Pepperstone News

You can find and read the latest news and press releases from all of our partner brokers here.

Market Closing Times - Martin Luther King Day

Friday 16th of January 2015

Monday the 19th of January is Martin Luther King Day in the United States and this will temporarily influence Market Closing Hours for Precious Metals and Energy Pairs.

Throughout this US holiday, Pepperstone will continue to provide standard support and funding hours.

Currency Market Hours will not be impacted by this holiday.

Market Trading Hours - Christmas / New Years 2014

Wednesday 17th of December 2014

The team at Pepperstone wish you a Happy Holiday Season and a Prosperous New Year.

Throughout the festive period, our 24 Hour Emergency Trading Desk will operate as usual. However, our customer support and funding hours will be reduced. Automated funding on the EDGE servers will operate as normal.



Holiday Trading

As like many of us, even Liquidity providers enjoy a break at this time of the year. Due to less liquidity there may be increased volatility in the markets and slightly wider spreads.

Please ensure that your account is adequately funded as these conditions can impact even fully hedged positions.

Market Closing Times - Thanksgiving Day (27th Nov 2014)

Monday 24th of November 2014

Thursday the 27th of November is Thanksgiving Day in the United States and this will temporarily influence Market Closing Hours for Precious Metals and Energy Pairs.

Throughout this US holiday, Pepperstone will continue to provide standard support and funding hours.

Currency Market Hours will not be impacted by this holiday.

MT4 Server Time changing to GMT+2

Thursday 30th of October 2014

On Sunday the 2nd of November 2014, the Pepperstone MT4 Server time will move one hour backwards to GMT +2 hours.

Pepperstone bases MT4 Server time on "5pm New York", the internationally recognised end-of-day in the forex markets. US Daylight Saving Time will finish this Sunday the 2nd of November 2014. With the US turning clocks one hour backwards the Pepperstone MT4 Server Time will also move one hour backwards.

How does this affect me?

The only noticeable change that you will experience is that the Market Watch time in MT4 will now be set at GMT+2. This might not affect your trading at all - however, depending on your timezone, this may cause the market to open hour later on Monday. The MT4 server time will still open at 0:00 on the charts.

What action must I take?

If you are using an EA with a GMT offset setting, then you must change the GMT offset to +2 prior to the market open on 2nd of November.

If you do not use an EA with a GMT offset, no action is necessary.

MT4 Upgrade - Virtual Servers Now Available

Tuesday 21st of October 2014

A brand new update for Metatrader 4 has been released by Metaquotes, build 735; this update introduced a revolutionary feature for clients who use automated trading strategies.



Metatrader 4 has introduced Virtual Hosting - the ability to rent a virtual server for your trading account at a low cost - otherwise known as a VPS or VPN service. These virtual servers are available in multiple locations including New York - where Pepperstone's trading servers are hosted.

With your trades executed from a location right next to our own servers, this feature allows you to achieve ultra-low latency trading execution. You can receive lightning fast order fills and ensure your EA is trading at its optimum level.

To register for your own virtual server, please right click on your account in the left hand side navigator panel in MT4 and select "Register a Virtual Server" from the drop down menu to begin.

Market Closing Times - Labor Day

Friday 29th of August 2014

Monday the 1st of September is Labor Day in the United States and this will temporarily influence Market Closing Hours for Precious Metals and Energy Products.

Throughout this US holiday, Pepperstone will continue to provide standard support and funding hours.

Currency Market Hours will not be impacted by this holiday.

Trade ZARJPY Pair with Pepperstone

Thursday 21st of August 2014

Pepperstone is announcing the release of the new currency-cross pair: ZARJPY

This addition gives Pepperstone traders direct access to this highly sought after cross from the interbank market.

The combination of the South African Rand (ZAR) and the Japanese Yen (JPY) is attractive to traders due to its swap benefits and the ability to "carry trade".

Carry trading is a strategy of buying a high interest bearing currencies against another where the interest rate is very low, this way the trader earns interest through swap payments each roll-over.

Due to the South African Central bank's official cash rate of 5.75% versus that of the Bank of Japan's cash rate of 0.25%, traders using the carry trade strategy can look to this pair as a possible addition to their portfolio.

To view this exciting new pair within your MT4 Platform simply Right Click on Market Watch and select 'Show All'.

New Islamic Account Available

Monday 28th of July 2014

Pepperstone is proud to announce the release of Islamic trading accounts, also commonly referred to as Swap Free accounts. This account type was designed to comply with Sharia law.

Traders needing this account for religious beliefs can now take advantage of Pepperstone's institutional grade STP account. Our Standard swap free account type provides access to Pepperstone's Interbank spreads and superior liquidity with No Commission.

To open an Islamic account, please complete the online application form and choose the Islamic account in the account type drop box. Thanks to our simple online form, you can have your application completed in 5 minutes!