Summary:
To manage market risk, from January 23, 2026, new positions before the Friday close will have a leverage limit of 1:200. This applies to Forex and metals.
To effectively manage market risk while minimizing the impact on normal trading activities, we will be adjusting the trading restrictions applied before the Friday market close. The details are outlined below:
As market liquidity typically declines and volatility tends to increase ahead of the Friday market close, we are optimizing our existing trading restriction measures to better balance risk management and trading flexibility.
(Effective from January 23, 2026, MT time UTC+2)
Before the adjustment:
During the 2 hours prior to the Friday market close, only position closing was allowed, and opening new positions was restricted.
After the adjustment:
During the 30 minutes prior to the Friday market close (23:30–23:59 MT time, UTC+2), the maximum leverage for newly opened positions will be temporarily adjusted to 1:200.
This adjustment applies only to new positions opened during the specified restriction period;
Positions opened outside of this period will not be affected;
If pending orders are triggered during the restriction period, the resulting new positions will be subject to the leverage rules in effect at that time (where applicable, in accordance with our relevant policies);
This rule applies to all symbols using a floating leverage calculation mode, including:
Forex (Forex Major, Forex Cross, Forex Minor)
Metal (XAUUSD, XAGUSD)
If you hold both long and short positions in the same symbols and open new positions during the restriction period, the temporary leverage adjustment may increase the margin requirement for newly opened positions. This could raise overall margin usage and increase the risk of stop-out.
Please carefully evaluate your free margin and positions size in advance, and plan your trading activities prudently.
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