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Dear Customer,

We are writing to inform you that we’re changing the way maximum limits for Cryptocurrencies are calculated, increasing margin requirements on certain instruments, making further upgrades to our Cryptocurrency CFD markets, and some other minor changes to our offer.

Please see below a full detailed list of all the changes in force from Saturday 9th September

- Our Cryptocurrency CFD markets will be open almost 24/7, meaning you can trade them over weekends.

New Trading Hours for Crypto CFDs

Bitcoin (BTCUSD) - 24hrs from Saturday 3am to Friday 9pm (BST)

Ethereum (ETHUSD) - 24hrs from Saturday 3am to Friday 9pm (BST)

Ripple (XRPUSD) - 24hrs from Saturday 3am to Friday 9pm (BST)

Litecoin (LTCUSD) - 24hrs from Saturday 3am to Friday 9pm (BST)

Dash (DSHUSD) - 24hrs from Saturday 3am to Friday 9pm (BST)

Table of Specification

In relation to the changes highlighted previously the following instrument specification comments will be affected:

- Change of comment no 21 (Section Forex, Indices and Commodities) as follows:

21. POR20, POR20., POR20.., POR20+ instruments will be available only in "close only" mode.

- Change of comment no 2 (Section Cryptocurrencies) as follows:

2. The maximum amount of Client involvement in Open Positions (either long or short) on BTCUSD, ETHUSD, XRPUSD, LTCUSD and DSHUSD on the Account may not exceed 100000 EUR, 75000 EUR, 30000 EUR, 30000 EUR, 30000 EUR (or equivalents in account's currency) respectively.

Following instruments have been removed from XTB's offer:

INDIA50,

INDIA50.,

INDIA50..,

INDIA50+

We will be making the following new instruments available for trading:

AABA.US
ABCO.US
AMD.US
ANDV.US
ASC.UK
CLNX.ES
CPN.US
CSIQ.US
DNP.PL
EZU.US
FERG.UK
GSM.US
OCLR.US
PF.US
PLY.PL
REMX.US
SAY.ES
SFM.US
SGRE.ES
SLA.UK
VRTU.US
WIX.US
WPM.US
ZAL.DE

We will also be increasing the margins for the following:

SMSN.UK   from 15% to 40%
STX.US      from 10% to 20%
QEP.US      from 15% to 20%
PKX.US      from 25% to 40%

The following have been moved to close only mode:

GAM.ES
SLW.US
DOW.US
MBLY.US

The following have been removed from XTB’s offer:

ADN.UK
ASC.UK
ASR.IT
ATLN.CH
BHI.US
CBSH.US
CLS1.DE
CSAL.US
CST.US
ELTA.UK
ENG.PL
EQY.US
FORTUNA.CZ
GXP.US
HGG.UK
HIW.US
IDA.US
IMG.UK
JNS.US
KATE.US
LRD.UK
MAU.FR
MJN.US
OFC.US
OGE.US
PEGAS.CZ
PGS.NO
PNM.US
PNRA.US
POP.ES
RAI.US
SHLD.US
SL.UK
SSS.US
SVI.UK
TCB.US
TSO.US
VAL.US
WNR.US
WOS.UK
WR.US
WRI.US
YHOO.US
 

View the new margin table with the changes highlighted above updated in force from 9th September here.

On the day of implementation, any open trades you have will be affected in the following way:

xStation - there will be no effect on current margins, only new trades will be affected.
MT4 - your  position margin will be recalculated and any leverage reduction could affect your open trades. Please make every effort to review your open trades and cash balance to ensure they are unlikely to reach our Margin Stop Out Level of 30%.
 

If you have any questions about these changes, 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.

Kind regards,
The XTB UK team

Dear Clients,

Please see below events that could affect your trading for the next week:

Rollovers:

05.09 – Tuesday –JAP225

07.09 – Thursday – SUGAR, RUS50, US30, US100, US500, US2000

Due to national holidays, trading on the following instruments will be cancelled:

04.09 – Monday – CORN, WHEAT, SOYBEAN, COTTONs, COFFEE, COCOA, SUGARs, VOLX

07.09 – Thursday – BRAComp

Due to national holidays, trading on the following instruments will be limited:

04.09 – Monday  - US30, US100, US500, US2000, TNOTE, NATGAS, OIL.WTI, GOLDs, SILVERs, PLATINUM - trading hours to 19:00

OILs - trading hours to 19:30

Dividends Cash Indices (paid in cash):

05.09 – Tuesday – US100.cash,US500.cash

06.09 – Wednesday – US30.cash, US100.cash, US500.cash, UK100.cash, EU50.cash

07.09 – Thursday – US500.cash

08.09 – Friday – US500.cash

Corporate actions for Equity CFD and ETF CFD announced until 1st September 2017.

