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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................................3
AKNOWLEDGEMENT......................................................................................................................................................3
SCOPEOFTHETERMSANDCONDITIONSOFBUSINESS................................................................................................3
INTERPRETATIONOFTERMS.........................................................................................................................................3
ELECTRONICTRADING...................................................................................................................................................5
INSTRUCTIONSANDORDERS.........................................................................................................................................7
REFUSALTOEXECUTEORDERS....................................................................................................................................11
CORPORATEACTIONS..................................................................................................................................................11
COMPLAINTSHANDLINGPROCEDURE........................................................................................................................13
MISCELLANEOUS..........................................................................................................................................................13
FAQs.............................................................................................................................................................................13
ADDITIONALCONTACTS..............................................................................................................................................14
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1.
INTRODUCTION
1.1
1.2
2.
AKNOWLEDGEMENT
3.
3.1
TheTermsandConditionsgovernallthe
actionsthatrelatetotheexecutionofthe
clientsorders.
3.2
3.3
2.1
2.2
2.3
SCOPEOFTHETERMSANDCONDITIONS
OFBUSINESS
4.
INTERPRETATIONOFTERMS
4.1
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Balance:
Shallmeanthefundsavailableinatrading
account that may be used for trading
financialinstruments.
BaseCurrency:
Shallmeanthefirstcurrencyrepresented
in a currency pair, for example in the
EURUSDcurrencypairthebasecurrency
istheEUR.
Bid:
Client:
Shallmeanthepersonwhoreceivedthe
email referred to in paragraph 4.1,
above.
ClientAgreement:
Shall mean the Client Agreement, which
togetherwiththeRiskDisclosureNotice,
formsthebasisonwhichFxProprovides
investment and ancillary services to the
client;
available
online
at
http://www.fxpro.com.
ClosedPosition:
Shall mean the opposite of an open
position.
ContractforDifference(CFD):
Shall mean a CFD on spot foreign
exchange(FX),oraCFDonshares,ora
CFDonspotmetals,oraCFDonfutures
oranyotherCFDrelatedinstrumentthat
isavailablefortradingthroughtheFxPro
trading platform(s); a full list of the
financialinstrumentsisavailableonlineat
http://www.fxpro.com.
CorporateActions:
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Lot:
Margin:
Shallmeantherequiredfundsavailablein
a trading account for the purposes of
maintaininganopenposition.
MarginLevel:
Shall mean the Equity to Margin ratio
calculatedas:
MarginLevel=Equity/Margin
OpenPosition:
Shallmeananypositionthathasnotbeen
closed. For example, an open long
position not covered by the opposite
shortpositionandviceversa.
OvertheCounter(OTC):
Shall mean the execution venue for any
financial instruments whose trading is
governedbytheServiceAgreement.
PendingOrder:
Shallmeaneitherabuystop,orsellstop,
orbuylimit,selllimitorderorastoplimit
order(applicabletoMetaTrader5only).
StopLoss:
Shallmeananinstructionthatisattached
toaninstantexecutionorpendingorder
forminimisingloss.
TakeProfit:
Shallmeananinstructionthatisattached
toaninstantexecutionorpendingorder
forsecuringprofit.
TradingAccount:
5.
ELECTRONICTRADING
5.1
OncetheServiceAgreementcommences
according to paragraph 4.1 of the Client
Agreement,theclientshall:
5.1.1
downloadandinstallthetrading
platform(s) software (the
Software) available online at
http://www.fxpro.com;and
5.1.2
receive, through an email,
access codes (the Access
Codes) to enable him/ her to
logintothetradingplatform(s)
inordertosendand/ormodify
instructions for the purposes of
tradingfinancialinstruments.
5.2
5.3
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5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
TheclientshallimmediatelyinformFxPro
ifitcomestohis/herattentionthatthe
AccessCodeshavebeenused,eitherfor
trading or other purposes, without his/
her express consent. The client accepts
that FxPro is unable to identify any
instanceswhenaperson,otherthanthe
client or his/ her authorised
representative,isloggingintothetrading
platform(s) without the clients express
consent.
