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Changes in Trading Hours and Terms during Christmas and New Year Season 2016

Dear Clients,
Please, note the following changes in trading hours and terms during the Christmas and New Year holiday season:

Thursday, December 24
Currency pairs: normal trading hours
Commodities: low liquidity after 20:30 GMT+2 Server Time
Indices:
  • Australia 200 – trading available till 5:30 GMT+2
  • Europe 50 – trading closed
  • France 40 – trading available till 15:00 GMT+2
  • Germany 30 / Germany 30 (Mini) – trading closed
  • Japan 225 – trading available till 20:15 GMT+2
  • UK 100 – trading available till 14:30 GMT+2
  • US SPX 500 / US SPX 500 (Mini) – trading available till 20:15 GMT+2
  • US Tech 100 – trading available till 20:15 GMT+2
  • US Tech 100 (Mini) – trading available till 20:15 GMT+2
  • Wall Street 30 / Wall Street 30 (Mini) – trading available till 20:15 GMT+2
Friday, December 25
Trading session is closed; only trading on Crypto accounts is available.

Monday, December 28

Currency pairs: normal trading hours
Commodities: normal trading hours
Indices: normal trading hours. Australia 200 and UK 100 instruments are unavailable

Thursday, December 31
Currency pairs: normal trading hours
Commodities: normal trading hours. Expected low liquidity of UK Brent, after 21:30 GMT+2
Indices:
  • Australia 200 – trading available till 5:30 GMT+2
  • Europe 50 – trading closed
  • France 40 – trading available till 15:00 GMT+2
  • Germany 30 / Germany 30 (Mini) – trading closed
  • Japan 225 – normal trading hours
  • UK 100 – trading available till 14:30 GMT+2
  • US SPX 500 / US SPX 500 (Mini) – normal trading hours
  • US Tech 100 – normal trading hours
  • US Tech 100 (Mini) – normal trading hours
  • Wall Street 30 / Wall Street 30 (Mini) – normal trading hours
Friday, January 1
Trading session is closed; only trading on Crypto accounts is available

Monday, January 4
Normal trading hours for all instruments, the maximum leverage is 1:500

*The maximum leverage for all account types will be reduced down to 1:100 between December 28, 2015 and January 4, 2016.

We strongly recommend considering this information in your trading.

FXOpen wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Kind regards,
FXOpen Customer Service
E-mail: [email protected]
FXOpen Live Chat (24/5)
 
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Dear Customers and Partners,

FXOpen would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year.

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We wish you success and profitable trading during 2016 and hope you achieve all of your objectives in the coming year!


FXOpen Team
 
Commission Free Deposits Extended For All of January 2016

The Christmas and New Year holidays may be over, but we would like to continue the holiday spirit into the New Year!

Many of you have already taken advantage of the commission-free deposits and as it proved so popular, we have decided to extend the promotion, which started on December 1, until January 31, 2016.

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FXOpen will pay your deposit fee this month as well! You can use electronic payment systems such as Skrill, Neteller, FasaPay or deposit money with credit/debit cards such as MasterCard, Visa, Visa Electron, Maestro, ChinaUnionPay, Discover, JCB and many others.

Moreover, you can still make one commission-free withdrawal of funds from your account if money is deposited by wire transfer during the promo period.

The promo lasts until January 31, 2016.

So why not take advantage of FXOpen’s first class service:
  • Trading accounts to suit every level of experience and investment – ECN, STP, Crypto, Micro
  • The tightest spreads in the industry from 0 pips
  • The lowest commissions across the industry starting from 1.8 units of a base currency per lot
  • STP accounts with a $10 no-deposit bonus
  • ECN account commissions from only $1.8 per lot
  • PAMM accounts with only a $200 minimum deposit
  • Guaranteed safe deposits and withdrawals of your funds
  • 80+ trading instruments including currencies, indexes, precious metals, crude oil, gas
  • Leverage up to 1:500
  • All types of trading strategies accepted, HFT algo-trading included
  • Live Chat 24/5, e-mail and telephone support
  • Segregated bank accounts
  • Offices in London, Sydney, Auckland, Moscow
  • 10+ years’ experience in FX brokerage services
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FXOpen Customer Service
E-mail: [email protected]
Live Chat (24/5)
 
Forex Finals Tour IX: Try Your Luck and Win PAMM STP with 1,000 USD

Do you feel like a successful PAMM Provider? Do you believe you are experienced enough to face real trading risks to earn big profits? If yes, then hurry up and join our “Forex Finals” contest on live Forex accounts!


