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Trading Update | 30 Oct 2025
All times hereafter are expressed in MetaTrader platform time — GMT+3 (until 3 Nov 2025) and GMT+2 thereafter.
Weekend Maintenance
We will be performing scheduled maintenance on all trading platforms — MT5, MT4, cTrader, and DXtrade — on Sunday, 2 Nov 2025, between 07:00 and 11:00.
During the maintenance window above, trading on the specified platform will be disabled, and access to the platform may be fully restricted.
Daylight Saving Time Change in the USA on 2 Nov 2025
Starting Sunday, 2 Nov 2025, the United States will end Daylight Saving Time. The corresponding change in platform occurs at 09:00, when clocks are moved back one hour to 08:00. Most trading hours will remain unaffected; however, please note that certain instruments may now trade one hour earlier than your usual local time if your country does not follow the same DST schedule as the US. Additionally, other functions, such as Swaps and Daily Reports, will shift accordingly — from 00:00 GMT+3 to 00:00 GMT+2.
The trading hours for European stocks (Equities II) and the European indices will be moved one hour backwards on the MT4 and MT5 platforms, effective from market open on 3 Nov 2025. For example, AIRF will trade from 10:05 to 18:30, instead of the usual 11:05 to 19:30 observed during the transition week. The cTrader and DXtrade platforms display trading hours based on the timezone you have selected, so times will appear according to your chosen local zone.
Additionally, the Max Daily Loss is monitored according to Prague time (CET), and the daily drawdown resets at midnight. Starting 3 Nov 2025, the time offset between Prague (CET) and MetaTrader (GMT+2) will return to 1 hour, as usual. Make sure to account for this to avoid an accidental breach of your Max Daily Loss due to the time change. If you are unsure exactly when the reset occurs, open your Account MetriX and hover over Today’s Permitted Loss — the tooltip shows a countdown to the next reset.
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.
