Countdown to French election - volatility and margin changes
Dear Client,
We’re writing to remind you that the second and final round of the French election takes place on Sunday, 7th May. Regardless of the outcome, we’re expecting heightened volatility in the build-up and aftermath.
Temporary margin changes
To help provide an extra layer of protection for our clients, we’ve decided to change our margin requirements for a small number of markets that we believe may be sensitive to the French election. From Thursday 4th May at 23:59 GMT, until 23:59 GMT on Monday 8th May, the following margins will be affected:
- Wording of comment no.1 will be changed,
Wording after amendments:
Financial instruments should be recognized as currency financial instruments (except: EURUSD, EURUSD., EURUSD.., EURUSD+, EURJPY, EURJPY., EURJPY.., EURJPY+, EURGBP, EURGBP., EURGBP.., EURGBP+, EURAUD, EURAUD., EURAUD.., EURAUD+, EURCAD, EURCAD., EURCAD.., EURCAD+, USDCHF, USDCHF., USDCHF.., USDCHF+, EURCHF, EURCHF., EURCHF.., EURCHF+, GBPCHF, GBPCHF., GBPCHF.., GBPCHF+, AUDCHF, AUDCHF., AUDCHF..,AUDCHF+, CADCHF, CADCHF., CADCHF.., CADCHF+, CHFJPY, CHFJPY., CHFJPY.., CHFJPY+, CHFPLN, CHFPLN., CHFPLN.., CHFPLN+, CHFHUF, CHFHUF., CHFHUF.., CHFHUF+, USDBRL, USDBRL., USDBRL.., USDBRL+, EURCZK, EURCZK., EURCZK.., EURCZK+, USDCZK, USDCZK., USDCZK.., USDCZK+), instruments based on interest rates: TNOTE, TNOTE., TNOTE.., TNOTE+, BUND10Y, BUND10Y., BUND10Y.., BUND10Y+, SCHATZ2Y, SCHATZ2Y., SCHATZ2Y.., SCHATZ2Y+ as well as instruments which price is based on market value of troyounce of gold: GOLD, GOLDs, GOLDs., XAUUSD, XAUUSD.., GOLDs+
- Wording of comment no.2 will be changed, by removing UK100, UK.100, DE30, ITA40, EU50, FRA40.
Wording after amendments:
Margin collected at opening transactions referred to the following instruments: US30, US.30, US.30., US.30.., US.30+,US100, US.100, US.100., US.100.., US.100+,US500, US.500, US.500., US.500.., US.500+
- Wording of comment no.3 will be changed, by adding UK100, UK.100, DE30, ITA40, EU50, EURUSD, EURJPY, EURGBP, EURAUD, EURCAD .
Wording after amendments:
Margin collected at opening transactions referred to the following instruments: UK100, UK.100, UK.100., UK.100.., UK.100+, DE30, DE.30, DE.30., DE.30.., DE.30+, ITA40, ITA .40, ITA .40., ITA.40.., ITA.40+. EU50, EU.50, EU.50., EU.50.., EU.50+, CZKCASH, CZKCASH., CZKCASH.., CZKCASH+,US2000, US2000., US2000.., US2000+, VOLX, VOLX., VOLX.., VOLX+, SUI20, SUI20., SUI20.., SUI20+, RUS50, RUS50., RUS50.., RUS50+,HUNComp, HUNComp., HUNComp..,HUNComp+,BRAComp, BRAComp., BRAComp..,BRAComp+,MEXComp, MEXComp., MEXComp.., MEXComp+,JAP225, JAP225., JAP225.., JAP225+,HKComp, HKComp., HKComp..,HKComp+,CHNComp, CHNComp., CHNComp..,CHNComp+, KOSP200, KOSP200., KOSP200.., KOSP200+, INDIA50, INDIA50., INDIA50.., INDIA50+, AUS200, AUS200., AUS200.., AUS200+, NED25, NED25., NED25.., NED25+, EURUSD, EURUSD., EURUSD.., EURUSD+, EURJPY, EURJPY., EURJPY.., EURJPY+, EURGBP, EURGBP., EURGBP.., EURGBP+, EURAUD, EURAUD., EURAUD.., EURAUD+, EURCAD, EURCAD., EURCAD.., EURCAD+, USDCHF, USDCHF., USDCHF.., USDCHF+, EURCHF, EURCHF., EURCHF.., EURCHF+, GBPCHF, GBPCHF., GBPCHF.., GBPCHF+, AUDCHF, AUDCHF., AUDCHF.., AUDCHF+, CADCHF, CADCHF., CADCHF.., CADCHF+, CHFJPY, CHFJPY., CHFJPY.., CHFJPY+, CHFPLN, CHFPLN., CHFPLN.., CHFPLN+, CHFHUF, CHFHUF., CHFHUF.., CHFHUF+
- Wording of comment no.4 will be changed, by adding FRA40, FRA.40, FRA .40., FRA.40.., FRA.40+
Wording after amendments:
Margin collected at opening transactions referred to the following instruments: FRA40, FRA.40, FRA .40., FRA.40.., FRA.40+, W20, W.20, W.20., W.20.., W.20+,SILVER, SILVERs, SILVERs., SILVERs+, XAGUSD, XAGUSD.., PLATINUM, PLATINUM., PLATINUM.., PLATINUM+, COPPER, COPPER., COPPER.., COPPER+, ALUMINUM, ALUMINIUM., ALUMINIUM.., ALUMINIUM+, ZINC, ZINC., ZINC.., ZINC+, NICKEL, NICKEL., NICKEL.., NICKEL+,OIL, OILs, OILs., OILs.., OILs+, OIL.WTI, OIL.WTI., OIL.WTI.., OIL.WTI+, NATGAS, NATGAS., NATGAS.., NATGAS+, CORN, CORN., CORN.., CORN+, SOYBEAN, SOYBEAN., SOYBEAN.., SOYBEAN+, WHEAT, WHEAT., WHEAT.., WHEAT+, SUGAR, SUGARs, SUGARs., SUGARs..,SUGARs+,COTTON, COTTONs, COTTONs., COTTONs.., COTTONs+, COFFEE, COFFEE., COFFEE.., COFFEE+, EMISS, EMISS., EMISS.., EMISS+, COCOA, COCOA., COCOA.., COCOA+,SPA35, SPA.35, SPA.35., SPA.35.., SPA.35+, POR20, POR20., POR20.., POR20+,USDBRL, USDBRL., USDBRL.., USDBRL+
- Margin of the following shares will be changed:
AKRX.US - from 50% to 25%
PTEC.UK - from 50% to 10%
ABG.ES - from 10 % to 100%
In addition to the above we will be removing instruments from our offer such us KESBV.FI, SE.US, MENT.US, LLTC.US, EQY.US, CSC.US , and the following will be available for close-only mode; MS.US, ABG.ES
Please be aware if you are trading on our MT4 platform, and have open positions in any of the above instruments, additional margin will be collected from your account to cover the increase in margin.
If you have any questions or enquiries, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our customer support team at ukservice@xtb.co.uk or call us on +44 20 3695 3085.
The XTB UK team