Organized and sponsored by FXOpen, the competition has been so popular with traders that we had to expand it. So, now we are at Round II, which was designed to include six stages (Tours VI to XII), and are delighted to launch Tour IX!
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What you should know about Tour IX?
The stage will last for 4 weeks from 25 January, 2016 up until 21 February, 2016. The prize fund of 1,400 USD will be split between 5 participants who trade best. The leader will be awarded a PAMM STP account with a 1,000 USD deposit; the 2nd place gets 200 USD, the 3d one - 100 USD; the traders going 4th and 5th win 50 USD each.

Start with 100 USD, increase your deposit as much as possible by trading with no restrictions, win points and get a chance to win the whole tournament! The main prize is worth fighting for: a PAMM ECN account with a 5,000 USD deposit.

Read the detailed tournament terms here and sign in! If you have already participated in one of the tours, you are exempted from registering again.

How to register
  1. Use this partner’s link to open a live STP-account (USD account currency). Agent’s code is 600022.
  2. The obligatory start-up deposit is 100 USD. If you are accustomed to working with bigger sums of money, feel free to deposit as much as you want.
  3. Leave the application message with your trading account number and your nickname in the Registration forum thread.
Visit the ForexCup forum to find more about the registration rules and the participation terms.
 
Low Liquidity on Commodities and Indices on January 18
Dear Clients,
Please note that some trading instruments may experience low liquidity due to the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the USA on January 18, 2016. Below you can find changes in the terms of trading expected on this day:

Currency pairs: normal trading hours.

Commodities:
  • Gold - low liquidity after 20:00 GMT+2
  • Silver - low liquidity after 20:00 GMT+2
  • UK Brent - normal trading hours
  • US Crude - low liquidity after 19:45 GMT+2
  • US Natural Gas - low liquidity after 19:45GMT+2.
Indices:
  • Australia 200 - normal trading hours
  • Europe 50 - normal trading hours
  • France 40 - normal trading hours
  • Germany 30 Germany 30 (Mini) - normal trading hours
  • Japan 225 - low liquidity after 20:00 GMT+2
  • UK 100 - normal trading hours
  • US SPX 500 US SPX 500 (Mini) - low liquidity after 20:00 GMT+2
  • US Tech 100 US Tech 100 (Mini) - low liquidity after 20:00 GMT+2
  • Wall Street 30 Wall Street 30 (Mini) - low liquidity after 20:00 GMT+2.

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FXOpen Customer Service
E-mail: [email protected]
 
More Opportunities for MENA Region Traders: New FXOpen Local Agent Appointed

FXOpen increases the range of opportunities for traders located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). A single local agent called Venture Capital Inc. with offices in Cairo (Egypt) and London (UK) started operating in December 2015.

The main goal of the MENA official agent is dealing with FXOpen clients and third parties by providing information support, analysis, and resolving issues based on FXOpen policies.

The regional office is operated by a team of professional and highly qualified Forex experts of Arab descent. They use their knowledge and experience to deliver efficient and first-rate brokerage services.

FXOpen hopes that this partnership will provide our current and future clients in the MENA region with necessary resources, information and support for successful Forex trading.

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FXOpen Customer Service
E-mail: [email protected]
Live Chat (24/5)
 
Forex Sprint: New Regular 2-Day Contest to Start February 24

ForexCup trading tournaments are much similar to sporting competitions: both have rules, contestants, rivalry, victory or defeat, and reward. With these similarities in mind, we`ve decided to design a new contest and call it Forex Sprint. Why Sprint? Because participants will have to do their best over a short distance.

What is Forex Sprint?

Forex Sprint is a new exciting regular trading competition to be held for two days from Wednesday till Thursday. The “sprinters`” major challenge is to leave their rivals behind by earning as much profit as possible and Make it in 48 hours! To join the rivalry, you should have only 5 USD in your eWallet.

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The competition has rules but no restrictions on tools! You can use any available trading instruments, any trading strategies, Expert Advisors, autotrading, hedging and scalping. Feel free to use any and run for top 3 winners!

Ready, steady, go!

