okay again..
real 1 server came back up and ran smoothly.
But about 30 ago, price stopped moving although I can change my S/L.
But Profit(pip number) does change at all..

All right. It came back up again.. There was about 30 minutes down.. I won't complain it since it didn't affect on my open positions. LOL

At the end of the day, the wrong timezone setting on the server caused quotes to end as the server thought trading had finished. A reboot was required in order for trading to continue to the normal closing time.

If I may, I would like to mention that over the weekend, bugs shall be squished.

FXOpen participates in the Eighth Middle East Forex Trading Expo & Conference

FXOpen will participate in the Eighth Middle East Forex Trading Expo & Conference in Dubai

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – February 09, 2011. FXOpen, one of the world’s leading FOREX brokerage companies, is pleased to announce that it will take part in the Eighth Middle East Forex Trading Expo & Conference, organized by the ARABCOM Group. The event will be held at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel, Dubai, on April 8-9, 2011.
Visitors of the company’s booth will enjoy valuable presents: $100 bonus cards, FXOpen’s brand handbags and other gifts. Professionals with extensive experience in FOREX trading will be there to enthusiastically and knowledgeably answer all questions raised during the Expo & Conference. Moreover, everyone will be offered an opportunity to sign up for a free FXOpen seminar, aimed at improving their professional trading and strategy levels. The seminar’s speaker will be Mr. Sherif Saad, a qualified FOREX coach at FXOpen. Mr. Saad has extensive knowledge in FOREX trading and vast experience in training many successful and profitable traders. The seminar will take place on April 9, 2011.
FXOpen is one of the main sponsors of the Eighth Middle East Forex Trading Expo & Conference. The Company’s booth numbers are F14 & 15 respectively.
For more information, please, see our forum.

About:
FXOpen is one of the world’s biggest retail FOREX companies with more than 217,000 active accounts (Micro, Standard and ECN) and over $65 billion in traded volume passing through its platforms on a monthly basis. It provides its clients with everything necessary to get the most and the best from FOREX trading: advanced trading technology, reliable order execution and dedicated support. With the introduction of the first ever MT4 ECN trading platform coupled with PAMM accounts the Company solidified its position as a MT4 technology innovator and the driver of the market development.

The 8th Middle East Forex Trading Expo & Conference 2011 is the largest online trading exhibition, conference and awards event in the MENA region bringing together the industry’s most respected speakers and drawing more than 60 international exhibitors & sponsors and over 2,000 participants under one roof. The Trading Expo & Conference is aimed to promote an enhanced level of awareness on online trading, cultivate learning among foreign exchange enthusiasts across all levels and ultimately encourage business in the marketplace.
For further information, please, contact:

FXOpen
Press and Media Relations
E-mail: pr@fxopen.com

Dear Clients

Here is an informal update (taken from internal company memos) to let you know what is going on behind the scenes with our ongoing work to fix all errors that occurred due to last week's Server One outage.

1) account balances for some accounts under Real-1 server may still display incorrect values. IT is fixing this ASAP.

2) Dealing have processed the second portion of adjustments. Notifications to clients will be sent out in a couple hours detailing the tickets numbers of the trades and adjustments made per each trade.

3) Finance already started processing transfers and withdrawals from Real-1 accounts

4) Agent (IB) commission may still be shown incorrectly. Waiting for fix.

We thank you all for your continued patience. We hope to have the fixes completed soon and your accounts 100% back to normal.

Jafar Calley
FXOpen Client Support

http://forum.fxopen.com/showthread.php?694...h-February-2011

thanks for the update.

Do you have any idea when fxopen.com site will reopen?
I use fxegypt.com site for now.. hope to see it back shortly.

Are you in the US? The FXOpen site is blocked to US citizens due to new laws in the US.

that means they will not accept US clients?
How about current US clients with account balance?

I believe the following press release will answer your question.


Dear FXOpen Clients

Due to recent changes in CFTC regulations as a result of the H.R. 4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, FXOpen is unable to offer any form of assistance or advice to citizens of the USA.

Access by US citizens to the FXOpen main website, live chat and other support functions is now restricted to honour FXOpen's commitment to fully complying with the CFTC and the US government.

US citizens who wish to withdraw funds may still do so by accessing the MyFXOpen trader's cabinet at https://cabinet.fxopen.com/Login.aspx

Thank you for your understanding.

Dear Clients,

Access to the main FXOpen web-site and MyFXOpen personal area may be interrupted due to planned technical maintenance during today and tommorow (23-24 February, 2011).

