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Are you one of those traders who prefer crypto to traditional currencies? ForexCup and FXOpen have a challenge for you to show your devotion to cryptocurrencies in our new contest.

�The Lord of the Crypto� is a free demo contest for crypto fans. The journey bringing profit to traders will last for four weeks; we get off on July 25. Awesome prizes wait for you at the destination: 2,000 USD to be shared by ten most successful traders.



JOIN THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE CRYPTO

What you should know about �The Lord of the Crypto�:

• dates: July 25 - August 19, 2016;
• registration dates: July 8 - August 7, 2016;
• prize fund: 2,000 USD;
• number of winners: 10.

Money prizes:

• 1st place - 800 USD;
• 2d place - 300 USD;
• 3d place - 200 USD;
• 4th place � 100 USD;
• 5th place - 100 USD;
• 6th place - 100 USD;
• 7th place - 100 USD;
• 8th place - 100 USD;
• 9th place - 100 USD;
• 10th place - 100 USD.

Dear participants! Please note that the above-mentioned money prizes are not withdrawable and can only be used for trading on FX.Open Crypto accounts. To get the money, each of the ten winners will have to open a Crypto account and email us on info@Forexcup.com indicating his or her account number. Profit from trading can be withdrawn at any time via any payment system available with FX.Open.

Contest terms:

free participation;
contest account: competition ECN;
initial deposit: 5,000 USD;
leverage: 1:3;
EAs: allowed;
locking: allowed;
lot volume: from 0.10 to 1.00 (maximum 1 lot per order);
trading instruments: BTCEUR, BTCRUB, BTCUSD, LTCBTC, LTCEUR, LTCRUB, LTCUSD, NMCBTC, NMCUSD, PPCBTC, PPCUSD, ETHUSD, ETHBTC, ETHLTC, ETHRUB, DSHBTC;
trading platform: MetaTrader 4.

Additional restrictions:

• total trades minimum quantity: 10;
• total trades minimum volume (lots): 10;
• maximum number of trades opened at a time (including pending orders): 5;
• to get the prize, you have to increase the initial deposit by at least 10%.

GET REGISTERED HERE

Useful links:

• �The Lord of the Crypto� thread in ForexCup forum;
• How to participate in ForexCup competitions;
• ForexCup Competitions rules;
• FAQ.

[FXO]

FXOpen Simplifies Withdrawal via Credit/Debit Cards

Dear Customers,
FX.Open is glad to inform you that we have improved the terms of withdrawing money from accounts via Credit/Debit cards. There`s no need to wait 30 days after the date of your latest deposit. Funds can now be withdrawn at any time provided that deposit and withdrawal are made via one and the same card.



Please note that withdrawing your funds with another payment option is available after 30 days of the Credit/Debit card deposit date.

If deposits were made from multiple Credit/Debit cards, FX.Open finance department will deal with each such case individually and decide on the method and timeframe of profit withdrawal.

FXOpen Customer Service

[FXO]

High volatility affecting GBP and EUR pairs is expected on 20-27 June due to the Brexit vote held the United Kingdom on June 23, 2016 to decide whether the country should remain or leave the European Union.

Starting from the market opening on June 20th and throughout the whole week FX.Open customers may experience changes in trading conditions such as high volatility, increased margin, low liquidity and wider spreads. The changes will affect all financial instruments involving GBP and EUR, including indices. Margin requirements for all GBP and EUR based instruments may be increased up to 5 times their normal level without further notice.

Possible increased margin is a temporary measure caused by the EU referendum and its influence on the financial markets. Starting with the market opening on June 27th margin requirements will return to their normal values.

We urge traders to take into account, that abnormally low liquidity and wide spreads can increase the risks of slippage and consider these circumstances when planning their trading activities for the following week.

FXOpen Customer Service

[FXO]

FXOpen Adds New Cryptocurrency Instruments

Dear сlients,

FX.Open is pleased to announce another expansion of the range of our trading instruments. Following the introduction of a new cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH) in the beginning of May, the broker has added Dash (DSH), which was previously unavailable on FXOpen Crypto accounts. The new trading pairs ETH/RUB and DSH/BTC are introduced from June 1, 2016.

If you want to try trading the new and the existing cryptocurrency pairs, you can take advantage of the two types of Crypto accounts available at FX.Open. Open a live Crypto account or a demo one and trade cryptos with no risks to your funds involved.

FXOpen Customer Service

[FXO]

Do you want to try trading indices, oil and gas? Then our new contest �CFD Open� is for you! ForexCup team invites you to trade contracts for difference in the contest on demo accounts. Registration is already open.