Winners and prizes

The prize fund of Forex Sprint depends on the number of traders that join it every week: the more participants, the more prize money to be split between 3 best traders in the following way:
1 place – 50% of the prize fund;
2 place – 30% of the prize fund;
3 place – 20% of the prize fund.

However, regardless of the number of participants running Forex Sprint, ForexCup guarantees the prize fund of 50 USD.

Main terms of Forex Sprint:
participation: 5 USD in eWallet;
trading instruments: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURGBP, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, GBPCAD, GBPAUD, GBPSGD, EURCHF, EURAUD, EURJPY, EURCAD, EURNZD, EURSEK, EURDKK, EURTRY, EURNOK, EURPLN, EURHKD, AUDCAD, AUDJPY, AUDCHF, AUDNZD, CADJPY, CADCHF, CHFJPY, NZDCHF, NZDCAD, NZDJPY, NZDSGD, XAUUSD, XAGUSD, SGDJPY, USDTRY, USDHKD, USDSGD, USDPLN, HKDJPY, NOKJPY, NOKSEK, USDMXN, USDRUB, USDSEK, USDNOK, USDDKK, USDCNH, GOLD, SILVER, #AUS200, #ESX50, #FCHI, #GDAXIm, #NDXm, #WS30m, #NDX, #SPXm, #WS30, #UK100, #GDAXI, #SPX, #J225, XBRUSD, XTIUSD, XNGUSD;
trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
leverage: 1:100;
locking: allowed;
EAs: allowed;
lot volume: from 0.1 to 100 (maximum 100 lot per order);
maximum number of orders opened at a time (including pending orders): 100.

The first Forex Sprint contest is to start on February 24 and end the next day, February 25. Moreover, you can already get ready for Forex Sprint, March 2-3.
Make it in 48 hours!

Useful links:
How to participate in competitions;
Competition Rules;
FAQ;
Guide on ForexCup Prizes and Bonuses;
Forex Sprint forum thread.
 
Forex Finals Tour X: Another Chance to Show your Trading Talent

Forex Finals is back bringing another stage of the trading contest. Tour X starts on February 29 to continue its careful and long-term search for the best PAMM Provider.

What you should know about Forex Finals Tour X?

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Duration: 4 weeks, from February 29 until March 25;

Prize fund: 1,400 USD;

Initial deposit: 100 USD on STP account;

Trading restrictions: none. We permit any trading instruments available on FXOpen STP accounts, any trading strategies, Advisors (AEA, MEA, etc.) and any other standard MT4 software applications;

Registration: open;

Winners:

1 place - PAMM STP-account with 1,000 USD;
2 place - 200 USD;
3 place - 100 USD;
4 place - 50 USD;
5 place - 50 USD.

Please, note that the tournament has a one-time registration procedure: there`s no need to sign in again if you already joined one of the previous Forex Finals tours.

Join Forex Finals, Tour X!

The contest overview

Forex Finals is a long-term Forex trading competition on Live Accounts that welcomes future PAMM Providers. Victory will bring a PAMM ECN with 5,000 USD deposit and a good chance to start a career in PAMM service.

The tournament consists of two rounds. The first one is already over; the second one is in progress with another 3 tours ahead. Each stage lasts for 4 weeks and has its leaderboard. The top-10 win competition points that will be summed up at the end of the very last stage and determine the overall winner.

Want to run for the prize? Sign in!

How to register

1. Use this partner’s link to open a live STP account (USD account currency). Agent’s code is 600022.
2. The obligatory start-up deposit is 100 USD. If you are more comfortable with bigger initial capitals, feel free to add as much funds as you want.
3. Leave the application message with your trading account number and your nickname in the Registration forum thread.

Useful Links:


1. Tournament description and terms;
2. Competition thread in Forexcup forum.
 
Benefit from Free Deposits until the End of May
This spring will be a favorable season for traders depositing 5,000 USD and over.

From February 22nd and throughout the three months of spring, FXOpen will be delighted to cover your fees if you deposit 5,000 USD and more via Bank Wire Transfer.

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The terms of our Commission-Free Deposits are as follows:
  • deposit 5,000 USD and more via Bank Wire Transfer and we will cover the fee charged by your bank;
  • deposit 10,000 USD and more via Bank Wire Transfer and we will cover the fee charged by your bank as well as the correspondent bank fees (if any).
To take advantage of the offer, please send us an extract from your bank statement displaying the bank wire transfer fee or a SWIFT message (available from your bank). The commission will be credited directly to your trading account.

