Notice

Indices Swaps – Adjustment

Dear Client,

The following table shows the overnight swaps of the Indices CFDs subject to adjustment. The changes are caused by ex-dividend of constituent stocks in certain indices on a certain date.

Symbols Indices Date Long Swap (Pips) Short Swap (Pips)
FRA40 French CAC 40 Spot Index (CFD) 2024-10-14 +19.07 -24.25

Note:

  1. Pips refers to the smallest price movement of Index.
    For example, if HK50 price is 28,380.8, since the smallest price movement is 0.1, “1 pip” is the price movement of 0.1.
  2. The swaps will be calculated at the end of day, which is at 00:00 platform time. Clients are advised to closely monitor your open positions and maintain sufficient margin for the special overnight indices’ swaps charged.
  3. The values provided are received from liquidity providers (LP) and are subject to omissions or errors. If there is any change, the final values is subject to the trading platform.

ATFX will update the swaps at around 6:00PM (GMT+8). Clients can also view the swap information under the Product Specifications section of the MT4 platform.

If you require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us, thank you.

 

Regards,

ATFX

ATFX Trading Schedule for the end of Daylight-Saving Time 2024 in Europe and US

Due to the end of the Daylight-Saving Time in Europe region on October 27, 2024 (Sunday), the trading hours of the below instrument is subject to change, with effect from October 28, 2024 (Monday) to November 2, 2024 (Saturday). Please refer to the table below for the trading schedule during the period.

Indices Trading Hours (Mon-Thu) Trading Hours (Fri)
ESP35 11:01-21:59 11:01-21:59
EU50 10:01-23:59 10:01-23:55
FRA40 10:01-23:59 10:01-23:55
IT40 10:01-23:59 10:01-23:55
Shares Trading Hours (Mon-Thu) Trading Hours (Fri)
German Shares 11:03-19:29 11:03-19:29
France Shares 11:03-19:29 11:03-19:29

Noted: The times mentioned above are MT4 Server time GMT+3. The above schedule may be subject to change without prior notice.

 

MT4/MT5 Server Time Zone Switches to GMT+2

In addition, US Daylight Saving time will end on November 3, 2024 (Sunday). ATFX will switch MT4/MT5 server time from GMT+3 to GMT+2 with effect from the market opening on November 4, 2024 (Monday). The changing of server time should not affect your open positions. Please find the updated trading hours of instruments as below:

Products Trading Hours (Mon-Thu) Trading Hours (Fri)
Forex 00:05-23:59,

00:01-23:59

00:01-23:55
Metals 01:01-23:59 01:01-23:55
Cryptocurrencies 00:05-23:59,

00:01-23:59

00:01-23:55
Energies Trading Hours (Mon-Thu) Trading Hours (Fri)
USOIL 01:01-23:59 01:01-23:55
UKOIL 03:01-23:59 03:01-23:55
Natural Gas Futures 01:01-23:59 01:01-23:55
Shares Trading Hours (Mon-Thu) Trading Hours (Fri)
US Shares 16:33-22:59 16:33-22:59
German Shares 10:03-18:29 10:03-18:29
France Shares 10:03-18:29 10:03-18:29
HK Shares 03:35-06:00,

07:01-09:55

03:35-06:00,

07:01-09:55

Indices Trading Hours (Mon-Thu) Trading Hours (Fri)
CHI50 03:01-10:30,

11:01-22:29

03:01-10:30,

11:01-22:29

HK50 03:16-06:00,

07:01-10:30,

11:16-20:59

03:16-06:00,

07:01-10:30,

11:16-20:59

HKCH50 03:16-06:00,

07:01-10:30,

11:16-20:59

03:16-06:00,

07:01-10:30,

11:16-20:59

AUS200 01:05-07:30,

08:11-21:55

01:05-07:30,

08:11-21:55

ESP35 10:01-20:59 10:01-20:59
EU50 09:01-22:59 09:01-22:59
FRA40 09:01-22:59 09:01-22:59
IT40 09:01-22:59 09:01-22:59
GER30 03:16-23:15,

23:31-23:55

03:16-23:15
UK100 03:05-23:15,

23:31-23:55

03:05-23:15
JP225 01:05-23:55 01:05-23:55
US30 01:05-23:55 01:05-23:55
NAS100 01:05-23:55 01:05-23:55
SPX500 01:05-23:55 01:05-23:55
US2000 01:05-23:55 01:05-23:55
USDX_DEC24 03:01-23:59 03:01-23:55

Noted: The times mentioned above are MT4 Server time GMT+2. The above schedule may be subject to change without prior notice.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

 

Sincerely,

ATFX

Upcoming Share ETF CFD Corporate Actions and Price Adjustments

Dear clients,

The following table is the information on upcoming dates of ex-dividend or other corporate actions for the underlying stocks of our Share ETF CFD.