Please, note however, that [B]our Forum[/B] and Live Chat services will continue to operate normally. If you need immediate assistance during the web-site downtime, please, visit FXOpen Live Chat at http://livesupport.fxopen.com/Chat.aspx.

We apologise for the inconvenience and will do our best to keep the downtime to a minimum.

Thank you for your co-operation and understanding!

So many of the good programs I used are now blocked in the US

That is the result of greater regulation. As the CFTC has powerful influence outside of the US, we have no other choice but to comply with them.

I'm sure some good brokers would lose their business in the US.

The real losers in this though are the American investors. Their choice has become limited to just a few government approved brokerages.

FXOpen reduces commission fees on its ECN accounts.

March 11, 2011. FXOpen, one of the world’s leading FOREX brokerage companies, is pleased to announce that it will reduce commission fees on ECN accounts. The change takes effect on March 14, 2011.

In pursuit of its mission FXOpen has always taken strides to provide the most convenient, fair and professional trading conditions. Now the Company has lowered its commission fees on ECN account by approximately one quarter from USD 3.5 down to 2.5 for 100,000 (1 Lot) for accounts with Net Deposit up to USD 50, 000 and from USD 2.3 down to USD 1.8 for 100,000 (1 Lot) for accounts with Net Deposit higher than USD 50, 000. FXOpen knows that this step will further help our valued customers to get the most our foreign exchange trading.

“We’re eager to offer the most favourable trading conditions in the industry,� comments Denis Peganov, FXOpen’s Development Director. “And we are glad to make one more step in improving our customers’ trading environment. The reduced commission together with the lowest spreads make ECN accounts even more attractive for traders�.

For more information, please, see the Trading Terms page.

FXOpen
Press and Media Relations contact
E-mail: pr@fxopen.com

Dear Clients

Due to a malicious DDOS attack against our websites, the MYFXOpen Area may be unavailable or produce an error when attempting to log in.

Our IT department is working hard on a solution and we hope to restore full functionality in the MYFXOpen Area as soon as possible.

MT4 trading is unaffected by this outage.

FXOpen under massive DDOS attack

FXOpen is currently experiencing the largest DDOS attack in the company's history which has seriously affected website operations.

We fully realise how much of an inconvenience this is. FXOpen's website is attacked on average 4-5 times a month and for the last few years, the attacks have not affected us until this latest attack of unprecedented scale.

We thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through the solutions and install additional redundancy to protect against future attacks such as this one.

Jafar Calley
FXOpen Client Relations

Agreed. They are trying to keep all the US investment dollars on-shore where it is easier to trace and tax, otherwise some arrangement where offshore brokers agreed to US regulation with regard to US clients would have sufficed.

A quick question for you, Jafar. I think I know the answer but am looking to verify.
If an offshore company owned by a US person wants an account with you, is that possible? (i.e. XY IBC whose principle trader is a US citizen)
Also, I understand that FXOpen offers ECN trading direct to the market, true?
Thanks.

Since the CFTC complaint is about US residents opening accounts, I don't see any reason why a non US company should be restricted from opening a corporate account with us.

Yes, we do offer ECN with direct market access (though orders less than 1.00 standard lot are routed via STP), but be aware we also offer fixed spread, no commission Market Maker accounts so be sure to download the correct MT4 version.

Since we are under massive DDOS I have uploaded the setup files to my personal site. http://www.rebatefx.com/fx4setup_ECN.

Since late last week, FXOpen has been under attack by the biggest DDOS (Distributed Denial Of Service) attack seen in the company’s history.



The attack that originates in Russia, but uses botnets from around the world is currently abusing the websites with over 100million connections per day and rising. No web server can handle that much information without interruptions and despite having the best DDOS protection in a large server cluster, FXOpen’s websites are currently inaccessible however, trading via the MT4 terminal is completely unaffected.



On Friday, I spoke to the “hacker� who goes by the name of Ivan Ivanov of Khabarovsk, Russia and he demanded $5,000 to stop the attack. His demand has since risen to $15,000.



The attack was ordered by FXOpen’s Russian competitors (according to Ivanov). This kind of criminal activity highlights the need for vigilance when dealing with Russian Forex companies who may also be involved in money laundering, mafia and terrorism.



FXOpen’s IT team is working around the clock to find a solution and we hope some website functionality will return soon.

FXOpen IT department has made some progress in combating the DDOS attack.

Most website functions may now be accessed via your local IB website.

You can use these links for convenient access....

Main Website
MyFXOpen Trader's Cabinet

i haven't notified any trade disruption.
hope fxopen will solve the issue and come back to business asap. thanks for the update.

FXOpen MT4 servers are rock solid. they cannot be DDOSed like the web page servers so thankfully, trading is unaffected.