The promotion will run from February 22nd until May 31st 2016.

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FXOpen Customer Service
E-mail: [email protected]
 
Deposit via China UnionPay with No Fee

FXOpen does its best to minimize the additional expenses our clients face when trading with us. For this purpose, we offer our regular promotions to reimburse the fees charged by payment systems.

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This time we cover the commission for depositing via China UnionPay. Regardless of the amount of the transferred funds, FXOpen will reimburse the fees charged by the processor, and thus 100% of the deposit will be credited to your trading account.

The promotion is valid from March 1 until May 31, 2016.

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FXOpen Customer Service
E-mail: [email protected]
Live Chat (24/5)
 
Forex School: Prep for Forex Finals

Here at ForexCup traders have to take exams if they want to get a PAMM Master`s degree. We call them Forex Finals, which is a regular trading contest on live accounts to discover talented and skillful PAMM traders.
However, diligent students know they have to study well before sitting exams. Our team is ready to help you prepare for the Finals and welcomes you to our Forex School.

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Forex School is a new demo Forex contest, a short two-week course in trading to start on March 21. If you complete it successfully and get into top-10 most brilliant “students”, you win 100 USD* and are automatically admitted to the following Forex Finals Live Account contest.

Enroll!
  • Duration: March 21-April 1;
  • Registration: March 3-27;
  • Prize fund: 1,000 USD;
  • Winners and reward: to be eligible for the prize, participants have to increase their initial deposit by at least 30%. 10 best traders win 100 USD that can be used as a participation fee to join Forex Finals, Tour XI (starts on April 11).

Terms of the contest:
  • free participation;
  • trading instruments: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURGBP, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, GBPCAD, GBPAUD, GBPSGD, EURCHF, EURAUD, EURJPY, EURCAD, EURNZD, EURSEK, EURDKK, EURTRY, EURNOK, EURPLN, EURHKD, AUDCAD, AUDJPY, AUDCHF, AUDNZD, CADJPY, CADCHF, CHFJPY, NZDCHF, NZDCAD, NZDJPY, NZDSGD, XAUUSD, XAGUSD, SGDJPY, USDTRY, USDHKD, USDSGD, USDPLN, HKDJPY, NOKJPY, NOKSEK, USDMXN, USDRUB, USDSEK, USDNOK, USDDKK, USDCNH, #AUS200, #ESX50, #FCHI, #GDAXIm, #NDXm, #WS30m, #NDX, #SPXm, #WS30, #UK100, #GDAXI, #SPX, #J225, XBRUSD, XTIUSD, XNGUSD;
  • trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
  • initial deposit: 100 USD;
  • leverage: 1:500;
  • locking: allowed;
  • EAs: allowed;
  • maximum number of orders opened at a time (including pending orders): 100;
  • minimum trades quantity: 10.
Get registered!
* Please note that 100 USD are not withdrawable and can only be used as a participation fee to join Forex Finals competition. To take part in the contest, you will have to transfer the prize money to your live STP account. Use this partner’s link to open a live STP account (USD account currency). Agent’s code is 600022. Leave the application message with your trading account number and your nickname in this Registration forum thread. The profit exceeding the initial deposit of 100 USD can be withdrawn at the end of any "Forex Finals" tour.

Useful Links:
  1. Forex School thread in ForexСup forum;
  2. Forex Finals contest description and terms;
  3. Forex Finals thread in ForexСup forum;
  4. How to participate in ForexCup competitions;
  5. ForexCup Facebook;
  6. ForexCup Twitter;
  7. ForexCup Google+.
 
FXOpen MT4 Server Time Switches to Daylight Saving

Dear Traders,

Please note the changes to be made in FXOpen MT4 server time.
The company’s servers revert to daylight saving, thus the GMT offset in the MT4 FXOpen trading platform will be set to GMT+3 starting from Monday, 14 March 2016.


The switch applies to all the types of FXOpen accounts:

  • live ECN, STP, Crypto, Micro;
  • demo ECN, STP;
  • PAMM accounts.
To plan you trading more efficiently, we strongly recommend you adjusting the GMT offset in Indicators and Expert Advisors to GMT+3.