TheclientacceptsthatFxProreservesthe
right to terminate the clients access to
thetradingplatform(s)inordertoensure
and/ or restore the orderly operation of
the trading platform(s) and protect the
interestsofboththeclientsandtheFirm;
under such circumstances FxPro may, at
its discretion, close any of the clients
trading account(s), according to
paragraph17.5oftheClientAgreement.
TheclientacceptsthatFxProreservesthe
right to immediately terminate the
clients access to the trading platform(s)
intheeventtheclientvoluntarilyand/or
involuntarily partakes in arbitrage
unrelated to market inefficiencies,
including but not limited to, latency
arbitrageandswaparbitrage;undersuch
circumstances FxPro may, at its
discretion,closeanyoftheclientstrading
account(s),inaccordancewithparagraph
17.5oftheClientAgreement.
5.8
Inaddition,theclientacceptsthatFxPro
reserves the right to immediately
terminate the clients access to the
trading platform(s) and recover any
lossesincurredfromaclientsaccount(s)
intheeventtheFirmdeterminesatitsole
discretionthattheclientvoluntarilyand/
or involuntarily undertakes toabusethe
negative balance protection offered by
theFirmeitheronanindividualaccount,
or multiple accounts and/ or between
one or more client(s) of the Firm in
accordance with paragraph 17.5 of the
Client Agreement. A client hedging his/
her exposure utilising his/ her accounts
underthesameordifferentclientprofile
would constitute an abuse of the
negative balance protection offering as
wellasaclientrequestingawithdrawalof
his/ her client money notwithstanding
any of the provisions of the Service
Agreement when the symbol he/ she is
trading is not available for trading at
FxPro during that specific timeframe; it
should be noted that this is not an
exhaustivelist.
5.9
5.10
Theclient acceptsthattheFirmbearsno
responsibility for any loss, including but
not limited to financial loss, incurred by
theclientduetotheinabilityofthelatter
to access the trading platform(s) if this
has been caused: (i) due to the Clients
failuretomaintaintheSoftwareupdated
as required or (ii) due to any other
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5.11
5.12
5.13
mechanical,
software,
computer,
telecommunicationsorelectronicsystem
failurethatcouldhavebeencontrolledby
eithertheclientortheFirm.
6.
INSTRUCTIONSANDORDERS
TransmissionofInstructions
6.1
FxProshallagreeinreceivinginstructions
thathavebeentransmittedonlythrough
the trading platform(s) or other
electronicmeansdeterminedbytheFirm
attheoutsetoftheServiceAgreement.
6.2
Theclient acceptsthatFxProreservesthe
right to proceed in partial execution of
theformersinstruction(s).
6.3
FxProshall,undercertaincircumstances,
accept instructions by telephone or in
person,providedthatitisfullysatisfiedof
(i) the clients identity and (ii) clarity of
instructions; for further details read the
RecordingsofTelephoneCallssectionof
theClientAgreement.
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6.4
6.5
6.6
6.7
6.8
6.9
FxProshall,atitsdiscretion,confirmthe
instruction(s) received by the client if it
deemsthattobenecessary.
TheclientacceptsthattheFirmbearsno
responsibility for any instructions that
maybemisinterpretedduetoatechnical
orothererror.
Quotes
6.11
6.12
Intermsofpendingorderstheclient may
sendaninstructionfor:
6.12.1 BuyLimit:
An order to buy a CFD at a
specified price lower than the
currentmarketprice.
6.12.2 SellLimit:
An order to sell a CFD at a
specified price higher than the
currentmarketprice.
6.12.3 BuyStop:
AnordertobuyaCFD;theprice
issetabove the current market
price and is triggered when the
market price reaches the buy
stopinstruction.
6.12.4 SellStop:
AnordertosellaCFD;theprice
is set lower than the current
market price and is triggered
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6.12.5StopLimitOrder:
Shall mean an order that combines the
featuresofstoporderwiththoseofalimit
order.Astoplimitorderwillbeexecuted
at a specified price (or better) after a
givenstop pricehasbeen reached.Once
the stop price is reached, the stoplimit
orderbecomesalimitordertobuy(orsell)
atthelimitpriceorbetter.
