IMPORTANT UPDATES
AND HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
All the information you need about holiday schedules, maintenance, and other trading-related changes.
Released regularly on Thursday afternoon or as needed in case of urgent matters.

Trading Update – 10 Oct 2024

All times hereafter are expressed in the MetaTrader platform time – GMT+3 (CEST+1).


Weekend maintenance

During maintenance periods, trading on the specified platform(s) is disabled, and the platform(s) itself may be fully inaccessible.

MT4 and MT5: Maintenance will be conducted on both the MT4 Server1 and MT5 Server1 on Saturday, 12 Oct 2024, from 01:00 to 08:00. Server1 is named just “Server” and the relevant MT4 accounts start their login numbers with 209* and 410* and MT5 accounts start their login numbers with 109* and 510*.
All MT4 and MT5 Free Trial servers will also have maintenance during the same time.

cTrader: The cTrader trading platform will undergo maintenance on Saturday, 12 Oct 2024 between 09:00 and 12:00.

DXtrade: The DXtrade trading platform will be undergoing two maintenance periods:

  • Saturday, 12 Oct 2024, from 01:00 to 08:00.
  • Sunday, 13 Oct 2024, from 10:00 to 12:00.

Chung Yeung Festival

Due to the Chung Yeung Festival, HK50.cash will have changes in trade hours. These are listed below:

Thursday, 10 Oct 2024: HK50.cash will have an early close at 22:00.
Friday, 11 Oct 2024: HK50.cash will be closed for the whole day.
Monday, 14 Oct 2024: HK50.cash will have a late opening at 04:20.


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.

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