- 03 Mar 2015
Updates in trading conditions for Binary options
Following the clients' requests and adding more flexibility to the binary trading service Dukascopy has increased the maximum contract amounts in 5 times. Now the maximum contract is 5,000 USD or equivalent in other base currencies. Also, the countdown period prior to option start has been decreased from 3 to 2 seconds. Feel free to consult the Trading conditions for
- 20 Feb 2015
Euro-related over-the-weekend leverage
Some of Dukascopy liquidity providers warn their clients about an excessive risk of market gaps on Euro-related currency pairs related to Greece and its possible exit from Euro Zone which could arise at any time. In particular, there is a risk of FX markets opening on Monday morning at a significantly different level from the Friday night close. Dukascopy is
- 18 Feb 2015
Meet Dukascopy in London on February 19th-20th
Dukascopy Europe (EU-based subsidiary of Dukascopy Bank SA) is participating in "London Forex Show" exhibition on Friday, February 20th. You are welcome to visit our booth during the exhibition day and meet our representatives in person. Dukascopy Europe will also held JForex seminar in Millennium Gloucester Hotel on February 19th at 19.00. If you would like to attend it, please
- 06 Feb 2015
Reduction of maximum leverage on EUR/DKK and USD/DKK
Due to the possibility of recalibration of the trading range of EUR/DKK which may lead to significant price gaps and cause negative equity on client accounts, Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe are implementing a maximum leverage for EUR/DKK and USD/DKK exposures of 1:10 as of 8 February 2015. Traders trading EUR/DKK and USD/DKK are invited to estimate their margin usage
- 02 Feb 2015
Changes in the swap-free conditions.
Swap-free account conditions have been updated as of February 2, 2015. Please read more here.
- 26 Jan 2015
Dukascopy – Alpari Japan
As it was stated on 19.01.2015, Dukascopy is evaluating the possibility of purchasing the business of its damaged competitors to boost a growth. In particular, Dukascopy has initiated negotiations with the administrator of bankrupted Alpari (UK) in order to purchase its daughter company Alpari Japan. In spite of the fact that negotiations are moving slow and there is no certainty
- 23 Jan 2015
EURCHF - back to the family!
Recently EURCHF has triggered a lot of news noise and fears. Many clients and FX brokers around the world have suffered significant losses after the SNB decision to let go of the 1.2000 floor in EURCHF. This has forced many banks and brokers to increase their margin requirements for this currency pair. True to its vision of doing things differently,
- 19 Jan 2015
DUKASCOPY: NO TRADE CANCELLATIONS, NO NEGATIVE BALANCES
Management of Dukascopy Group has decided to take an exceptional decision to cover negative balances on client accounts related to CHF move on SNB decision on 15.01.2015. In spite of the fact that agreements and regulation allow Dukascopy to claim negative balances compensated by clients, it was decided to release customers from obligation to cover negative balance. Dukascopy Bank has
- 19 Jan 2015
Dukascopy confirms good financial standing
Dear traders, By mistake FXStreet.com has published on 16 January 2015 that Dukascopy Bank would have suffered USD 40 million losses due to the CHF move on Thursday, 15.01.2015. This error results from a confusion between two Swiss online banks. This unfortunate error has been corrected today by FXStreet. Therefore, initial erroneous FXStreet statement shall be ignored and not duplicated.
- 16 Jan 2015
CHF dramatic shift
Dukascopy Group announces that it has safely passed through the CHF dramatic price shift. It was achieved thanks to advanced execution technology, careful risk management policy and reduced leverage on EURCHF till level of 1:10. The scenario of such shock had been anticipated four months in advance as shown in Dukascopy news published on 3rd of October 2014: "Due to