Dividends Equity CFD (paid in cash):

04.09 – Monday – ENC.ES

05.09 – Tuesday – RRTL.DE

06.09 – Wednesday – BFB.US, BME.ES, CCC.PL, MOS.US, PTEN.US, ROST.US, TER.US

07.09 – Thursday – ADI.US, ADM.UK, ADP.US, AGK.UK, ANTM.US, ANTO.UK, BDX.US, BHP.US, BIG.US, BLT.UK, CAPC.UK, CBS.US, CBSH.US, CME.US, COH.US, CRH.UK, DKS.US, EAT.US, ELM.UK, FAF.US, FCPT.UK, FHN.US, GFTU.UK, GLEN.UK, GM.US, GME.US, GPC.US, GRG.UK, HRS.US, IPF.UK, IR.US, JKHY.US, KMB.US, LANC.US, LAND.UK, MGGT.UK, PAGE.UK, PEG.US, PHNX.UK, PPL.US, PX.US, RSA.UK, SHP.UK, SLA.UK, SQM.US, SVS.UK, TGNA.US, TRV.US, UBM.UK, UNH.US, VFC.US, WM.US, WMB.US, WR.US, WRI.US, WY.US

08.09 – Friday – CDK.US, CHS.US, CNO.US, ESV.US, FDX.US, KSU.US, OXY.US, SCG.US

On Monday 4th September there will be no trading on Equity CFDs based on US equities (Labor day).

Please be aware that CA (dividends, rights issues, spin offs and splits) are announced on daily basis and may not be included in the above schedule.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

XTB Team

Dear Clients,

Today, there is a change of delivery date for BUND10Y and SCHATZ2Y instruments. Clients who have open positions will be credited or debited with proper swap points amounts.

These are:

- BUND10Y 287 swap points for long position; -287 swap points for short position

- SCHATZ2Y 11 swap points for long position; -11 swap points for short position

In order to check the dates when rollovers will apply you can visit our rollover table.

Should you have any question do not hesitate to contact us.

XTB Team

Dear Clients,

Today, at the end of trading day BUND10Y and SCHATZ2Y underlying instruments will change their delivery dates. Current difference between prices of futures with consecutive delivery terms is:

- BUND10Y approx. -2.88 index points

- SCHATZ2Y approx. -0.11 index points

It means that if nothing occurs between today's closing and tomorrow’s opening, open price for BUND10Y and SCHATZ2Y should be lower.

Change of position value connected with base change will be corrected by swap points equal to base value. Clients with limit and stop orders close to current price are kindly requested to adjust their position to changes in base value. Otherwise stop and limit orders will be executed according to standard procedure.

In order to check the dates when rollovers will apply you can visit our rollover table.

Should you have any question do not hesitate to contact us.

XTB Team

Dear Clients,

Today, there is a change of delivery date for TNOTE instruments. Clients who have open positions will be credited or debited with proper swap points amounts.

These are:

- TNOTE 25 swap points for long position; -25 swap points for short position

In order to check the dates when rollovers will apply you can visit our rollover table.

Should you have any question do not hesitate to contact us.

XTB Team

Dear Client,

Today, at the end of trading day TNOTE underlying instrument will change their delivery dates. Current difference between prices of futures with consecutive delivery terms is:

- TNOTE approx. -0.25 USD

It means that if nothing occurs between today's closing and tomorrow’s opening, open price for TNOTE should be lower.

Change of position value connected with base change will be corrected by swap points equal to base value. Clients with limit and stop orders close to current price are kindly requested to adjust their position to changes in base value. Otherwise stop and limit orders will be executed according to standard procedure.

In order to check the dates when rollovers will apply you can visit our rollover table.

Should you have any question do not hesitate to contact us.

XTB Team