I don't think the attack will last much longer. The only problems we have now are the official forum being down, fxopen.com slow or not working, and live chat disruptions. Those problems could end soon too.

Hmmm, have you been able to identify the broker supposedly behind the attack, or is that just the hackers story...?

He wouldn't say who unless we paid him.

Anyway, all of our partner sites are up. Live Chat is working, Forum is working The attack has INCREASED since we got our sites back online. Only fxopen.com main portal appears to have some trouble at the moment. We are winning this battle and because of the scale of this attack, our servers are stronger than they have ever been and will be able to fend off all sorts of attacks in the future.

I was at the FXDrift warm up round today and took some video of the event. Even though it was just a warm up, there were plenty of thrills and spills which is typical of a warm up since the drivers don't know the track yet!

Check out the video, and I hope to see you all this weekend at the FXOpen FXDrift event at Speed City, Selangor Turf Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-pmYnb91go

DDOS Update: FXOpen Wins!

I'm quite pleased to say that despite the attack continuing and getting even stronger, FXOpen's web servers continue to operate uninterrupted by any and all attacks against them.

FXOpen's IT department worked round the clock while the attack of last week was in progress. The result is that FXOpen's web servers are now stronger than ever, able to withstand enormous attacks.

Thanks to all those who showed great patience while FXOpen's IT went to war with the hackers!

Dear Clients.

We are currently experiencing a large DDOS attack on our web servers. As usual, normal trading via our MT4 servers is unaffected.

Our IT department is working on the problem and we should resume normal service within 2 hours.

Thank you for your patience.

Good news! After only a couple of hours, FXOpen's IT department have successfully defeated the latest DDOS attack against the company.

All webpage functions have been fully restored and the website is running normally despite the attack continuing unabated.

Preparations made after the last attack made sure that this attack resulted in minimal disruption to our services.

Thank you for choosing FXOpen as your reliable trading partner.

Dear Friends,

It has come to my attention that someone is sending emails out in order to attempt a scam with Liberty Reserve using a spoofed FXOpen email address.

The email looks something like this....



This message is not legitimate, nor are any messages you may get on yahoo/MSN/ICQ messenger with any to good to be true LR deposit schemes or bonus offers.

Be sure that you use only the MYFXOpen trader's cabinet to make deposits to your account and never send anyone ecurrency or cash to make a deposit on your behalf.

We are doing our best to have the LR account as shown above blocked but this may take time.

FXOpen will never ask you to transfer money directly to any ecurrency or bank account. Deposits can be made only by logging in to the MYFXOpen trader's cabinet and using the appropriate deposit section online.

Best Regards

Jafar Calley
FXOpen Client Support Manager

Sound scary!
I heard this type of spam mails about UWCFX also.
Just ignore it.

Not so scary. Just damn annoying.

Thankfully I have yet to hear of anyone gullible enough to fall for it and I hope I never do.

A New Useful Feature - Margin Calculator

FXOpen presents Margin Calculator - a new easy-to-handle tool for traders.

May 14, 2011. FXOpen, one of the world’s leading FOREX brokerage companies, is launching a new feature – Margin Calculator - for a fast and easy calculation of pip and margin value.

In pursuit of a trader-oriented approach FXOpen continues upgrading and improving its trading conditions. A new Margin Calculator is a complex feature, which significantly simplifies and automates margin and pip value calculations. It provides traders with more accurate and visual information that can help them optimize their money management strategies. Both newbies and professional traders will appreciate its friendly and easy-to–use interface.

Margin Calculation is an updated tool that allows a trader to determine the required margin and cost of one pip for each currency pair as well as tune the optimal leverage, balance and lot size before opening a trade. A trader only needs to enter the leverage, the volume and the estimated balance. The value of one pip and the value of Margin for each currency pair will be recalculated and updated according to the real-time market prices.

Margin Calculator is available in two variants: both on the company’s website in the Trading Terms section , (available for all traders, including those who do not have a live account with FXOpen yet) and in the My FXOpen trader’s personal back-office area (available for the company’s clients who have a live account with FXOpen). To calculate Margin in the Trading Terms section a trader needs to select the leverage, volume size (lot) and the estimated balance. In My FXOpen area Margin can be calculated for any volume based on the leverage and the current balance (equity) of the client’s account.

For further information, please, contact:
FXOpen
Press and Media Relations
E-mail: pr@fxopen.com

i have a personal question for you.
I've been trading with fxopen ECN platform but
didn't do well...

so I transferred a remaining small balance to micro account
and I keep trading with it now..


