Maintenance Schedule & Market Holidays

Monthly cTrader maintenance windows and market holiday schedules

This article lists all upcoming scheduled platform maintenance windows and market holiday trading hour amendments. Review this page before entering positions — some instruments may be closed, close early, or open late during the dates shown.

ℹ️ All times on this page are in UTC (UTC+0).

Platform Maintenance

PipFarm's trading platform runs on cTrader, which typically undergoes maintenance on the Saturday following the NFP release each month. Our price feed provider may also carry out maintenance on weekends.

⚠️ Cryptocurrency traders: during cTrader maintenance windows, crypto instruments will be unavailable even though crypto markets trade 24/7. Plan your positions accordingly.

Saturday, 9 May 2026

Start Time	End Time	Status
05:00 UTC	19:00 UTC	🔧 Scheduled Maintenance

Friday, 15 May – Saturday, 16 May 2026

Start Time	End Time	Status
15 May, 23:00 UTC	16 May, 15:00 UTC	🔧 Scheduled Maintenance

Saturday, 16 May 2026

Start Time	End Time	Status
06:00 UTC	06:30 UTC	🔧 Scheduled Maintenance

Market Holidays & Amended Hours

On major bank holidays and regional holidays, some markets may be closed or operate on reduced hours. Affected instruments and their amended schedules are listed below by asset class.

Precious Metals

Monday, 25 May 2026

Instruments	Status
XAU, XAG	Early Close 18:30 UTC · Reopen 22:00 UTC

Energies

Monday, 25 May 2026

Instrument	Status
US Oil	Early Close 18:30 UTC · Reopen 22:00 UTC
Brent	Early Close 17:30 UTC · Reopen 00:00 UTC
Natural Gas	Early Close 18:30 UTC · Reopen 22:00 UTC

Indices

Friday, 1 May 2026

Instrument	Status
Germany 40	Closed
Spain 35	Closed
Europe 50	Closed
France 40	Closed
Netherlands 25	Closed
Italy 40	Closed
Swiss 20	Closed

Monday, 4 May 2026

Instrument	Status
Germany 40	Late Open 00:15 UTC
UK 100	Closed · Reopen 00:00 UTC

Thursday, 14 May 2026

Instrument	Status
Swiss 20	Closed

Monday, 25 May 2026

Instrument	Status
Germany 40	Early Close 20:00 UTC · Reopen 22:02 UTC
UK 100	Closed · Reopen 00:00 UTC
Japan 225	Early Close 17:00 UTC · Reopen 22:00 UTC
US 30	Early Close 17:00 UTC · Reopen 22:00 UTC
US 100	Early Close 17:00 UTC · Reopen 22:00 UTC
US 500	Early Close 17:00 UTC · Reopen 22:00 UTC
Volatility Index	Early Close 15:30 UTC · Reopen 22:00 UTC
Swiss 20	Closed