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Dear Client,

We’re writing to inform you that now the US election has passed, we’re reducing our margins to previous levels with immediate effect.

This means that there are reduced margins on the following markets and the wording from the affected comments of the margin table is as follows:

1.   Financial instruments should be recognized as currency financial instruments (except: USDCHF, EURCHF, GBPCHF, +, AUDCHF, CADCHF, CHFJPY, CHFPLN, CHFHUF, USDBRL, USDILS, EURCZK, USDCZK), instruments based on interest rates: TNOTE, +, BUND10Y, SCHATZ2Y as well as instruments which price is based on market value of troy ounce of gold: GOLD, XAUUSD.

2.     Margin collected at opening transactions referred to the following instruments: US30, US100, US500, UK100, DE30, FRA40, EU50, ITA40.

3.     Margin collected at opening transactions referred to the following instruments: CZKCASH, US2000, VOLX, SUI20, RUS50, HUNComp, BRAComp, MEXComp, JAP225, HKComp, CHNComp, KOSP200, INDIA50, AUS200, NED25, USDCHF, EURCHF, GBPCHF, AUDCHF, CADCHF, CHFJPY, CHFPLN, CHFHUF

4.     Margin collected at opening transactions referred to the following instruments:  W20, SILVER, XAGUSD, PLATINUM, COPPER, ALUMINUM,  ZINC, NICKEL, OIL, OIL.WTI, NATGAS, CORN, SOYBEAN, WHEAT, SUGAR, COTTON, COFFEE, EMISS, COCOA, SPA35, +, POR20, USDBRL, USDILS, EURCZK, USDCZK.

The comments mentioned above will be updated in our margin table, which can be found here.

Please be aware if you are trading on our MT4 platform and have open positions in any of the above instruments, margin will be recalculated from your account to cover the decrease in margin.

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,

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

These are:

- COCOA, 23 swap points for long position; -23 swap points for short position

- COFFEE, -370 swap points for long position; 370 swap points for short position

- CORN, -900 swap points for long position; 900 swap points for short position

- COTTON, -57 swap points for long position; 57 swap points for short position

- WHEAT, -1775 swap points for long position; 1775 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 WHEAT, CORN, COFFEE, COCOA and COTTON underlying instruments will change their delivery dates. Current difference between prices of futures with consecutive delivery terms is:

- WHEAT approx. 17 USD
- CORN approx. 8,5 USD
- COFFEE approx. 3,75 USD
- COCOA approx. -8 USD
- COTTON approx. 0,62 USD

It means that if nothing occurs between today's closing and tomorrow’s opening, open price for WHEAT, CORN, COFFEE and COTTON should be higher, and lower for remaining mentioned instruments by given values.

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 VOLX instruments. Clients who have open positions will be credited or debited with proper swap points amounts.

These are:

- VOLX -61 swap points for long position; 61 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 VOLX underlying instrument will change their delivery dates. Current difference between prices of futures with consecutive delivery terms is:

- VOLX approx. 0,37 index points

It means that if nothing occurs between today's closing and tomorrow’s opening, open price for VOLX should be higher by given values.

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 Customers,

We’re writing to remind you that the US election takes place on Tuesday, 8th November. Regardless of the outcome, we’re expecting heightened market 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 increase our margin requirements for a small number of markets that we believe may be sensitive to the US election.

From Monday 7th November at 17:00 GMT , the margins will increase and the wording from the affected comments of the margin table will stand as follows:

1. Financial instruments should be recognized as currency financial instruments (except: USDCHF, EURCHF, GBPCHF, +, AUDCHF, CADCHF, CHFJPY, CHFPLN, CHFHUF, USDBRL, USDILS, EURCZK, USDCZK, EURHUF, USDHUF, EURPLN, USDPLN, GBPPLN, EURTRY, USDTRY, EURRON, USDRON, EURNOK, USDNOK, EURSEK, USDSEK, USDCLP, USDMXN) as well as instruments based on interest rates: TNOTE, +, BUND10Y, SCHATZ2Y.
    
2. Currently there are no instruments that meet this point criteria.
    
3. Margin collected at opening transactions referred to the following instruments: CZKCASH, VOLX, SUI20, RUS50, HUNComp, BRAComp, JAP225, HKComp, CHNComp, KOSP200, INDIA50, AUS200, NED25, USDCHF, EURCHF, GBPCHF, AUDCHF, CADCHF, CHFJPY.
    
4. Margin collected at opening transactions referred to the following instruments:  W20, GOLD, XAUUSD, SILVER, XAGUSD, PLATINUM, COPPER, ALUMINUM,  ZINC, NICKEL, OIL, OIL.WTI, NATGAS, CORN, SOYBEAN, WHEAT, SUGAR, COTTON, COFFEE, EMISS, COCOA, US30, US100, US500, UK100, DE30, FRA40, EU50, ITA40, SPA35, POR20, US2000, MEXComp, USDBRL, USDILS, EURCZK, USDCZK, EURHUF, CHFHUF, USDHUF, EURPLN, CHFPLN, USDPLN, GBPPLN, EURTRY, USDTRY, EURRON, USDRON, EURNOK, USDNOK, EURSEK, USDSEK, USDCLP, USDMXN.

The comments mentioned above will be added to our margin table which can be found here.

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 are considering trading during this time or have open positions in the affected instruments, please take note of the following:

• If you have open positions in your account that you wish to maintain, make sure you have sufficient free margin to cover open trades
• You may choose to top up the funds in your account, to cover your margin level against any potential adverse volatility, however please note that if any open positions continue to move against you, this may result in you incurring further losses

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.

Kind regards,
The XTB UK team