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FXOpen Customer Service
E-mail: [email protected]
Live Chat (24/5)
 

“Forex School”: Registration Open until March 27


We remind traders that our Forex demo contest "Forex School" begins today, March 21. Those who haven`t joined the competition yet, still have a chance to do that: registration is open for another week, until March 27 inclusive.



Enroll!

Forex School is a new demo Forex contest, a short two-week course in trading to start on March 21. If you complete it successfully and get into top-10 most brilliant “students”, you win 100 USD and are automatically admitted to the following Forex Finals Live Account contest.

Useful Links:
  1. Forex School thread in ForexСup forum;
  2. Forex Finals contest description and terms;
  3. Forex Finals thread in ForexСup forum;
  4. ForexCup Facebook;
  5. ForexCup Twitter.
 
Changes to FXOpen Trading Hours on Easter Holidays
Dear clients,
Please note that due to the celebration of Easter this Sunday, 27 March 2016, you may experience the following changes in trading hours and terms:

Thursday, March 24

Currency pairs: normal trading hours;
Commodities: normal trading hours;
Indices: normal trading hours for all the indices except for Australia 200: trading will only be available till 16:00 GMT+3.

Friday, March 25
Currency pairs: normal trading hours;
Commodities: trading closed;
Indices: trading closed.

Monday, March 28
Currency pairs: normal trading hours;
Commodities: normal trading hours;
Indices:
  • Australia 200 – trading closed;
  • Europe 50 – trading closed;
  • France 40 – trading closed;
  • Germany 30 – trading closed;
  • Germany 30 (Mini) – trading closed;
  • Japan 225 – normal trading hours;
  • UK 100 – trading closed;
  • US SPX 500 – normal trading hours;
  • US SPX 500 (Mini) – normal trading hours;
  • US Tech 100 – normal trading hours;
  • US Tech 100 (Mini) – normal trading hours;
  • Wall Street 30 – normal trading hours;
  • Wall Street 30 (Mini) – normal trading hours.
FXOpen would like to recommend considering this information in your trading and wishes you a very happy Easter!

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FXOpen Customer Service
E-mail: [email protected]
Live Chat (24/5)
 
Forex School. Get Ready for April Admission!

ForexCup is happy to find out that so many traders have such a thirst for knowledge. Forex School has welcomed as many as 540 “students” who appeared to be very passionate learners of Forex market trading. Bitter rivalry during the first stage of the demo contest encouraged us to launch the second stage right away. And to increase the competition prize fund from 1,000 USD to 2,000 USD.

We are yet to find out the names of 10 most brilliant students of Forex School (March). However, we are excited to already announce that the following tour will have even more winners. This time 20 most brilliant traders will get 100 USD each and the right to participate in our live account contest Forex Finals, Tour XII (May 16 - June 10) for free.

Get admitted!

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Forex School in numbers:

Key dates: 18-29 April, 2016;
Registration: 25 March-24 April, 2016;
Prize fund: 2,000 USD;
Winners and reward: 20 best traders get 100 USD each (not withdrawable*);
Requirement for getting a prize: the initial deposit has to be increased by at least 30%.

Terms of the contest:
  • free participation;
  • trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
  • initial deposit: 100 USD;
  • leverage: 1:500;
  • locking: allowed;
  • EAs: allowed;
  • maximum number of orders opened at a time (including pending orders): 100;
  • minimum trades quantity: 10;
  • trading instruments: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURGBP, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, GBPCAD, GBPAUD, GBPSGD, EURCHF, EURAUD, EURJPY, EURCAD, EURNZD, EURSEK, EURDKK, EURTRY, EURNOK, EURPLN, EURHKD, AUDCAD, AUDJPY, AUDCHF, AUDNZD, CADJPY, CADCHF, CHFJPY, NZDCHF, NZDCAD, NZDJPY, NZDSGD, XAUUSD, XAGUSD, SGDJPY, USDTRY, USDHKD, USDSGD, USDPLN, HKDJPY, NOKJPY, NOKSEK, USDMXN, USDRUB, USDSEK, USDNOK, USDDKK, USDCNH, #AUS200, #ESX50, #FCHI, #GDAXIm, #NDXm, #WS30m, #NDX, #SPXm, #WS30, #UK100, #GDAXI, #SPX, #J225, XBRUSD, XTIUSD, XNGUSD.