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What you should know about �CFD Open�:

1. dates: June 13 - July 8, 2016;

2. registration dates: May 30 - June 26, 2016;

3. prize fund: 2,000 USD;

4. number of winners: 10;

5. money prizes:

• 1st place - 800 USD;
• 2d place - 300 USD;
• 3d place - 200 USD;
• 4th place � 100 USD;
• 5th place - 100 USD;
• 6th place - 100 USD;
• 7th place - 100 USD;
• 8th place - 100 USD;
• 9th place - 100 USD;
• 10th place - 100 USD.

Dear participants! Please note that the above-mentioned money prizes are not withdrawable and can only be used for trading on FX.Open ECN accounts. To get the money, each of the ten winners will have to open an ECN account and email us on info@Forexcup.com indicating his or her account number. Profit from trading can be withdrawn via any payment system available at FX.Open at any time.

JOIN CFD OPEN

CONTEST TERMS:

• free participation;
• trading instruments: #AUS200, #ESX50, #FCHI, #GDAXIm, #NDXm, #WS30m, #NDX, #SPXm, #WS30, #UK100, #GDAXI, #SPX, #J225, XBRUSD, XTIUSD, XNGUSD;
• trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
• contest account: competition ECN;
• initial deposit: 5,000 USD;
• leverage: 1:100;
• EAs: allowed;
• locking: allowed;
• lot volume: from 0.10 to 1.00 (maximum 1 lot per order).

ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS:

• total trades minimum quantity: 10;
• total trades minimum volume (lots): 10;
• maximum number of orders opened at a time (including pending orders): 5;
• to get the prize, you have to increase the initial deposit by at least 30%.

Useful links:

1. �CFD Open� thread in ForexCup forum;
2. How to participate in ForexCup competitions;
3. ForexCup Competitions rules;
4. FAQ.

[FXO]

Dear clients,
Please note that due to Memorial Day in the USA and Spring Bank Holiday in the UK on 30 May 2016, you may experience the following changes in trading hours:

Currency pairs: normal trading hours;

Commodities:

Gold � available until 20:00 GMT+3;
Silver � available until 20:00 GMT+3;
Oil � available until 19:45 GMT+3;
Gas � available until 19:45 GMT+3;

Indices:

UK100 � trading closed;
Japan 225 � available until 20:00 GMT+3;
US SPX 500 � available until 20:00 GMT+3;
US SPX 500 (Mini) � available until 20:00 GMT+3;
US Tech 100 � available until 20:00 GMT+3;
US Tech 100 (Mini) � available until 20:00 GMT+3;
Wall Street 30 � available until 20:00 GMT+3;
Wall Street 30 (Mini) � available until 20:00 GMT+3;
Australia 200 � normal trading hours;
Europe 50 � normal trading hours;
France 40 � normal trading hours;
Germany 30 � normal trading hours;
Germany 30 (Mini) � normal trading hours.

FX.Open strongly recommends considering this information in your trading.

[FXO]

ForexCup opens registration in the final Tour XII of the contest on real accounts "Forex Finals". The competition starts on May 16. Participants can use any trading strategies and instruments with no restrictions. On June 10, the fight for five money prizes will end and the best traders of Tour XII will be determined. In addition, this day will also bring the name of the tournament winner to get a PAMM ECN account with 5,000 USD.



What you should know about Tour XII:

1. Dates: May 16-June 10, 2016;

2. Prize fund: 1,400 USD;

3. Winners` reward:

• 1 place � PAMM STP-account with 1,000 USD (the account may be closed after 3 months of trading with minimum 120 trades);
• 2 place � 200 USD (will be deposited on the competition account, withdrawal is possible after 20 trades);
• 3 place � 100 USD (will be deposited on the competition account, withdrawal is possible after 20 trades);
• 4 place � 50 USD (will be deposited on the competition account, withdrawal is possible after 20 trades);
• 5 place - 50 USD (will be deposited on the competition account, withdrawal is possible after 20 trades).

4. Initial deposit: 100 USD on STP account;

5. Trading restrictions: none. Any trading instruments available on FX.Open STP accounts, any trading strategies, Advisors (AEA, MEA, etc.) and any other standard MT4 software applications are permitted;

6. Registration: open throughout the contest. One-time registration saves you the trouble of signing in again if you already participated in one of the previous Forex Finals tours.

Sign in!

Let us remind you that the penultimate stage of Forex Finals ended on May 6. Here are the most brilliant traders of Tour XI:

1. forexrulezno (Russia): profit � 314.63%, prize � PAMM ECN 1,000 USD + 25 points;
2. PanasV (Ukraine): profit � 307.85%, prize � 200 USD +18 points;
3. rsh15 (Uzbekistan): profit � 123.12%, prize � 100 USD +15 points;
4. Dmitrii (Russia): profit � 114.43%, prize � 50 USD +12 points;
5. FxTrader1 (Ukraine): profit � 107.68%, prize � 50 USD +10 points.

