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Trading Hours on Christmas and New Year 2018

The FXOpen Team

December 29, 2017

  • Forex, Metals – normal trading hours
  • Oil  - trading ends at 22:00 (GMT+2)
  • Indices:
  • Australia 200 trading ends at  07:30 (GMT+2)
  • UK 100 trading ends at 14:30 (GMT+2)

Other indices –  without changes.

January 1, 2018
Only crypto-pairs can be traded. All other markets are closed.

January 2, 2018
Normal trading hours for all financial instruments.

Crypto currencies will be traded without changes throughout the whole Christmas and New Year season.

Between December 26, 2017 and January 2, 2018 the leverage for Forex pairs may be decreased by 5 times its original value.
For example, from 1:500 down to 1:100.

On January 2nd the leverage can be increased back to the normal level. STP and Micro account owners can change the leverage via Settings > Profile in My FXOpen area. ECN account owners should contact  [email protected] to have their leverage reverted back to normal. For Crypto accounts leverage will remain the same as usual (1:3).

Please, consider these changes when planning your trading activities during the festive season.

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