the introduction of volume bands, ensuring that everyone knows the exact entry price in advance.

The changes mentioned below will take effect on all newly purchased accounts (MT5, MT4, cTrader, DXtrade) on Monday, 20 Oct 2025.

How Volume Bands work

Volume Bands are simple fixed tiers based on trade size. Each trade is executed at a single price that depends on its size. The tiers are defined using liquidity data from our providers and are visible on all platforms, so you will always know what to expect.

Let’s take EUR/USD as an example. Assuming a bid market price of 1.17287 at the time of your trade, an illustrative example of the bands is shown below:

Here’s how this plays out in practice:

• Buy 0.8 lot → filled at the ask price of 1.17287 (Band 1).
• Sell 10 lots → executed at the bid price of 1.17285 (Band 2).
• Buy 22 lots → falls into Band 3 at 1.17291.
• Sell 38 lots → falls into Band 4 at 1.17281.

This step not only increases transparency but also allows us to significantly lower spreads, giving you fairer trading conditions that are closer to real market conditions.

Daylight Saving Time change in Europe

From Sunday, 26 October 2025, Europe will no longer observe Summer Time. The change occurs in Prague at 03:00 CEST, when clocks move back to 02:00 CET. This change occurs in Prague exactly at 03:00 CEST.

Due to the DST time change, on 27 Oct 2025, the trade hours for European stocks (Equities II) and the European indices as below will be shifted one hour ahead in MT4 and MT5 platforms, so for example, AIRF will have trade hours 11:05–19:30 instead of the current 10:05–18:30.

These changes affect the following Instruments:

cTrader and DXtrade platforms display trade hours as per the chosen timezone, so the hours will be displayed to you depending on which zone you have chosen. The above-listed symbols’ trade hours follow the European time.

These changed trade hours will be applicable during the week between 27 Oct 2025 and 2 Nov 2025. Since the US will be adjusting its DST time on 2 Nov 2025, the market opening times for these symbols will revert to their original opening times on 3 Nov 2025. For example, AIRF will once again have trade hours in MT4 and MT5 between 10:05–18:30.

Please be mindful that Max Daily Loss is monitored based on Prague’s time and the daily drawdown resets at midnight. During the week between 27 Oct 2025 and 2 Nov 2025, the offset between Prague’s midnight and MetaTrader’s midnight will be 2 hours instead of the usual 1 hour. Please make sure to take this into account to prevent any accidental breach of Max Daily Loss due to this time offset. If you are unsure when exactly the Max Daily Loss resets, you can go to your Account MetriX and hover your mouse cursor over Today’s permitted loss. The tooltip has a countdown to the reset. Alternatively, you can contact us on live chat for further assistance.

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.

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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.