TRADE ECN FOREX/CFD

Market behavior and market movements have dramatically changed in the course of the spread of COVID-19 global pandemic in the past weeks. Actions of governments have become unpredictable and Central Banks aim to fight expected bankruptcies and rising unemployment.
This all causes reduction of liquidity from market participants and ongoing increased daily volatility.

These are the reasons for Dukascopy to reduce leverage for commodities, indexes and precious metals to 1:30. The leverage policy for other trading instruments remains unchanged.
The change will come in force as of today at 18:00 GMT (time of usual over-the weekend leverage reduction) and stay in force until further notice.

Dukascopy Bank SA is proud to announce that the bank has reached the finals in two categories in the Technical Analyst Awards 2020.

The bank competes among the global leaders in two categories: Best Forex Research and Best Technical Analysis Platform. Dukascopy bank’s JForex 3 aims at winning the reward for best Technical Analysis platform. Meanwhile, Dukascopy Analytics articles compete for the Best Forex Research award.

The final results of the 2020 awards are expected to be announced on April 30.

More detailed information can be found on corresponding website.

Clocks will be advanced by 1 hour this Sunday, March 29^th, in many European countries.

Please be aware that Trading Summer time will be applied for EU CFDs.

Please beware of the overnight swap rates update.

Due to increased market turbulence the overnight swap rates became wider and are frequently updated without prior notice to reflect the current interbank rates. Please consider merging hedged positions to avoid risks associated with excessive swap costs. We recommend consulting the swap rates page on a regular basis.

For more detailed information on swap rates, see the following pages:
   Overnight Policy for JForex
   Overnight Policy for MT4

Due to considerable market turbulence and the resulting probability of high volatility, periods of low liquidity and risk of price gaps, Dukascopy is decreasing the maximum exposure limit on 11 instruments. The updated limit values (in contracts) are:
 •  XAU/USD - 3000
 •  USA500.IDX/USD - 1000
 •  USATECH.IDX/USD - 300
 •  USA30.IDX/USD - 100
 •  USSC2000.IDX/USD - 2000
 •  FRA.IDX/EUR - 500
 •  CHI.IDX/USD - 200
 •  DOLLAR.IDX/USD - 25000
 •  BUND.TR/EUR - 10000
 •  USTBOND.TR/USD - 10000
 •  UKGILT.TR/GBP - 10000

The limitation will enter into force as of this weekend, 14-15 March 2020 and remain in force until further notice. Dukascopy reserves the right to reconsider special trading conditions for other instruments if found necessary.

Please be aware of temporary lack or full absence of liquidity on all CFD instruments especially on US Indices and Stocks.

Underlying Futures Markets may experience hitting a limit down price (being close to 5% circuit breakers) which triggers temporary absence of quotes.

Please beware of CFD Monthly Adjustment procedure update.

In order to reduce trading breaks and standardize CFD Monthly adjustments procedure across all the instruments following changes have been made for Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe clients'.

Fixing time is determined at 13:50 GMT summer time / 14:50 GMT winter time for all instruments with futures underlying.

Trading break time is reduced to 20 minutes before regular trading break starts.

More detailed information can be found on corresponding website section

Considering the general concerns about the financial situation of the market participants after the recent oil and stocks price drops as well as high volatility on the currency markets, Dukascopy Bank is reporting the following:
1. The YTD profit 2020 of Dukascopy Bank has hit a historical record (above 8 million CHF),
2. Eighty (80) negative accounts have appeared on the 9^th of March 2020, totalling 340k USD which is in line with the Bank's risk appetite.

Dukascopy Bank will clear those negative accounts, at its expense, without asking any compensation from clients.

All risk mitigation measures in place have proved to be effective and adequate to ensure the stability of the Bank during current and previous extraordinary market events (abandon of the EUR/CHF peg, BREXIT, Trump election, etc.). Such measures are regularly reassessed and adjusted by the Bank.

The Bank would like to reassure its clients and other business partners that Dukascopy Bank, Dukascopy Europe and Dukascopy Japan continue to be reliable and stable trading counterparties.

Clocks will be advanced by 1 hour this Sunday, March 8^th, in the US. The FX trading day ending at 5pm NY time and Dukascopy Market opening and settlement time will be changed from 22:00 GMT to 21:00 GMT effectively this Sunday 8 March 2020.