A few weeks ago, I remembered that fxopen announced that an trading environment of ECN platform has been improved
and can trade with less spread.

And I did a demo test and it seems like a bit stable now..

So I'd like to give it a try again...

And here's my question.

The minimum deposit for a new ECN account is $1000 USD.
But since I've already set up one and used to trade that ECN account
is it possible to deposit maybe $200-300 and still keep 500:1 leverage?

I know before they reduced a leverage to 100:1 if the balance drops below $1000..

Please let me know.. Thanks.

Asia's Drift Champion 2009/2010 Tengku Djan Ley, Prince of Drift, renews contract with FXOpen for 2011-2012.

May 20, 2011. FXOpen, one of the world’s leading FOREX brokerage companies, is pleased to announce that FXOpen has renewed their contract with Tengku Djan Ley, the Prince of Drift and Asia's Drift Champion for the years 2011-2012.

FXOpen is glad to be working with such a professional person like Tengku Djan Ley. He has represented the Company in major Drift competitions and has made the FXOpen Drift Series team popular on the local drifting scene. Tengku Djan Ley has constantly displayed extensive experience, outstanding car-handling abilities and at all times proved to be the most consistent driver.

FXOpen has always backed active youth in many endeavours and supported their sports activities helping to develop praise-worthy and valuable character traits. The Company has enthusiastically sponsored drifting. It appealed to FXOpen because of its similarity with the essence of the company’s business. Drifting, the most favourite motorsport in the region, demands highly developed skills, quick analysis and response to an ever-changing environment. These same qualities are the basis for success in trading. Moreover, drifting fosters a strong will and courage - the qualities useful for future success in any activity.

“I’m honoured to have FXOpen as my sponsor. I hope to continue and improve my performances during competitions. I will show my best performance to please my fans. Hopefully emerging champion once again,� commented Tengku Djan Ley, Prince of Drift Malaysia.

"This new contract is a logical continuation of our partnership which is profitable for both parties. We are extremely happy to see Tengku Djan in our team for the new season and we believe that he will proudly represent our company and will show best of him to enjoy the fans," commented Denis Peganov, Development Director with FXOpen.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACRghxiIVD8

Hi

Your leverage will be cut to 1:100 max under $1000 balance. Just be more careful than you would with 1:500 leverage since your margin requirement is higher, a margin call or stop out can come sooner. Also remember that on ECN, pending orders also use up margin. With $200-300 I would trade very carefully and only one trade at a time. But if you ask me, you are better off staying on a micro market maker account until you can build it up.

Maybe you could find some extra to deposit to get the ECN above $1000. That would be much better for you. Our ECN spreads are tighter than ever since we introduced more liquidity providers. I've been watching EUR/USD have 0.1-0.6 pip spread all day.

Hi jjanguda

The maximum leverage for an ECN account below $1000 as you know is 1:100 so $200-300 would not be in any way sufficient for trading on the ECN. You need to trade it back or deposit more to bring your deposit back to $1000+ in order to continue with ECN trading.

This just in from FXOpen Finance Dept.

Due to ongoing technical issues, we would like to inform you that we temporarily do not accept Liberty Reserve for deposits and withdrawals. To fund your FXOpen account, please, consider using the other available payment methods listed at our Deposit/Withdrawal page.

For clients with Liberty Reserve deposits, especially those who have been waiting for their Liberty Reserve withdrawals to be processed, we are offering an alternative solution – withdrawals from accounts with Liberty Reserve deposits can be requested via any other payment system available on the list at http://www.fxopen.com/DepositWithdrawal.aspx

You may cancel a “pending� Liberty withdrawal via History > Withdrawals in MyFXOpen (https://cabinet.fxopen.com/History/Withdrawals.aspx) and request a withdrawal via another payment system at your discretion.

Liberty Reserve has always been greatly favored by our clients, and we intend to bring Liberty Reserve payments back to operation in the near future.

We are sorry for the temporary inconvenience and thank our customers for their continued patience in these circumstances.

FXOpen named Best Forex Broker Australasia 2011

FXOpen receives World Finance’s “Best Forex Broker, Australasia, 2011� award.
June 17, 2011. FXOpen, one of the world’s leading FOREX brokerage companies, is pleased to announce that it was awarded “Best Forex Broker, Australasia, 2011� by World Finance magazine.