Itshouldbenotedthatastoplossand/or
takeprofitmaybeattachedtoaninstant
executionorpendingorder.
6.17
6.13
6.14
6.15
6.16
Apendingorder thatisanopenorderat
thecloseofaspecifictradingsessionshall
remain valid and shall be executed
accordinglyduringanexttradingsession
Theclientacceptsthatpendingorders are
executedatthedeclaredpriceonthefirst
currentpricetouch.
Theclient understandsthatifconditions
described in paragraph 6.16, above,
materialise a stop loss instruction
attachedtoapendingordermaynotlimit
theclientspotentiallosstotheintended
amountgiven that FxPro maybeunable
toexecuteatthedeclaredprice.
MetaTrader4
6.18
TheFirm,atmarginleveloflessthan25%
(twentyfive),hasthediscretiontobegin
closing positions starting from most
unprofitable one. The Firm, at margin
level of less than 20% (twenty), is
automaticallyclosingpositionsatmarket
price.
cTrader,FxProMarketsandMetaTrader5
6.19
TheFirm,atmarginleveloflessthan40%
(forty),hasthediscretiontobeginclosing
positionsusingSmartStopOut.TheFirm,
atmarginleveloflessthan30%(thirty),is
automaticallyclosingpositionsatmarket
price.
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6.20
6.21
MetaTrader4
available
online
at
http://direct.fxpro.com. It should be
noted that the Firm shall monitor the
leverage applied to clients positions, at
all times; the Firm reserves the right to
decreasetheleveragedependingonthe
clientstradevolume.
cTrader
6.25
FxProMarkets
6.26
Theclient shallsettheleveragethatmay
range from 1:1 to 1:500, during the
accountopeningprocessandhe/shemay
send a request to amend the leverage
level, at any time, through FxPro Direct
available
online
at
http://direct.fxpro.com.
6.27
6.28
FxProreservestherighttoamend,atany
time, the contract specifications of such
financialinstruments,availableonline at
http://www.fxpro.com, in order to
respond to a number of situations
including but not limited to specific
market conditions. Though the client is
liable for ensuring that he/ she remains
informed,atalltimes,regardingthelatest
contractspecifications,FxProshallwhere
reasonably possible notify the client by
6.22
Theclientshallsettheleveragethatmay
range from 1:1 to 1:500, during the
accountopeningprocessandhe/shemay
send a request to amend the leverage
level, at any time, through FxPro Direct
available
online
at
http://direct.fxpro.com. It should be
noted that the Firm shall monitor the
leverage applied to clients positions, at
all times; the Firm reserves the right to
decreasetheleveragedependingonthe
clientstradevolume.
MetaTrader5
6.24
Theclientshallsettheleveragethatmay
range from 1:1 to 1:500, during the
accountopeningprocessandhe/shemay
send a request to amend the leverage
level, at any time, through FxPro Direct
Theclient shallsettheleveragethatmay
range from 1:1 to 1:500, during the
accountopeningprocessandhe/shemay
send a request to amend the leverage
level, at any time, through FxPro Direct
available
online
at
http://direct.fxpro.com.
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IMPORTANTNOTICE:
1. Specific leverage restrictions may
applyoncertaininstrumentsand/or
platforms and/ or jurisdictions as
indicated on the official website of
FxPro. The Firm may, in its sole
discretion, amend the margin
requirements, on a case by case
basis, on all or any transaction(s) of
the Client, by providing the Client,
wherereasonable,withnotice.
2. The Client acknowledges that all
information as well as any
subsequentupdatesrelatingtoFixed
Spread Accounts shall be found
online at www.fxpro.com. Further
the Client acknowledges that it is
their sole responsibility to remain
informedofanysubsequentupdates
and/oramendments.
