Dukascopy Bank starts to offer LIVE trading on MetaTrader 4 with direct access to the SWFX Swiss Marketplace. Clients of the Bank can now trade in mobile and desktop versions of MetaTrader 4 with 41 FX most popular instruments, including Gold. Dukascopy will be gradually expanding the list of instruments available. The full list of instruments which includes 500+ instruments including FX, Metals, CFDs on commodities (Oil, Gas, and Copper), indexes, single stocks and bonds remain available in our proprietary JForex3 trading platform. Development is underway to make MetaTrader4 available to Dukascopy Europe, Dukascopy Japan, and other White Label partners.

Detailed information about MT4 accounts can be found on the website.

Dukascopy Bank is announcing the launch of its ChatBot which allows clients access to the entire spectrum of the Bank's retail services. The Bank is planning on making its ChatBot to talk and recognize the natural human speech. The ChatBot was created on the basis of the universal programming interface (API), which allows the messenger to be implemented and further developed by third party chatbot applications.

Dukascopy Bank believes that we have entered an era of worldwide use of artificial intelligence which will be a dominate direction of the development of the internet industry in the years to come. Hence, the Bank has adapted its structure to satisfy the needs of the clients, who using AI, in order to become a "cyborg friendly" bank. Dukascopy is inviting all companies working in this sphere to cooperate and promises maximum support.

Trading hours:

FX
• Regular trading hours on Monday 3. September

Gold and Silver
• Trading stops at 17:00 GMT on Monday 3. September
• Market opens at 22:00 GMT on Monday 3. September

CFD
• Trading stops at 17:00 GMT on Monday 3. September for the following instruments:
BRENT.CMD/USD, LIGHT.CMD/USD, COPPER.CMD/USD, GAS.CMD/USD, DIESEL.CMD/USD,
JPN.IDX/JPY, USA30.IDX/USD, USATECH.IDX/USD, USA500.IDX/USD, DOLLAR.IDX/USD.
• Trading is closed on US stocks on Monday 3. September

Dukascopy Bank extends the list of its CFD tradable instrument by introducing CFDs on Bonds. This new type of tradable instrument will see the introduction of German government bond (BUND.TR/EUR) and UK government bond (UKGILT.TR/GBP) at first, with the list of tradable bonds to be gradually expanded. The applicable leverage for this CFD type will be 1:30 in Dukascopy Bank, and due to ESMA regulation 1:5 in Dukascopy Europe.

Dukascopy also announces an increase of tradable CFDs on Indices to include US Dollar Index (DOLLAR.IDX/USD), Netherlands 25 Index (NLD.IDX/EUR), Singapore Blue Chip Index (SGD.IDX/SGD) and India 50 Index (IND.IDX/USD). The maximum leverage for these CFDs will be 1:100 in Dukascopy Bank, and 1:10 in Dukascopy Europe.

Dukascopy continuously expands its list of trading instruments to meet customer's requests. Starting today the list includes FX, precious metals, CFD on commodities, indices, stocks, bonds and crypto currency. All trading instruments are tradable on Dukascopy's trading platform Jforex and are available for both manual and automated trading. The expanded list of instruments will increase instrument diversification for both self-trading clients and investors of Dukascopy's newly launched wealth management service: LP PAMM.

Following the ESMA decision to lower leverage on CFD instruments Dukascopy Europe will be updating its margin requirements on the weekend of 28-29 July 2018. To check the new margin requirements, which will come into force on 29/07, please click here.

Dukascopy kindly invites traders to evaluate their trading accounts and adjust exposure if necessary in order to avoid possible margin cut actions on Sunday market opening due to the decrease of leverage.

In a strategical shift to become a universal mobile bank useful to everyone, Dukascopy Bank steps into wealth management.

The average expected return of this service is 11.15% with a standard deviation of 9.99% which gives a sharpe ratio of 1.11.

This service is free of management or performance fees, and is based on liquidity providing for clients trading with Dukascopy.

Beware of reduced liquidity on Wednesday 4 July due to US market closures.

FX
• Regular trading hours

GOLD & SILVER
• Trading stops at 17:00 GMT on Wednesday 4th July
• Markets re-open at 22:00 GMT on Wednesday 4th July

CFD INDEXES
• Trading stops at 17:15 GMT on Tuesday 3rd July for the USA30.IDX/USD, USATECH.IDX/USD, USA500.IDX/USD, JPN.IDX/JPY
• Markets re-open at 22:00 GMT on Tuesday 3rd July
• Trading stops at 17:00 GMT on Wednesday 4th July for the USA30.IDX/USD, USATECH.IDX/USD, USA500.IDX/USD, JPN.IDX/JPY
• Markets re-open at 22:00 GMT on Wednesday 4th July

CFD COMMODITIES
• Trading stops at 17:00 GMT on Wednesday 4th July for the LIGHT.CMD/USD, COPPER.CMD/USD, GAS.CMD/USD
• Markets re-open at 22:00 GMT on Wednesday 4th July
• Trading stops at 17:30 GMT on Wednesday 4th July for the BRENT.CMD/USD, DIESEL.CMD/USD
• Markets re-open at 00:00 GMT on Wednesday 4th July

CFD STOCKS
• Trading stops at 17:00 GMT on Tuesday 3rd July for the US Stocks
• Trading remains closed on Wednesday 4th July 

Dukascopy Europe (EU-based subsidiary of Dukascopy Bank) is participating in "The Forex Day" exhibition in Madrid on June 23^rd. You are welcome to visit our booth during the exhibition day and meet our representatives in person.

Dukascopy Bank is participating in “Geneva FinDating 2018” exhibition on June 21^st at Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues. You are welcome to visit our booth during the exhibition day and meet our representatives in person.