Changes to CFD Trading Hours due to US Labour Day

Dear Traders,
Please note that due to the celebration of Labour Day on Monday, September 2nd 2019  in the US trading hours for some financial instruments will be changed as follows:

• Forex pairs: normal trading hours;
• Metals: trading session ends

Conditions of the contest:

1. Participation: free;
2. Dates: September 2 - September 27, 2019;
3. Registration: is already open and will last until September 15;
4. Rewards: for Top-16 traders:

• 1st place: USD 600;
• 2nd - 3rd place: USD 400;
• 4th - 16th place: USD 200;

1. Prize fund: USD 4000;
2. Initial deposit: USD

Conditions of the contest:

• dates: August 12 - September 6, 2019;
• registration is already open and will last until August 25, 2019;
• prize fund: 3,000 USD;
• free participation;
• number of winners: 10;
• Account type: competition demo ECN;
• initial deposit: 5,000 USD;
• leverage: 1:3;
• EAs: allowed;
• locking: allowed;

Thursday, July 4th

Forex and Сrypto pairs: normal trading hours;
Metals: trading ends at 20:00 GMT+3;
Oil and Gas: trading ends at 19:45 GMT+3;
Indices:

• Japan 225 trading ends at 20:00 GMT+3;
• US SPX 500 trading ends at 20:00 GMT+3;
• US SPX

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The latest MetaTrader 4 build 1170 includes error fixes and improved platform stability:

• Added profiling of plugins for evaluation of their performance and eliminating possible problems;
• Improved backup system performance;
• Accelerated operation of the built-in STP-gateway;

During the Forex contest, participants have the opportunity to deposit and withdraw funds from their accounts, as well as accept investments, create new offers, use all instruments of the PAMM-system without restrictions and apply any strategies, Expert Advisors, robots or other MT4 add-ons.

To start trading or to attract investments

• Initial deposit: any amount, but not less than the minimum amount for opening a PAMM account (for PAMM ECN - from USD 1,000, for PAMM STP - from USD 200);
• Minimum trading period: not less than 2 months;
• Minimum amount of trades per week: 2;
• Trading volume: not less

Changes to Trading Hours on US Memorial Day and UK Spring Bank Holiday

Dear Traders,
Please, note that on May 27th, 2019 trading hours for CFDs will be limited due to Memorial Day in the US and UK Spring Bank Holiday.

Trading hours will be changed as follows:

• Forex and

Changes in CFD Trading on May 1, 2019

Dear Traders,
Due to a public holiday in Europe on May 1, 2019, the following indices will not be traded:

• Europe 50 - trading closed;
• France 40 - trading closed;
• Germany 30 - trading closed;
• Germany 30 (Mini) - trading closed.

All

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• Trading account number;
• Total gain;
• Drawdown (maximum value);
• Daily gain for the last trading day;
• Monthly gain for the last month;
• Last data update time.

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Please, take these changes into consideration when planning your trading activities during the upcoming week.

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• Requirements: the initial deposit must be increased by at least 20% and the minimum quantity of trades must be 10;
• Trading instruments (including oil and gas): 55;
• Account type: demo (competition) ECN;
• EAs and locking: allowed;
• Maximum number of trades opened at the same time (including pending orders): 5;
• Minimum

FXOpen Increases Margin Requirements for Turkish Lira

Dear Traders,
Due to increasing volatility of the Turkish Lira, FXOpen raises margin requirements for EURTRY and USDTRY up to 5 times their normal level starting from March 28th, 2019.

We will additionally inform you when margin requirements return back to their normal

MetaTrader Update Required

After 1 March 2019, MetaTrader 4 desktop terminal builds below 1118 and MetaTrader 4 Android terminals below 1104 will no longer be supported. Older terminals will not be able to connect to FXOpen trading servers.

We recommend updating your terminals to build 1170 released on December 20,

The changing of server time should not impact your open trades or the process of opening, placing, closing and modifying orders. However, keep this in mind when planning your trading and do not forget to adjust the time settings in your Indicators and Expert Advisors.