FXOpen is one of the world’s biggest retail forex companies well-known for its trader-oriented innovative technologies. It proved to be the market driver by being the first to introduce Sharia’-compliant accounts, Mini accounts and a MT4 ECN trading platform coupled with 0.1 lot execution and advanced Money Management technology (PAMM accounts). Its efforts to provide the most convenient, fair and professional trading conditions have been repeatedly acknowledged by honourable and reputable awards by independent and respected financial media. The award “Best Forex Broker, Australasia, 2011� by the highly respected World Finance magazine has proved once again FXOpen’s commitment to its mission and solidified our leading position in the FOREX market.

The company is expanding aggressively and continues to introduce trader-oriented innovations. It aims to double its local offices within the next two years and to offer its clients many new features and trading solutions.

“FXOpen is honoured to receive this meaningful Foreign Exchange award from the highly read and respected World Finance magazine�, commented Denis Peganov, Development Director of FXOpen. “We have always strived to provide the best for our clients and are glad that it’s appreciated by industry insiders as well. The award demonstrates once again our position in the forefront of the FOREX trading arena and we plan to further boost the development of our brokerage services�.

“The World Finance Foreign Exchange Awards are rapidly becoming a benchmark for performance in the global FX industry and judges felt that FXOpen richly deserved their award win in ‘Best Forex Broker, Australasia, 2011’ what is arguably one of the most important categories in this year’s awards,� stated Alexander Redcliffe, World Finance Magazine Editor. “Foreign exchange rises head and shoulders above its competitors by continually delivering revolutionary products and functionality and FXOpen have clearly been one step ahead of the competition.�



For more information, please, visit our forum.

About:
FXOpen is one of the world’s biggest retail FOREX companies providing its clients with everything necessary to get the most and the best from FOREX trading: advanced trading technology, reliable order execution and dedicated support. With the introduction of the first ever MT4 ECN trading platform coupled with PAMM accounts the Company solidified its position as a MT4 technology innovator and the driver of the market development.

The World Finance Awards - created in 2007 to identify industry leaders, individuals, teams and organisations that represent the benchmark of achievement and best practice in the financial and business world - are entering their third year and will reflect a wider spectrum of financial services and related industries than ever before.
For its 2011 awards World Finance has taken the decision not to list nominations for the awards as this naturally means that only those companies already recognised by the panel would be eligible to win. The panel believes strongly that the awards are at their fairest and most transparent when readers are able to vote for any company that they believe deserves the accolade, rather than handing them out to the same old blue chips every year - a criticism that has rightly been levelled at other high profile financial awards, where the same handful of teams seems to scoop the award every year.

For further information, please, contact:
FXOpen
Press and Media Relations
E-mail: pr@fxopen.com

FxStat Tradebook a social automatic trade service for traders

July 13, 2011. FXOpen, one of the world’s leading FOREX brokerage companies, is pleased to announce the launch of the FxStat Tradebook, a new social automatic trade service that allows traders to follow the activity of the FxStat traders that have the best performance.

Through Tradebook, traders can start executing their trades and achieve success. Clients can choose the traders they want to follow according to their strategy and their results, while still having complete control over their portfolio and investments.

FxStat Tradebook also provides a platform for traders to analyze the signal providers, trades and strategy of each trader that wants to become a signal provider before accepting the clients request to become a signal provider, and they must comply with a couple of terms and conditions.

If the trader doesn't respect FxStat Tradebook strict code of practice and trading rules, their application will be rejected.

Further features of FxStat Tradebook include:

• The ability to manage several accounts from one place
• Create a portfolio by pooling together the top performing currency from each strategy provider
• Over 150 detailed statistics and analysis to assist traders in the selection of strategies
• Real time (low latency) order processing from signal provider to signal follower
• Receive email notifications on each activity including buy, sell, close and orders
• Receive daily, weekly and monthly trading reports on each account
• Real time position monitoring
• Close open positions manually from a web based platform
• Full control over your trading accounts (add and remove signal providers)
• Real traders with real money and real accounts providing signals
• Economic calendar
• Forex market news
• Forex market trading time


For more information about FxStat Tradebook, please click here





About:

FXOpen is one of the world’s biggest retail FOREX companies with more than 217,000 active accounts (Micro, Standard and ECN) and over $65 billion in traded volume passing through its platforms on a monthly basis. It provides its clients with everything necessary to get the most and the best from FOREX trading: advanced trading technology, reliable order execution and dedicated support. With the introduction of the first ever MT4 ECN trading platform coupled with PAMM accounts the Company solidified its position as a MT4 technology innovator and the driver of the market development.

For further information, please, contact:
FXOpen
Press and Media Relations
E-mail: pr@fxopen.com

As Muslims around the world begin the first prayers of Ramadan, let us reflect..

