Dukascopy has added a new functionality to its binary option contracts: chained option contracts.

Two types of chains are available - Martingale and Winning. When enabling a Martingale chain to an option, the system will automatically place another chained contract for a doubled amount every time the previous contract expires out-of-the-money. Conversely, enabling a Winning chain will make the system automatically place another contract with an increased amount every time the previous contract expires in-the-money. The maximum length of the chain is limited to 3 additional contracts.

The new feature is now available for testing on Demo environment, and Live launch will follow shortly. Please refer to the trading conditions for more details.

Following the growing demand of our clients to fund accounts by payment cards, Dukascopy is pleased to announce the decrease of the card deposit fees in more than 10 different currencies. The fees for funding in major European currencies (EUR, GBP, CHF) and popular local currencies (PLN, DKK, NOK, SEK) are decreased by 40%. The fees for major non-European currencies (AUD, CAD, JPY, RUB) have been decreased as well. Please check our Web site for the complete card funding fee schedule.

Due to the probability of high volatility, periods of low liquidity and risk of price gaps that may appear in FX markets in connection with the situation in Catalonia, Dukascopy is temporarily decreasing the maximum exposure limit to 15 mio EUR on currency pairs that contain EUR from the normal limit of 25 mio (except EUR/JPY which remains at 10 mio). The maximum exposure limit does not extend to positions that have been opened prior to this announcement, there will be no forced reduction or closures.

The limitation will enter in to force as of Friday, 6 October 2017 15:00 GMT and remain in force until further notice. Dukascopy reserves the right to reconsider special trading conditions for EUR currency pairs if found necessary. 

The range of tradeable CFDs on single stocks at Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe has been extended. Most liquid equity CFDs from United Kingdom have been added to the platform.

Currently the new 85 stock CFDs are available for Self-Trading accounts only. New CFD instruments can be added using the instrument selector in the trading platform. List of new share CFDs can be seen at the Dukascopy website.

The list of tradeable share CFDs will be gradually extended to include most liquid shares from all major equity markets around the world. 

Due to situation in Catalonia and related risk of price gaps Dukascopy Group decided to reduce leverage on CFD of the Spain 35 index ESP.IDX/EUR to the level of 1:10 and limit maximum position to 10 contracts per trading account. This measure will have an effect from 17:00 GMT and will be in force until further notice. Additional measures may be introduced regarding EUR currency pairs till the end of the week.

Beware of reduced liquidity on Monday, 4. September.

Trading hours:

FX
• Regular trading hours on Monday 4. September

Gold and Silver
• Trading stops at 17:00 GMT on Monday 4. September
• Market opens at 22:00 GMT on Monday 4. September

CFD
• Trading stops at 16:30 GMT on Monday 4. September for the following instruments:
BRENT.CMD/USD, COPPER.CMD/USD, GAS.CMD/USD, LIGHT.CMD/USD,
JPN.IDX/JPY, USA30.IDX/USD, USATECH.IDX/USD, USA500.IDX/USD. 

Following the recent launch of new stock markets available for CFD trading, Dukascopy is pleased to announce a considerable cut of the minimum trading commissions for single stock CFD instruments. Minimum commissions for European stocks have been cut from 10 EUR to 4 EUR or equivalent in other currencies. Standard commission remain unchanged at the level of 0.1% of turnover. Please refer to the Fee Schedule for more details.

We expect that these attractive trading conditions will encourage clients to familiarize themselves with the extended instruments offering. 

As can be read in online media*, "dukascopi" or "Mercure Services Ltd" currently pretends to offer brokerage services from Switzerland, at same place as Dukascopy Bank, which is untrue.

Be warned that this deceiving scheme has no relation whatsoever with Dukascopy Group. In our opinion this is a scam.

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   www.leaprate.com...
   www.financemagnates.com...
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Due to a recent rise in tensions between North Korea and the United States, Dukascopy is decreasing the maximum exposure to 10 million of primary currency in all JPY currency pairs. This measure is intended to mitigate the risks of overspeculation and the resulting unpredictable market volatility. This temporary measure will remain until further notice.