* Please note that 100 USD are not withdrawable and can only be used as a participation fee to join Forex Finals competition. To take part in the contest, you will have to transfer the prize money to your live STP account. Use this partner’s link to open a live STP account (USD account currency). Agent’s code is 600022. Leave the application message with your trading account number and your nickname in this Registration forum thread. The profit exceeding the initial deposit of 100 USD can be withdrawn at the end of any "Forex Finals" tour.

Useful Links:
  1. Forex School (April) thread in ForexСup forum;
  2. Forex Finals contest description and terms;
  3. Forex Finals thread in ForexСup forum;
  4. ForexCup Facebook;
  5. ForexCup Twitter.
 
Forex Finals Tour XI: Penultimate Stage – Penultimate Chance to Get $5,000 PAMM ECN

ForexCup as an organizer and FXOpen as a sponsor of Forex Finals regular tournament are delighted to see that interest in the live account contest remains keen and deep. Tour X has gathered as many as 123 traders who knew that rivalry can be rewarding both morally and financially.

Speaking about the reward, let us announce and congratulate the most outstanding trader of the past Tour X. Vitalik99 (Belarus) wins the stage with the profit of 260.19% and gets PAMM ECN 1,000 USD and 25 points. We are glad to remind you that this is the second time our winner has topped the list of leaders. He beat the rivals in Tour VI as well, which makes him the owner of two PAMM accounts. Congratulations!

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The other best traders are worth to be announced, too. Find them below:
  1. Vitalik99 (Belarus): profit – 260.19%, balance –360.19 USD, prize – PAMM ECN 1,000 USD+25 points;
  2. Mendy (Ukraine): profit – 233.24%, balance – 333.24 USD, prize – 200 USD+18 points;
  3. MIXAILOV (Latvia): profit – 222.91%, balance – 322.91 USD, prize – 100 USD+15 points;
  4. Milady (Ukraine): profit – 195.50%, balance –295.50 USD, prize – 50 USD+12 points;
  5. Marsik (Russia): profit – 157.03%, balance – 257.03 USD, prize – 50 USD+10 points.
So, the penultimate Tour XI of Forex Finals is ahead. The rules are the same as usual, but we will still remind them to you.

What you should know about Tour XI:

1. Key dates: April 11-May 6, 2016;
2. Prize fund: 1,400 USD;
3. Winners` reward:

1 place – PAMM STP-account with 1,000 USD (the account may be closed after 3 months of trading with minimum 120 trades);
2 place – 200 USD (will be deposited on the competition account, withdrawal is possible after 20 trades);
3 place – 100 USD (will be deposited on the competition account, withdrawal is possible after 20 trades);
4 place – 50 USD (will be deposited on the competition account, withdrawal is possible after 20 trades);
5 place – 50 USD (will be deposited on the competition account, withdrawal is possible after 20 trades).

4. Initial deposit: 100 USD on STP account;
5. Trading restrictions: none. Any trading instruments available on FXOpen STP accounts, any trading strategies, Advisors (AEA, MEA, etc.) and any other standard MT4 software applications are permitted;
6. Registration: is open from March 29 and throughout the contest. One-time registration saves you the trouble of signing in again if you already participated in one of the previous Forex Finals tours.


What is Forex Finals?

Forex Finals is a long-term regular Forex contest on live accounts. It`s main goal is to find excellent PAMM Providers and reward them with PAMM accounts. The main winner upon completing the last Tour XII (determined by the number of the points scored following the results of all the tours he or she participated in) will be awarded a PAMM ECN with a 5,000 USD deposit. The total tournament prize fund exceeds $13,000!

ATTENTION! There`s a good way to get into the next Forex Finals tour for free. Get registered in our Forex School demo contest, practice your Forex trading skills and be among 20 traders who get automatically admitted to the following Tour XII of Forex Finals (May 16 - June 10).

Useful links:

  1. Forex Finals description and terms;
  2. Forex Finals thread in ForexCup forum;
  3. Forex Finals Tour XI thread in ForexCup forum;
  4. Forex School (April);
  5. Forex School (April) thread in ForexСup forum;
  6. ForexCup Facebook;
  7. ForexCup Twitter;
  8. ForexCup Google+.
 
