Important updates
and holiday schedule
Be informed every day about the trading hours, holidays and maintenance schedule.
Be informed every day about the trading hours, holidays and maintenance schedule.
Dear traders, we are glad to announce that from Saturday, 18 December 2021, trading on cryptocurrencies will be uninterrupted on MT4/5. The usual break on Sunday (23:55-01:05 platform time on MT4/5) and the usual daily market breaks (23:55-00:05 GMT+2) on all platforms will still hold.
On the cTrader platform, however, the Saturday market break will permanently be shifted from the current 8 am – 2 pm timespan (GMT+2 /CET+1) to take place from 8 pm to 00.05 am (GMT+2 /CET+1) starting from Saturday, 18 December 2021. Kindly manage your trades accordingly.
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Due to the upcoming Christmas Holidays, most of the instruments will change their usual trading sessions according to the table below. Kindly note that the time is expressed in GMT+2 (CET+1) as in the MetaTrader platforms.
Symbol | Thu 23 Dec | Fri 24 Dec | Mon 27 Dec | Tue 28 Dec | Wed 29 Dec | Thu 30 Dec | Fri 31 Dec | Mon 3 Jan | Tue 4 Jan |
Forex | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
Metals | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
AUS200.cash | Normal Hours | Early Close 05:30 | Closed | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Early Close 05:30 | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
EU50.cash | Early Close 23:00 | Closed | Opens 02:15 | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Early Close 23:00 | Closed | Opens 02:15 | Normal Hours |
FRA40.cash | Normal Hours | Early Close 14:55 | Opens 09:00 | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Early Close 14:55 | Opens 09:00 | Normal Hours |
GER40.cash | Early Close 23:00 | Closed | Opens 02:15 | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Early Close 23:00 | Closed | Opens 02:15 | Normal Hours |
HK50.cash | Normal Hours | Early Close 06:00 | Closed | Opens 03:15 | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Early Close 06:00 | Opens 03:15 | Normal Hours |
JP225.cash | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
UK100.cash | Normal Hours | Early Close 15:00 | Closed | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Early Close 15:00 | Closed | Normal Hours |
US500.cash | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
US100.cash | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
US30.cash | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
SPN35.cash | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
USOIL.cash | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
UKOIL.cash | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Early Close 21:45 | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
NATGAS.f | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
DX.f | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
USTN10.f | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
ERBN.f | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
US Shares | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
Spanish stocks (IBE) | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
French Stocks (AIRF, LVMH) | Normal Hours | Early Close 14:55 | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Early Close 14:55 | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
German Stocks (ALVG, BAYGn, DBKGn, VOWG_p) | Normal Hours | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Normal Hours | Early Close 15:00 | Closed | Normal Hours | Normal Hours |
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Please note that all assets with Swiss franc (CHF) will have the margin requirement amended as our Liquidity Providers anticipate risk in markets associated with a possible rate intervention by the Swiss National Bank (SNB). The leverage on CHF assets will be reduced to 1:33 for normal account types and 1:10 for Swing account types. This will affect new and existing positions starting on Monday, 23 August 2021, at 11:00 CEST (09:00 GMT). If you have currently open positions on CHF, please make sure to manage them accordingly. We advise caution as there is a likelihood of possibly increased volatility in the markets. This measure is in place until further notice and is being monitored by our risk team.
note: Weekend trading hours on Cryptocurrencies may vary on each platform due to weekly scheduled maintenance times. Please check the trading hours of the symbol in the platform you are using.
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