* May this Ramadan be one we benefit fully from and give us a great increase in Iman (faith).*

* May our acts of worship multiply abundantly.*

* May we increase in righteous actions, and do good deeds sincerely for Allah Alone.*

* May our character become beautified, may our hearts become connected with truth and increase our respect for one another.*

* May we be saved from the punishment of the fire, and enter Paradise.*

* May Allah forgive us of our sins and have mercy on us all.*

Ameen

Congratulations to the winners of the third Weekly Contest on demo accounts Profitable WeeK 08/01/2011-08/05/2011!


In the past 5 days, 63 players participated in the Profitable Week Contest, which ran from the week of August 1, 2011 to August 5, 2011. These participants competed, head to head, to be named the “Best Players� of the week.

Although five days seems like a short period for determining who the strongest trader was, imagine the effect these players have struggled through to come out on top including the summit of the Eurozone, publication of economic reports, a statement of Barack Obama, and currency intervention by Japan. This week was not an easy one and the market was shaky, leaving us convinced that the winners of this difficult week are actually really good and decent traders, flexible enough to overcome the market’s unstable conditions.

This week’s winners are:

1st. place Alex Wiguna
Country:INDONESIA
Prize: 105 USD
Gain in the account (%):247

2nd. place TELEPORT
Country:UKRAINE
Prize 60 USD
Gain in the account (%):154

3rd. place Alexandr Deineko
Country:UKRAINE
Prize 45 USD
Gain in the account (%):118

4th. place Ara Petrosyan
Country:ARMENIA
Prize 15 USD
Gain in the account (%):115

5th. place Peter Aisuebeogun
Country:UNITED STATES
Prize 15 USD
Gain in the account (%):107


6th. place Volodymyr Degtiarov
Country:UKRAINE
Prize 15 USD
Gain in the account (%):104

7th. place Bearish
Country:BELARUS
Prize: 15 USD
Gain in the account (%): 95

8th. place alexboy
Country:BELARUS
Prize:15 USD
Gain in the account (%): 94

9th. place Olga Makarova
Country:RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Prize:15 USD
Gain in the account (%): 94


We wish to thank all those who participated in this week’s contest, for accepting the challenge, and for joining our game. The players who earned prizes should be extremely proud of themselves for they have overcome many challenges in this week’s contest. We hope they will return to join our new contests soon, and wish everyone who participates in our weekly contests the best of luck. Hopefully, we will see your name listed as a prize winner soon.
Please register for our new competition here. You may be one of our next big winners!

New Profitable Week is a Weekly contest for demo accounts. The competition will start on August 21, 2011 at 22:30 FXOpen server time (GMT+4 during DST) and end on AUGUST 26, 2011 at 22:30 FXOpen server time (GMT+4 during DST). All participants must close their positions by this time.

Terms and Conditions:

Anyone can participate
Initial deposit – $ 5000, leverage 1:500
Minimum transaction size – 0.1 lot, maximum transaction size – 1 lot
Maximum limit on open trades – 3 open trades at the same time (including pending orders)
Minimum 50 participants
Competition starts on 14.08.2011
Competition ends on 19.08.2011 at 22:30 (ForexCup time)
Expert advisors are not allowed


The registration will start on 15.08.2011 and will end on 21.08.2011 at 22:25 (ForexCup server time).

The top 10 traders will be awarded real money prizes (the total prize money is $ 350).

1st place - $122.5
2nd place - $63
3rd place - $52.5
4th place - $35
5th place - $28
6th place - $17.5
7th place - $10.5
8th place - $7
9th place - $7
10th place -$7

Please register for our new competition here

Profitable WeeK 08/15/2011-08/19/201 fxopen’s weekly trading contest for demo accounts has come to its thrilling conclusion. Now it’s time to sum up the results.

This week’s best trader is Boery Waluyo from Indonesia, whose total gain in the competition account reached the impressive 452 %. FXOpen would like to congratulate Boery Waluyo and award the winner with a prize of USD 122.50.

it’s amazing how profitable week contests gain momentum each week – more professional traders, more participants from all over the world and more intense competition – forexcup is becoming truly international! With forexcup you can not only try risk-fee forex trading, but also earn real money prizes and build up the starting capital for your live trading account.

