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Changes in Trading Hours and Terms during the Christmas and New Year Season 2017

The FXOpen Team

Dear Traders,  Please, note the following changes to the trading hours and leverage during the Christmas and New Year holiday season.

The maximum leverage for all account types will be reduced down to 1:100 between December 26, 2016 and January, 2 2017.

Friday, December 23

  • Currency pairs: normal trading hours
  • Commodities:
  • Gold, Silver, US Crude, US Natural Gas - normal trading hours
  • US Brent - from 03:00 till 19:30 GMT+2 server time
  • Indices:
  • Australia 200 - from 1:00 till 5:30 GMT+2 server time
  • UK 100 - from 1:00 till 14:30 GMT+2 server time
  • Europe 50, France 40, Germany 30, Germany 30 (Mini), Japan 225, US SPX 500, US SPX 500 (Mini), US Tech 100, US Tech 100 (Mini), Wall Street 30, Wall Street 30 (Mini) - normal trading hours

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