Please be aware that Trading Summer time will be applied for CFDs and metals from the list below:
XAU/USD
XAG/USD
BRENT.CMD/USD
LIGHT.CMD/USD
DIESEL.CMD/USD
GAS.CMD/USD
COPPER.CMD/USD
COFFEE.CMD/USX
COCOA.CMD/USD
SUGAR.CMD/USD
OJUICE.CMD/USX
SOYBEAN.CMD/USX
COTTON.CMD/USX
USA30.IDX/USD
USA500.IDX/USD
USATECH.IDX/USD
USSC2000.IDX/USD
JPN.IDX/JPY
DOLLAR.IDX/USD
USTBOND.TR/USD
US Stocks and ETFs

28^th of February, 2020 Dukascopy Bank SA is proud to celebrate the first anniversary of the Dukascoin project. One year ago, we have officially launched the first payment crypto coin issued for public use by a licensed and regulated Swiss bank. Today it’s time to look back and observe the way the project evolved during the first year.

Dukascopy Bank changes the trading leverage on EUR/PLN, USD/PLN, USD/MXN and the maximum net exposure limit on XAU/USD, EUR/PLN, USD/PLN, USD/MXN, EUR/RUB, USD/RUB, HKD/JPY, CAD/HKD, EUR/HKD, USD/HKD, USD/CNH, EUR/DKK, and USD/DKK starting from 10:00 GMT on March 5, 2020.

For more detailed information about trading conditions, see the following pages:

• Margin Requirements (JForex)
• Margin Requirements (MT4)

Please mind that contrary to the fraudulent allegations of Rogerfin, Rogerfin is not in collaboration or ownership relation with Dukascopy Bank or with any other entity of Dukascopy Group.

Rogerfin is fraudulently using Dukascopy's name for attracting clients/investors, without permission of Dukascopy Group entities. We are taking action against this dishonest organisation.

We advise extreme caution toward such an organization basing its promotion on a lie.

Dukascopy Bank extends the list of available instruments in MetaTrader 4 by launching CFDs on indices, bonds, commodities and introducing new exotic FX pairs. New instruments are now available on demo accounts while the live launch is expected in the coming weeks. With this update, the total number of instruments in MetaTrader 4 will increase from 41 to 95 instruments. The full list of instruments which includes 500+ instruments including FX, Metals, CFDs on commodities, indices, single stocks and bonds remain available in our proprietary JForex3 trading platform.

Development is underway to make new instruments available to Dukascopy Europe, Dukascopy Japan and other White Label partners.

Please beware of special trading breaks for CFD's and Bullion on Monday February 17th, Washington's Birthday holiday.

FX
Regular trading hours

METALS
• Trading stops at 18:00 GMT on Monday 17 February
Markets re-open at 23:00 GMT on Monday 17 February

CFD INDEXES
• Trading stops at 18:00 GMT on Monday 17 February for
USA30.IDX/USD, USATECH.IDX/USD, USA500.IDX/USD, USSC2000.IDX/USD, JPN.IDX/JPY
Markets re-open at 23:00 GMT on Monday 17 February

• Trading stops at 18:00 GMT on Monday 17 February for DOLLAR.IDX/USD
Markets re-open at 1:00 GMT on Tuesday 18 February

STOCKS
• Trading stops at 21:00 GMT on Friday 14 February for US stocks and US ETFs
Markets re-open at 14:30 GMT on Tuesday 18 February

CFD COMMODITIES
• Trading stops at 18:00 GMT on Monday 17 February for LIGHT.CMD/USD, GAS.CMD/USD
Markets re-open at 23:00 GMT on Monday 17 February
• Trading stops at 18:30 GMT on Friday 14 February for COCOA.CMD/USD
Markets re-open at 9:45 GMT on Tuesday 18 February
• Trading stops at 18:30 GMT on Friday 14 February for COFFEE.CMD/USX
Markets re-open at 9:15 GMT on Tuesday 18 February
• Trading stops at 19:20 GMT on Friday 14 February for COTTON.CMD/USX and SOYBEAN.CMD/USX
Markets re-open at 2:00 GMT on Tuesday 18 February
• Trading stops at 19:00 GMT on Friday 14 February for OJUICE.CMD/USX
Markets re-open at 2:00 GMT on Tuesday 18 February
• Trading stops at 17:00 GMT on Monday 17 February for SUGAR.CMD/USD
Markets re-open at 8:45 GMT on Tuesday 18 February

BONDS
• Trading stops at 22:00 GMT on Friday 14 February for USTBOND.TR/USD
Markets re-open at 23:00 GMT on Monday 17 February

Recently, Dukascopy Bank has noticed the appearance in the Internet of a number of articles containing erroneous/misleading information regarding the development of the Dukascash project of Dukascopy Bank.

In this regard, Dukascopy Bank would like to clarify that no Dukascash tokens have been issued and put in circulation by the Bank so far and that the date of launch of Dukascash cannot be determined at the current stage.