Open FXOpen PAMM and Import Trading History from your FXOpen and Myfxbook Trading Accounts
FXOpen never ceases to improve its PAMM service by introducing new features for better performancе. The latest updates relate to the history of trading operations.

Now when creating a PAMM account as a Master you can import your past trading history from another account. Account equity, gain, drawdown and other PAMM account statistics will be calculated and displayed on performance charts as if you have been trading on a PAMM account from the start.

This feature will help you showcase your trading experience to potential Followers at the early stages of setting up a PAMM account.

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Trading history can be uploaded from another FXOpen account by specifying the account number or from Myfxbook by entering a private link to your Myfxbook profile on the PAMM account opening form.

Find more about how to open a PAMM Account and become a PAMM Master here.

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E-mail: [email protected]
Live Chat (24/5)
 
May Course at “Forex School”: Good Chance to Get into “Forex Finals” for Free
Novice traders have found our new trading contest “Forex School” to their taste. About 600 people have enrolled for a short 10-day course in Forex trading. On April 29, we will find out the names of the lucky 20 to be allowed to take “Forex Finals” with no participation fee (the winners will have 100 USD credited to their live account by the sponsoring broker FXOpen).

“Forex School (May)” is a new demo contest designed for beginners to learn Forex trading and practice their skills in a competitive environment. Upon the completion, 20 most brilliant students will be able to participate in the live account tournament “Forex Finals, Tour XII” (May 16 - June 10) for free.

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ENROLL!

Duration: May 9-20, 2016;
Registration: April 25-May 13, 2016;
Prize fund: 2,000 USD;
Winners and reward: 20 best traders win 100 USD* each, and thus get into Forex Finals, Tour XII for free. Please note that to be eligible for the prize, you have to increase the initial deposit by at least 30% and make minimum 10 trades.

Terms of the contest:

free participation;
trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
initial deposit: 100 USD;
leverage: 1:500;
locking: allowed;
EAs: allowed;
maximum number of orders opened at a time (including pending orders): 100;
minimum trades quantity to be eligible for the prize: 10;
trading instruments: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURGBP, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, GBPCAD, GBPAUD, GBPSGD, EURCHF, EURAUD, EURJPY, EURCAD, EURNZD, EURSEK, EURDKK, EURTRY, EURNOK, EURPLN, EURHKD, AUDCAD, AUDJPY, AUDCHF, AUDNZD, CADJPY, CADCHF, CHFJPY, NZDCHF, NZDCAD, NZDJPY, NZDSGD, XAUUSD, XAGUSD, SGDJPY, USDTRY, USDHKD, USDSGD, USDPLN, HKDJPY, NOKJPY, NOKSEK, USDMXN, USDRUB, USDSEK, USDNOK, USDDKK, USDCNH, #AUS200, #ESX50, #FCHI, #GDAXIm, #NDXm, #WS30m, #NDX, #SPXm, #WS30, #UK100, #GDAXI, #SPX, #J225, XBRUSD, XTIUSD, XNGUSD.

JOIN!

* Please note that 100 USD are not withdrawable and can only be used as a participation fee to join Forex Finals competition. To take part in the contest, you will have to transfer this sum of money to your live STP-account (use the prize money you get if you`re one of the Forex School winners or make an initial deposit from your funds). Use this partner’s link to open a live STP-account (USD account currency). Agent’s code is 600022. Leave the application message with your trading account number and your nickname in this Registration forum thread. The profit exceeding the initial deposit of 100 USD can be withdrawn at the end of any "Forex Finals" tour.

If you don`t know what strategy to use in the competition, visit ForexCup Education section to find some useful Forex trading tips.

Useful Links:

Forex School (May) thread in ForexСup forum;
Forex Finals contest description and terms;
Forex Finals thread in ForexСup forum;
ForexCup Facebook;
ForexCup Twitter.
 
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Dear clients,

Please note that due to the celebration of May Day in the UK on Monday, May 2, UK100 Index will not be available for trading. The rest of the indices will have normal trading hours.
FXOpen strongly recommends considering this information and thanks you for your support.

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FXOpen is pleased to announce that we have expanded the range of our trading instruments. From May 3, 2016 the broker begins supporting the Ethereum cryptocurrency and introduces two new currency pairs: ETH/USD and ETH/BTC.

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