Symbol Company Ex-Dividend Date Dividend
#MA Mastercard, Inc.(CFD) 09-10-2024 0.4620 USD
#T AT&T Inc.(CFD) 10-10-2024 0.1943 USD
#ORCL Oracle Corporation(CFD) 10-10-2024 0.2800 USD
#DAL Delta Air Lines Inc(CFD) 10-10-2024 0.1050 USD
#VZ Verizon Communications Inc(CFD) 10-10-2024 0.4743 USD

Please note that the dividend or price adjustment amounts listed are provided for reference by our Liquidity Provider only. These figures are subject to change.

Clients who hold CFD stocks or ETFs until the ex-dividend date listed below will receive or be charged dividends if they buy or sell CFD shares or ETFs respectively. Dividends will not be received or charged on or after the ex-dividend date.

Clients who hold buy/long CFD shares or ETFs may receive dividends calculated as follows:
Dividend received = Share Dividend declared x no. of CFD shares in long position

Clients who hold sell/short CFD shares or ETFs may be charged dividends calculated as follows:
Dividend charged = Share Dividend declared x no. of CFD shares in short position

Note: The dividends will be paid or charged on the ex-dividend date in your trading account.

 

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

 

Sincerely,

ATFX

Futures CFDs Contract Expiry Notification, Oct 2024

Dear Clients,

Please note the following Futures CFDs will be expiring during the month of Oct 2024.

Products Name Contract Month Symbols First Trading Date Expiry Date Last Trading Time
US WTI Crude Oil Futures Nov-2024 USOIL.NOV24 2024-09-16 2024-10-18 23:54
US Natural Gas Futures Nov-2024 NGAS.NOV24 2024-09-20 2024-10-25 23:54
UK BRENT Crude Oil Futures Dec-2024 UKOIL.DEC24 2024-09-24 2024-10-29 23:54

Notice: Open positions on the expiration dates will be closed at the market settlement price. All pending orders that are associated with the expiring contracts will be cancelled.

New Futures CFDs contracts will be available for trading as below schedule:

Products Name Contract Month Symbols First Trading Date First Trading time Expiry Date
US WTI Crude Oil Futures Dec-2024 USOIL.DEC24 2024-10-16 01:01 2024-11-18
US Natural Gas Futures Dec-2024 NGAS.DEC24 2024-10-23 01:01 2024-11-22
UK BRENT Crude Oil Futures Jan-2025 UKOIL.JAN25 2024-10-25 03:01 2024-11-27

Notice: The times mentioned above are Server time GMT+3. If the above information has changes, the final information will be subjected to the trading platform.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Thank you very much for your kind attention!

Sincerely,

ATFX

Indices Swaps – Adjustment

Dear Client,

The following table shows the overnight swaps of the Indices CFDs subject to adjustment. The changes are caused by ex-dividend of constituent stocks in certain indices on a certain date.

Symbols Indices Date Long Swap (Pips) Short Swap (Pips)
ESP35 Spain IBEX35 Spot Index (CFD) 2024-10-07 +317.36 -324.26
US30 US Dow Jones 30 Spot Index (CFD) 2024-10-09 +10.09 -34.36
CHI50 FTSE China A50 Spot Index (CFD) 2024-10-09 +86.50 -95.75

Note:

  1. Pips refers to the smallest price movement of Index.
    For example, if HK50 price is 28,380.8, since the smallest price movement is 0.1, “1 pip” is the price movement of 0.1.
  2. The swaps will be calculated at the end of day, which is at 00:00 platform time. Clients are advised to closely monitor your open positions and maintain sufficient margin for the special overnight indices’ swaps charged.
  3. The values provided are received from liquidity providers (LP) and are subject to omissions or errors. If there is any change, the final values is subject to the trading platform.

ATFX will update the swaps at around 6:00PM (GMT+8). Clients can also view the swap information under the Product Specifications section of the MT4 platform.

If you require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us, thank you.

 

Regards,

ATFX

Upcoming Share ETF CFD Corporate Actions and Price Adjustments

Dear clients,

The following table is the information on upcoming dates of ex-dividend or other corporate actions for the underlying stocks of our Share ETF CFD.

Symbol Company Ex-Dividend Date Dividend
#CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.(CFD) 02-10-2024 0.2800 USD
#CMCSA Comcast Corp(CFD) 02-10-2024 0.2170 USD
#JPM JP Morgan Chase & Co.(CFD) 04-10-2024 0.8750 USD
#BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company(CFD) 04-10-2024 0.4200 USD
#AXP American Express Company(CFD) 04-10-2024 0.4900 USD

Please note that the dividend or price adjustment amounts listed are provided for reference by our Liquidity Provider only. These figures are subject to change.

Clients who hold CFD stocks or ETFs until the ex-dividend date listed below will receive or be charged dividends if they buy or sell CFD shares or ETFs respectively. Dividends will not be received or charged on or after the ex-dividend date.

