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Trading Update | 24 Jul 2025

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


Weekend Maintenance

Please be advised that all trading platforms (MT4, MT5, cTrader, DXtrade) will be unavailable from 00:00 on Saturday, 26 Jul 2025, until 23:59 on Sunday, 27 Jul 2025, due to changes to the crypto instruments.

During these maintenance windows, trading on the specified platforms will be disabled, and access to the platforms may be fully restricted.


Revamp of Crypto Instruments Offering

We continually strive to enhance our product, taking into account your requests and needs. As such, we have decided to redesign our crypto offering by changing the trading structure of existing cryptocurrency instruments and adding 22 new cryptocurrency symbols.

Changes to existing cryptocurrency instruments
Symbol Current Contract Size New Contract Size Commission per side Max volume per trade
BTCUSD 1 1 0.0325% 5
ETHUSD 1 10 0.0325% 5
ADAUSD 100 100,000 0.0325% 5
DOTUSD 10 10,000 0.0325% 5
DASHUSD 1 1,000 0.0325% 5
LTCUSD 1 100 0.0325% 5
XRPUSD 100 10,000 0.0325% 5
DOGEUSD 1,000 100,000 0.0325% 1
XMRUSD 1 100 0.0325% 1
NEOUSD 1 1,000 0.0325% 1
Introduction of new cryptocurrency instruments
Symbol Description Symbol Description
BCHUSD BitCoin Cash vs USD BARUSD Hedera vs USD
BNBUSD Binance Coin vs USD GALUSD GALA vs USD
SANUSD The Sandbox vs USD GRTUSD The Graph vs USD
SOLUSD Solana vs USD IMXUSD Immutable X vs USD
AVAUSD Avalanche vs USD MANUSD Decentraland vs USD
LNKUSD Chainlink vs USD MKRUSD Maker vs USD
NERUSD NEAR protocol vs USD VECUSD VeChain vs USD
ALGUSD Algorand vs USD XLMUSD Stellar Lumens vs USD
ETCUSD Ethereum Classic vs USD UNIUSD Uniswap vs USD
ICPUSD Internet Computer vs USD FETUSD Fetch.AI vs USD
AAVUSD AAVE vs USD XTZUSD Tezos vs USD

Summary of changes

We have expanded our overall crypto offering to 32 instruments and adjusted the contract size to match a specific notional value. As part of our risk management, we are introducing volume limits to each cryptocurrency symbol group. Last but not least, we are introducing 0.0325% commissions per side for crypto instruments, while also offering significantly tighter spreads than before.

FTMO Challenges, Verifications, FTMO Accounts and DXtrade Free Trials

  • All crypto positions must be closed by market close on Friday, 25 Jul 2025. Any positions that remain open after the market closure will be closed by our team at the last available price.
  • The update takes effect from the market open on Monday, 28 Jul 2025.

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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