(ii)
constitutes an abusive
exploitation of privileged
confidentialinformation;
(iii) contributes
to
the
launderingofillegalfunds;
(iv) affects in any manner the
reliability or orderly
operation of the trading
platform(s);and
(v) theclientsorderrelatesto
thepurchaseofafinancial
instrument but there is
insufficient free margin in
the relevant trading
account to cover such
purchase
and
any
applicablecharges.
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.
REFUSALTOEXECUTEORDERS
7.1
7.2
8.
CORPORATEACTIONS
8.1
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8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
Dividends
LongPositions
Aclientholdingalongpositionontheex
div date will receive the applicable
dividend in the form of a cash
adjustment, credited to the relevant
tradingaccount.
ShortPositions
Aclientholdingashortpositionontheex
div date will be charged the applicable
dividend in the form of a reverse cash
adjustment, debited from the relevant
tradingaccountsfreeequity.
8.8
8.9
a. exercisetherightsoption;or
b. holdtherightsuntilmaturityand
notexercisetheoption.
FractionalShareAdjustments
8.10
Intheeventacorporateactionresultsin
a fractional position, FxPro reserves the
right at its own discretion to credit the
outstanding fractional component as a
cash adjustment to be credited to the
clients trading account; the adjustment
willbesubjecttotheclosingpriceonthe
lasttradingdaypriortotheexdate.
OtherCorporateActions
8.11
Intheeventofasharebeingdelisted,the
clientspositionwillbeclosedatthelast
marketpricetraded.
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8.12
8.13
Intheeventofamergerandacquisition
(M&A), tender, spinoff or merger
resultinginthesharetradingunderanew
name, the clients position will closed at
thelastmarkerpricetraded.
FxProbearsnoresponsibilityfornotifying
the client regarding announcements of
corporateactions.
9.4
10.
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1
Theclient acceptsthatallordersexecuted
by the Firm shall be conclusive and
binding. The client has 2 (two) business
days,fromtheexecutionofanorder,to
dispute the execution (i) price, (ii) cost,
(iii)speed,and(iv)method;suchdispute
needstobecommunicatedtotheFirmin
writing.
10.2
Unlessspecificallyagreedotherwise,the
client accepts that the Firm is under no
obligationtoprovideelectronic,orother,
confirmation in relation to financial
instruments traded through the clients
tradingaccount.
10.3
Unlessspecificallyagreedotherwise,the
clientacceptsthatFxProshallprovideno
statements of accounts in relation to
financialinstrumentstradedthroughthe
clientstradingaccount.Theclientmay,at
anytime,reviewthecurrentandhistoric
stateofhis/hertradingaccountthrough
thetradingplatform(s).
10.4
11.
FAQs
9.
COMPLAINTSHANDLINGPROCEDURE
9.1
Complaintsshallbeaddressed,inthefirst
instance, to the Customer Support
Department. If the client receives a
response from the Customer Support
Department but deems that the
complaintneedstoberaisedfurtherthe
client may contact the Compliance
Department that is an independent
department within FxPro. Both the
Customer Support Department and the
ComplianceDepartmentshallthoroughly
examine any complaints as required,
taking into account any information
contained within the books and records
of the Firm, including but not limited to
theclientstradingaccountjournal.
Acomplaintshallinclude:
theclientsnameandsurname;
the clients trading account
number;
the
affected
transaction
numbers,ifapplicable;
thedateandtimethattheissue
arose;and
adescriptionoftheissue.
Acomplaintmustnotinclude:
offensive language directed
either to FxPro or an FxPro
employee.
9.2
9.3
11.1
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11.2
CustomerSupportDepartment
Email:support@fxpro.com
Telephone:+35725969222
Fax:+35725969269
12.
ADDITIONALCONTACTS
12.1
DealingDepartment
Telephone:+35725969239
ComplianceDepartment
Email:compliance@fxpro.com
12.2
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FxProFinancialServicesLimited
Address:1Karyatidon,4180Limassol,Cyprus
Telephone:+35725969200Fax:+35725969233
http://www.fxpro.cominfo@fxpro.com
TermsandConditionsofBusiness
October2016
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