Clients who hold buy/long CFD shares or ETFs may receive dividends calculated as follows:
Dividend received = Share Dividend declared x no. of CFD shares in long position

Clients who hold sell/short CFD shares or ETFs may be charged dividends calculated as follows:
Dividend charged = Share Dividend declared x no. of CFD shares in short position

Note: The dividends will be paid or charged on the ex-dividend date in your trading account.

 

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

 

Sincerely,

ATFX

SONY Group Corp Share Split Announcement

Dear Clients,

Sony Group Corp. announced its 5-for-1 share split will take place after market close on OCT 8th. This means every 1 share of SONY Group Corp. held by investors will be split to 5 shares. Meantime, the share price of #SONY will be adjusted to one fifth.

As the CFD product #SONY provided by ATFX is derived from the Exchange-traded stock SONY Group Corp., the product’s price will also undergo the share split rule.

Symbol Product Corporate Action Date
#SONY Sony Group Corp. CFD 5-for-1 share split 8 OCT 2024

 

The example below describes how #NVDA 10-for-1 share split affects current holding position.

Type Volume (Lot) Open price Trade date
Buy 100 93.49 Before 8 Oct 2024 market close
Buy 500 18.70 After 8 Oct 2024 market close

 

Type Volume (Lot) Open price Trade date
Sell 100 93.49 Before 8 Oct 2024 market close
Sell 500 18.70 After 8 Oct 2024 market close

Note:

  1. All pending orders Take Profit/Stop loss/Buy Limit/Sell Limit/Buy Stop/Sell Stop will be DELETED on 7 June 2024 after market closed.
  2. In order to ensure the price stability after the share split and to avoid affecting clients’ transactions, the start trading time of #SONY will be delayed by 5 minutes on 10 June 2024. It means the trading time start from 16:38 MT4 system time!!

 

Please feel free to contact us via email: cs.gm@atfx.com or call: 400-1200-143 if you have any questions.

 

Sincerely,

ATFX

Australia Start of Daylight-Saving Time

Dear Clients,

We would like to inform you that due to Australia start of Daylight-Saving Time on October 6th 2024, trading hours of related instruments will be affected start from October 7th 2024 (Monday). Please find the trading schedule as below:

Products Trading Hours (Mon-Fri) Trading Break (Mon-Fri)
AUS200 02:05-08:30, 09:11-22:59 08:31-09:10, 23:00-02:04

Noted: The times mentioned above are MT4/5 Server time GMT+3.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Thank you very much for your kind attention.

Sincerely,

ATFX

Indices Swaps – Adjustment

Dear Client,

The following table shows the overnight swaps of the Indices CFDs subject to adjustment. The changes are caused by ex-dividend of constituent stocks in certain indices on a certain date.

Symbols Indices Date Long Swap (Pips) Short Swap (Pips)
US2000 Russell 2000 Spot Index (CFD) 2024-09-27 +1.27 -6.49
US30 US Dow Jones 30 Spot Index (CFD) 2024-10-01 -8.15 -16.13
NAS100 US NASDAQ 100 Spot Index (CFD) 2024-10-01 +7.34 -28.83
US30 US Dow Jones 30 Spot Index (CFD) 2024-10-03 +47.70 -71.97
SPX500 US S&P 500 Spot Index (CFD) 2024-10-03 -8.36 -6.37

Note:

  1. Pips refers to the smallest price movement of Index.
    For example, if HK50 price is 28,380.8, since the smallest price movement is 0.1, “1 pip” is the price movement of 0.1.
  2. The swaps will be calculated at the end of day, which is at 00:00 platform time. Clients are advised to closely monitor your open positions and maintain sufficient margin for the special overnight indices’ swaps charged.
  3. The values provided are received from liquidity providers (LP) and are subject to omissions or errors. If there is any change, the final values is subject to the trading platform.

ATFX will update the swaps at around 6:00PM (GMT+8). Clients can also view the swap information under the Product Specifications section of the MT4 platform.

If you require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us, thank you.

 

Regards,

ATFX

ATFX Trading Schedule during Market Holidays in October 2024

Due to the upcoming national holiday China National Day and Chinese Chung Yeung Festival, the following instruments are subject to change. Please see the table below for the trading schedule.

Product 1/10/2024 (Tue) 2/10/2024 (Wed) 11/10/2024 (Fri) 14/10/2024 (Mon)
HK50 Market Closed Normal Market Closed Normal
HKCH50 Market Closed Normal Market Closed Normal
HK Stocks CFD Market Closed Normal Market Closed Normal

Noted: The times mentioned above are MT4 Server time GMT+3. The above schedule may be subject to change without prior notice.

Risk disclosure: Before and after long holidays there is often a lack of liquidity on all financial instruments. This may lead to the widening of spreads, potential gapping and creates uncertainty in the markets. We advise that all clients should closely monitor their account situation and make sure you have sufficient margin in your account at all times.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

 

Happy trading,

ATFX