This week’s top 10 ForexCup traders are:

1. place Boery Waluyo
country:INDONESIA
Prize: 122,5 USD
Gain in the account (%):452

2. Place sailor
country:RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Prize 63 USD
Gain in the account (%):267

3. place Makinde Akinyemi
country:NIGERIA
Prize 52,5 USD
Gain in the account (%):215

4. place sethuraman baranidharan
country:UNITED STATES
Prize 35 USD
Gain in the account (%):187

5. place Zorgo
country:UKRAINE
Prize 28 USD
Gain in the account (%):145


6. Place Aliaksei Shendziukou
country:BELARUS
Prize 14 USD
Gain in the account (%):129

7. place Svetlana Grebenyuk
country:UKRAINE
Prize: 10.50 USD
Gain in the account (%): 125

8. Place Volodymyr Degtiarov
country:UKRAINE
Prize:10.50 USD
Gain in the account (%): 106

9. Place Selvakumar Ganesan
country:INDIA
Prize:7.00 USD
Gain in the account (%): 100

10. Place Milady
country:TURKMENISTAN
Prize:7.00 USD
Gain in the account (%): 94

We wish to thank all those who participated in this week’s contest, for accepting the challenge, and for showcasing great trading skills.
Do you think you can beat this week’s winners? Join the game and prove that you are second to none, when it comes to trading Forex!

To sign up for the next week's contest, go to http://forum.fxopen.com/showthread.p...011-09-02-2011

Join the next round for free and win with FXOpen Forex Cup competitions!
Registration for Profitable WeeK 09/05/2011-09/09/2011 with the total prize money of $400 is open till September 4!
Terms and Conditions:
Anyone can participate
Initial deposit – $ 5000, leverage 1:100
Minimum transaction size – 0.1 lot, maximum transaction size – 1 lot
Maximum limit on open trades – 3 open trades at the same time (including pending orders)
Minimum 50 participants
Competition starts on 05.09.2011
Competition ends on 09.09.2011 at 22:33 (ForexCup time)
Expert advisors included

The registration will start on 29.08.2011 and will end on 04.09.2011 at 22:20 (ForexCup server time).

The top 10 traders will be awarded real money prizes (the total prize money is $ 400).
1st place - $140
2nd place - $72
3rd place - $60
4th place - $40
5th place - $20
6th place - $20
7th place - $16
8th place - $12
9th place - $12
10th place -$8

Visit ForexCup official web-site at ForexCup Regular Forex Trading Demo Competitions with Cash Prizes (available in English)

For details on joining ForexCup go to FXOpen CRM - Page ForexCup - Traders Competitions

Another week has passed and another ForexCup contest - Profitable WeeK 08/29/2011-09/92/2011 – has ended. We are pleased to announce the results and congratulate the winners!

This week, Yingda Song from CHINA is way ahead of his opponents, with 442% of gain in the account. He wins the first prize (USD 132). Congratulations Yingda Song on the impressive score! :china-flag:

Contestant sailor, from Russian Federation, with 237% of account gain takes the second place and wins a USD 72 prize. Another trader from Russia, Stasyan keeps a close score with 200% gain account and wins the 3rd prize (60 USD) from FXOpen.

The other traders, who took places 4 through 10 also receive real money prizes from FXOpen, according to their scores in the final rating.
So, the TOP 10 for the previous week is as follows:

1. place yingda song
country:CHINA
prize 132 USD
gain in the account(%):442

2. place sailor
country:RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Приз 72 USD
gain in the account(%):237

3. place Stasyan
country:RUSSIAN FEDERATION
60 USD
gain in the account(%):200

4. place Pavel Konstantinov
country:RUSSIAN FEDERATION
prize40 USD
gain in the account(%):176

5. place Aleksei Scherba
country:BELARUS
Приз 32 USD
gain in the account(%):176


6. place JBLnet
country:MALAYSIA
Приз 16 USD
gain in the account(%):175

7. place solifor
country:JORDAN
prize 16 USD
gain in the account(%): 165

8. place [BOlga198829[/B]
country:RUSSIAN FEDERATION
prize12 USD
gain in the account(%): 157

9. place Gennadiy Karpov
country:RUSSIAN FEDERATION
prize12 USD
gain in the account(%): 140

10. place Stephen
country:TAIWAN
prize8 USD
gain in the account(%): 138

We wish to thank all those who participated in this week’s contest, for accepting the challenge and showing an intense and dynamic competition.
The next round is coming soon on 12-16 September with an even bigger prize, USD 400! Grab your chance and join!

http://forum.fxopen.com/showthread.php?707...2011-09-16-2011

Dear Clients.

We have received several reports, that those of you who tried to download FXOpen MT4 for ECN from our web-site within the past 2 days were unable to open a demo account.

The issue has been reported to the IT department and they will work on the solution and try to rectify it as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, please,

• download the file http://forum.fxopen.com/attachment.php?att...mp;d=1315899330,
• extract the .srv files for Demo and Live ECN
• and place them into the config folder inside the Meta Trader ECN folder on your computer. (for example C:\Program Files\ECN MetaTrader - FXOpen\config)

Or contact FXOpen Support via e-mail (support@fxopen.com) or the Live Chat FXOpen - Live Support and we will open an ECN demo account for you and send you the login and password.

