- 21 Dec 2018
Market closures on Christmas and New Year.
The detailed market closures for FX, Bullion and CFD markets can be found here. Please note that Weekend leverage will be applied from 17:00 GMT 24-Dec to 22:00 GMT 25-Dec and from 17:00 GMT 31-Dec to 22:00 GMT 1-Jan. Please beware of low liquidity throughout the Christmas and New Year period.
- 19 Dec 2018
Follow up on media reaction
As a reaction to numerous publications in the media the Bank noticed that a number of articles published in the press do not correctly reflect the information given in yesterday's announcement. It concerns only Dukascoin crypto project. Dukasnote is a totally separate project which will be implemented and announced later.
- 18 Dec 2018
FINMA gives green light to Dukascoin
Dukascopy Bank is proud to announce that FINMA has informed us today, that there are no further regulatory obstacles to Dukascopy’s own crypto project. The Dukascoin will be the first ever cryptocurrency of a Swiss Bank. The preliminary version of a White Paper was originally published on 27.09.2018 to attract critics and call on experts' opinions. We would like to
- 17 Dec 2018
LIVE Binary contest launched
Dukascopy Bank extends the list of its LIVE trading contests by introducing Live Binary Trader contest. 200 USD will be distributed every contest day to the 10 best Binary traders. We welcome Dukascopy Bank clients to show their trading abilities in new contests and to be rewarded with money prizes free of any conditions. To participate in the contest balance of
- 10 Dec 2018
Brexit related margin update
Dukascopy Bank announces that temporary leverage reduction introduced on Friday 07-Dec-2018 will be removed tomorrow. Normal margin policy will be applied to GBP related currency pairs, GBR.IDX/GBP, BRENT.CMD/USD and LIGHT.CMD/USD on Tuesday at 09:00 GMT.
- 07 Dec 2018
Temporary leverage reduction due to Brexit vote
Leverage will be reduced to 1:30 for GBR.IDX/GBP, BRENT.CMD/USD and LIGHT.CMD/USD. It applies to all trading accounts without exception as of Friday 07-Dec-2018 at 18:00 GMT. We expect an increase in volatility and risk of gaps for these instruments in view of the British parliamentary vote. It is scheduled for Tuesday 11-Dec-2018 to approve or reject the Brexit proposal that
- 04 Dec 2018
George Bush Memorial Wednesday December 5th
Beware of reduced liquidity on Wednesday 5th of December due to George Bush Memorial. For special market closures please click here
- 21 Nov 2018
Thanksgiving Holiday in US
The US will celebrate Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday 22 November, for special market closures on Thursday and Friday please click here.
- 13 Nov 2018
LIVE CFD Trader contest launched
After four successful weeks of LIVE FX Trader contest and 4’110 USD of cash prizes paid to 43 winners, Dukascopy Bank announces the start of a new competition between CFD traders – LIVE CFD Trader contest. Same as in LIVE FX Trader contest 1’050 USD of weekly prize fund will be distributed among 12 winners, with the best profitability during the
- 08 Nov 2018
Dukascopy Bank: crypto-funding available for test
Preparing the launch of Dukascoins, Dukascopy Bank (or "the Bank") announces the Live testing of its crypto-funding functionality, which is an important element of the infrastructure built by the Bank for operating with crypto-currencies. What does crypto-funding stand for? This is the bridge between the client’s account with Dukascopy Bank and a crypto-currency wallet of that client in blockchain. The