This date will be announced separately in an official communication from the Bank.

For further information you may write to [email protected]

Dukascopy Bank continues adding new services related to its crypto eco-system. The Bank's infrastracture already allows clients to fund their trading accounts using BTC, exchange its own cryptocurrency Dukascoin on the internal marketplace and trade CFDs on BTC/USD and ETH/USD with leverage of up to 1:3.

Dukascopy keeps developing and extending its list of traded cryptocurrency instruments by adding new CFD on Litecoin to US Dollar (LTC/USD) with leverage of 1:3. Please note that the maximum exposure for instrument is limited to 30'000 USD.

For detailed information on SWAP rates and other trading conditions, please visit our website.

Further steps related to crypto are already in development. Stay tuned.

Please beware of special trading breaks for CFD's and Bullion on the coming Monday 20th January due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The detailed market closures can be found here.

On November 22^nd 2019 at 15:19 GMT a historical event took place. The first physical embodiment of a virtual cryptocurrency had been launched into Space. The crypto-currency which dared such a feat was the Dukascoin: the first cryptocurrency ever issued by a regulated bank – Dukascopy Bank SA. With a speed of 5.5 Mach, the batch of 65 exclusive silver coins minted from 999 Pure Silver had reached a height of 301304 feet. It was launched from Spaceport America, located in New Mexico, USA. Later that same day, the space capsule with 65 silver coins returned to Earth. The video report is available here.

Today, Dukascopy Bank is proud to announce that the silver Dukascoins which were launched into space and successfully returned to Earth are available for order. The buyer will benefit from a rare numismatic value and the opportunity to receive a significant Gratification bonus of 250 DUK+. Each Silver Dukascoin Set will consist of the silver Dukascoin with a unique number and a Certificate of Origin containing the same unique number, signed by the CEO of Dukascopy Bank. You can take a look at the photo gallery here . The intrinsic value of the Silver Dukascoin lies in the fact that it is the physical proof of the right to receive the Gratification bonus under the conditions of the Silver Dukascoin Bonus Program. Please read the conditions on the dedicated website www.dukascoin.com/silver/

2 series of the Silver Dukascoin were minted in a limited number of 1000 pieces for both series. The first 65 Silver Dukascoins belong to the special SPACE series minted from 999 Pure Silver and launched into Space. This is a series of rare coins which have been seasoned by uncovered Solar winds and which offer a substantial Gratification bonus of 250 DUK+.

In addition to the SPACE series, the Bank minted 935 silver Dukascoins of the SKY series. These Dukascoins are minted from 925 Fine Silver to memorialize a historical event which happened on February 28th 2019, when a regulated Swiss bank was the first Bank in the world to issue a cryptocurrency. The Gratification bonus for the SKY series Silver Dukascoin holders is 50 DUK+.

The Bank is offering the Silver Dukascoin while respecting the Reference price. The formula of the Reference price is the following:

1. For the SPACE series: 100 EUR (cost of production) + 300 EUR (cost of launch to space) + current market price of 250 Dukascoins quoted on the Dukascopy marketplace (BID+ASK divided by two).
2. For the SKY series: 100 EUR (cost of production) + current market price of 50 Dukascoins quoted on the Dukascopy marketplace (BID+ASK divided by two).

Clients willing to buy the Silver Dukascoin of the SPACE series should have more than 10000 Dukascoins on their multi-currency account (deposits included) with Dukascopy Bank at the moment of the purchase request. As well 10 000 and more Dukascoins may be allocated on the any blockchain account and/or on the account with partnering cryptoexchange. For the SKY series, there is no minimum required amount.

Dukascopy Bank created the following key features intended to protect the Silver Dukascoin holder’s rights and assist them in transfers of those rights to other persons:

1. The Bank maintains a register of legitimate Silver Dukascoin holders for all series. Transfer of the Silver Dukascoin from person to person will be reflected in the Public Register.
2. Dukascopy Bank can offer a safekeeping service to the Silver Dukascoin owner who is a multi-currency account holder. The coin can be safely stored in the vault located on the Bank’s premises. In case of transfer of ownership (sale) of such a coin to another multi-currency account holder, the Bank can secure the deal for both parties.

Clients can book the silver Dukascoin with a particular number from the “Available in the Bank” section by sending a written request.

Dukascopy Bank invites readers to get acquainted with details of the offer and complete the order form on www.dukascoin.com/silver/.

The Silver Dukascoin Set is available for order starting from now. The delivery of the set to clients will start in January, 2020.

High-resolution images of the Silver Dukascoin Set and the video of the space launch are available in the Dukascoin media-kit.