We are glad to congratulate the winners! To find out the detailed results of the stage, see the final statistics of Tour XI.

Useful links:

1. Forex Finals Tour XII thread in ForexCup forum;
2. Forex Finals description and terms;
3. Forex Finals threads in ForexCup forum;
4. Forex Finals Tour XI thread in ForexCup forum;
5. ForexCup Facebook;
6. ForexCup Twitter;
7. ForexCup Google+.

[FXO]

FXOpen Introduces Ethereum Cryptocurrency on its Demo and Live Crypto Accounts

Dear сlients,

FX.Open is pleased to announce that we have expanded the range of our trading instruments. From May 3, 2016 the broker begins supporting the Ethereum cryptocurrency and introduces two new currency pairs: ETH/USD and ETH/BTC.



Please note that you can trade the new and the existing cryptocurrencies on a demo Crypto account with no risks to your funds. FX.Open has simplified the registration procedure for this type of accounts: all you have to do now is select �Demo Crytpo� out of the options in the field �Account type�.

FXOpen Customer Service

[FXO]

UK100 Unavailable for Trading on May 2

Dear clients,

Please note that due to the celebration of May Day in the UK on Monday, May 2, UK100 Index will not be available for trading. The rest of the indices will have normal trading hours.

FX.Open strongly recommends considering this information and thanks you for your support.

FXOpen Customer Service

[FXO]

May Course at �Forex School�: Good Chance to Get into �Forex Finals� for Free

Novice traders have found our new trading contest �Forex School� to their taste. About 600 people have enrolled for a short 10-day course in Forex trading. On April 29, we will find out the names of the lucky 20 to be allowed to take �Forex Finals� with no participation fee (the winners will have 100 USD credited to their live account by the sponsoring broker FXOpen).

�Forex School (May)� is a new demo contest designed for beginners to learn Forex trading and practice their skills in a competitive environment. Upon the completion, 20 most brilliant students will be able to participate in the live account tournament �Forex Finals, Tour XII� (May 16 - June 10) for free.



ENROLL!

Duration: May 9-20, 2016;
Registration: April 25-May 13, 2016;
Prize fund: 2,000 USD;
Winners and reward: 20 best traders win 100 USD* each, and thus get into Forex Finals, Tour XII for free. Please note that to be eligible for the prize, you have to increase the initial deposit by at least 30% and make minimum 10 trades.

Terms of the contest:

free participation;
trading platform: MetaTrader 4 (download);
initial deposit: 100 USD;
leverage: 1:500;
locking: allowed;
EAs: allowed;
maximum number of orders opened at a time (including pending orders): 100;
minimum trades quantity to be eligible for the prize: 10;
trading instruments: EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF, USDCAD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURGBP, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, GBPCAD, GBPAUD, GBPSGD, EURCHF, EURAUD, EURJPY, EURCAD, EURNZD, EURSEK, EURDKK, EURTRY, EURNOK, EURPLN, EURHKD, AUDCAD, AUDJPY, AUDCHF, AUDNZD, CADJPY, CADCHF, CHFJPY, NZDCHF, NZDCAD, NZDJPY, NZDSGD, XAUUSD, XAGUSD, SGDJPY, USDTRY, USDHKD, USDSGD, USDPLN, HKDJPY, NOKJPY, NOKSEK, USDMXN, USDRUB, USDSEK, USDNOK, USDDKK, USDCNH, #AUS200, #ESX50, #FCHI, #GDAXIm, #NDXm, #WS30m, #NDX, #SPXm, #WS30, #UK100, #GDAXI, #SPX, #J225, XBRUSD, XTIUSD, XNGUSD.

JOIN!

* Please note that 100 USD are not withdrawable and can only be used as a participation fee to join Forex Finals competition. To take part in the contest, you will have to transfer this sum of money to your live STP-account (use the prize money you get if you`re one of the Forex School winners or make an initial deposit from your funds). Use this partner�s link to open a live STP-account (USD account currency). Agent�s code is 600022. Leave the application message with your trading account number and your nickname in this Registration forum thread. The profit exceeding the initial deposit of 100 USD can be withdrawn at the end of any "Forex Finals" tour.

If you don`t know what strategy to use in the competition, visit ForexCup Education section to find some useful Forex trading tips.

Useful Links:

Forex School (May) thread in ForexСup forum;
Forex Finals contest description and terms;
Forex Finals thread in ForexСup forum;
ForexCup Facebook;
ForexCup Twitter.