We are sorry for the temporary inconveniences.
Please, follow the discussion in this thread for updates. as soon as the problem is fixed, we'll post an announcement here.

Cannot Open an ECN Demo Account

The past week was packed with action, surprises and sharp market moves. On Tuesday ForexCup traders found themselves caught up by macroeconomic events that affected the global Foreign Exchange market, when the Swiss National Bank attempted a market intervention to weaken the national currency. Those traders who were the first to know the news, correctly interpreted it and made the right decisions, increased their profits many times in just a few minutes and climbed to the top of the week’s rating.


For example, Boery Waluyo from Indonesia, increased his gain by 739%! With this amazing result Boery Waluyo takes the first place in this week’s contest and gets a prize of USD 140.
Even more amazing is that it is the second time Boery Waluyo wins a ForexCup competition. His total gain in all competitions is 913% and he is now at the top of the common rating of ForexCup traders. Congratulations! :indonesia-flag:


Top 10 Traders:

1 place Boery Waluyo
country: INDONESIA
Prize: 140 USD
account gain reached (%):739


2 place Rahmad Alamri
country: INDONESIA
Prize 72 USD
account gain reached (%):468


3. place Irina Zenchenko
country: UKRAINE
Prize: 60 USD
account gain reached (%):447


4. place Andrei Civga
country: MOLDOVA
Prize:40 USD
account gain reached (%):374


5. place abonseer
country: JORDAN
Prize 20 USD
account gain reached (%):190


6. place Sergey Ivanov
country: UKRAINE
Prize 20 USD
account gain reached (%):168


7. place JBLnet
country: MALAYSIA
Prize: 16 USD
account gain reached (%): 163


8. place Oleg Asmakovec
country: UKRAINE
Prize:12 USD
account gain reached (%): 142


9. place registr63
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Prize:12 USD
account gain reached (%): 125


10. place basilio
country: UKRAINE
Prize: 8 USD
account gain reached (%): 99
Do you want to win money, too? Join the next contest, trade and win. Top 10 traders will receive real money prizes from FXOpen.


The new round of Profitable Week - FXOpen’s demo account contest will be held on 19-23 September, 2011 and will offer the total prize money of USD 400.
Register for Profitable WeeK 09/19/2011-09/23/2011 for free till September 18.

Terms and Conditions:
Initial deposit – $ 5000, leverage 1:100
Minimum transaction size – 0.1 lot, maximum transaction size – 1 lot
Maximum limit on open trades – 3 open trades at the same time (including pending orders)
Expert advisors are not allowed

Do you want to become a PAMM Mnager and trade in an ECN/STP account, but do not have the starting capital? Join FXOpen’s super large demo account contest and win US$2000 + US$5000 as a PAMM investment!
The winner gets a unique chance to make a big start in Forex without an initial investment. It often takes newbies months or even years to build up the capital and start trading and earning money. Do not wait to make your dreams come true! Join FXOpen’s new PAMM Master 5000 competition and start your PAMM manager career now!

PAMM Master 5000 – FXOpen's new trading contest for demo accounts.

Terms and Conditions:
Anyone can participate
Initial deposit – $ 5000, leverage 1:50
Minimum transaction size – 0.1 lot, maximum transaction size – 1 lot
Maximum limit on open trades – 3 open trades at the same time (including pending orders)
Minimum 50 participants
Competition starts on 09.10.2011
Competition ends on 23.12.2011 at 22:35 (ForexCup time)
Expert advisors are not allowed.

The registration will start on 26.09.2011 and will end on 09.10.2011 at 22:25 (ForexCup server time).

The top 10 traders will be awarded real money prizes (the total prize money is $ 5000 + $ 5000 as an investment into the winner’s PAMM account).

• 1st place - US$2000 + US$5000 as PAMM investment. (To get the prize, open a PAMM accounts and deposit at least $1000 of the prize money to the PAMM account via internal transfer. Further instructions will be given after the end of the competition).
• 2nd place – US$950
• 3rd place – US$700
• 4th place – US$450
• 5th place – US$150
• 6th place – US$150
• 7th place – US$150
• 8th place – US$150
• 9th place – US$150
• 10th place – US$150

All prizes are withdrawable (except PAMM investment). To withdraw your prize, use any payment system on the list in MyFXOpen
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For more details on how to enter, please go to http://forum.fxopen.com/showthread.php?708...2011-23.12.2011