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FXOpen Announces the Launch of PAMM ECN Accounts on MetaTrader 5

Dear Clients,
FXOpen is pleased to announce the launch of PAMM ECN accounts on the MetaTrader 5 Platform. Trading conditions for PAMM ECN accounts on MT5 are the same as for those on MT4. Only ECN trading accounts are

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Conditions of the contest

• Dates: March 4 - May 31, 2019;
• Registration is already open and will last until March 31;
• Prize fund: USD 10,000;
• Rewards*:
• 1st place - USD 5,000;
• 2nd place - USD 3,000;
• 3rd place - USD 2,000.
• Initial deposit

Changes to Trading Schedule on US President’s Day (February 18)

Dear Clients,

Please note that due to the US President’s Day in the US, trading hours for commodities and indices on February 18, 2019 will be changed as follows:

FIAT Currency and Crypto pairs: normal trading hours.

Commodities

• Prize fund: 4000 USD;
• Initial deposit: 200 USD;
• Requirements: the initial deposit must be increased by at least 20% and the minimum quantity of trades must be 10;
• Trading instruments (including oil and gas): 68;
• Account type: demo (competition) ECN;
• EAs and locking: allowed;
• Maximum number of trades opened at

Changes to FXOpen Trading Hours on US Martin Luther King Day

Dear Traders,
Please note that due to the celebration of US Martin Luther King Day on Monday, January 21st, 2019  in the US trading hours for some financial instruments will be changed as follows:

• Forex pairs: normal trading hours;

In accordance with our Customer agreement we cannot disclose the winners’ names without their consent, so, we're only using their "nicknames” on forexcup.com.

We congratulate the winners on the hard-earned victory! Thank you all for participation, this was an an intense and exciting competition! Best of luck in the

Dear Traders,

As 2018 draws to a close it’s a good time to reflect on what a great year it has been and we hope it was a profitable one for you. 2018 was not without its challenges, with changes in regulations and banking systems, but as a market

Wednesday, December 26th, 2018

• Forex, Crypto, Metals, Oil and Gas – normal trading hours
• Indices– trading closed.

Monday, December 31st, 2018

• Forex– normal trading hours
• Crypto– normal trading hours
• Metals– normal trading hours
• Oil (WTI) and Gas– normal trading hours
• Oil (Brent)– trading ends at 21:45 GMT+2)
• Indices:
• Australia

FXOpen will raise margin for GBP pairs on December 10th

Dear Traders,

We would like to remind you that the UK parliament will vote on the EU Withdrawal Bill on 11th December 2018. There is a high degree of uncertainty as to the outcome of the vote and all GBP

Friday, November 23rd, 2018

Forex pairs - normal trading hours;
Metals - trading ends at 20:45 (GMT+2);
Oil and Gas - trading ends at 20:30 (GMT+2);
Crypto pairs - normal trading hours;
Indices:

• Japan 225 – trading ends at 20:15 (GMT+2);
• US SPX 500 – trading

On November 4th MT4 Server Time Switches to GMT+2

On November 4th, 2018 FXOpen will switch its trading servers from GMT +3 to GMT +2. The GMT offset in the company’s MetaTrader platform will be set to GMT+2 starting with the market opening on Monday (November 5th,

Winners and rewards:

• Prize fund: USD 3,000;
• 10 best participants will be rewarded the following money prizes (50% is withdrawable, 50% as a bonus cannot be withdrawn). You can withdraw only the profit from trading for a bonus at any time.
• 1st place — USD 1050 (USD 525 + USD 525

FXOpen Announces the Launch of MetaTrader 5

Dear Clients,

FXOpen is pleased to announce the launch of MetaTrader 5 Platform with access to ECN trading and interbank liquidity.

MT5 trading platform provides an extensive functionality of its predecessor and many additional services - all you need for successful Forex trading.

On 20 September 2018, VMT audited a sample of 5,000 order executions from FXOpen and based on the audit, the Commission has issued an execution quality certification to FXOpen. FXOpen will continue to submit order execution data to VMT to ensure our order execution continues to meet the standards

• Minimum trading period: not less than 2 months;
• Minimum amount of trades per week: 2;
• Trading volume: not less than 0.5 lot per stage;
• Profit at the end of the contest: at least 20% of the deposit;
• Drawdown during the contest must not exceed 20%**, and short-term drawdown of