FTMO Announcements

FTMO has officially completed its acquisition of OANDA Global Corporation, one of the world’s leading online trading groups. The deal was finalized on December 1, following an 8-month regulatory approval process involving five regulators.

What’s Confirmed

• FTMO now owns OANDA Global Corporation.

• OANDA will operate as a fully standalone business.

• Transaction value not disclosed.

• Deal approved after all regulatory conditions were met.

Why It Matters

• FTMO expands from modern prop trading into regulated brokerage.
• OANDA brings licenses in eight major financial hubs, including New York, London, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney.
• This creates a new model in the industry: Prop trading + regulated brokerage under one group.
• Strengthens FTMO’s long-term plan to build a global trading powerhouse.

About OANDA

Founded in 1996, OANDA is one of the longest-standing online trading platforms, offering:

• Multi-asset derivatives and FX
• Market data and analytics
• Services for both retail and institutional clients

OANDA has held regulatory licenses across the world’s most active financial markets and was owned by CVC since 2018.

Leadership Statements

• Otakar Šuffner, Co-Founder & CEO, FTMO: “FTMO remains focused on modern prop trading, where we rank among the global leaders. Our long-term objective is to build a trading powerhouse serving traders at every level prop trading, regulated brokerage, and the tools that connect both. OANDA, with licenses in eight major financial markets, is the perfect fit for this vision.”

• Marek Vašíček, Co-Founder & CTO, FTMO “We are excited to work with OANDA’s team. Their proven expertise in regulated markets, strong risk management framework, and client-focused approach complement FTMO perfectly. Together, we are creating a group with capabilities and depth that have not existed in this industry until now.”

• Gavin Bambury, CEO, OANDA: “Today marks a pivotal moment as OANDA joins the FTMO ecosystem. Our strength has always been rooted in operating as a trusted, regulated global group. This acquisition accelerates our growth and enables us to deliver more innovative, integrated, and intelligent trading experiences for clients around the world.”

PFM Assessment

• This is one of the most significant strategic moves in the retail prop trading ecosystem to date. FTMO now controls both a fast-scaling global prop trading franchise and a fully regulated multi-asset brokerage platform, a structural advantage unmatched by competitors.

• PFM will continue monitoring post-acquisition integration, regulatory implications, and market impact as FTMO expands its presence across both retail and institutional trading infrastructure.

Please be advised that maintenance will be carried out on the following trading platforms:
1.) All trading platforms (MT5, MT4, cTrader, DXtrade) on Saturday, 24 May 2025, between 04:00 and 05:00.
2.) Further maintenance on the MT4 trading platform will take place on Saturday, 24 May 2025, between 09:00 and 11:00.
During the maintenance period, trading on the specified platforms will be disabled, and access to the platform(s) may be fully restricted.

Due to the U.S. Memorial Day and the UK Spring Bank Holiday on Monday, 26 May 2025, there will be changes to trading hours for specified instruments:
Monday, 26 May 2025
1.) JP225.cash, US100.cash, US500.cash, US30.cash, US2000.cash symbols will have an early close at 20:00.
2.) XAUUSD, as well as other Metal CFDs, USOIL.cash, HEATOIL.c and NATGAS.cash symbols, will have an early close at 21:30.
3.) UK100.cash, Equities I CFD (US Stocks) and Agriculture commodities will be closed for the whole day.
4.) GER40.cash will have an early close at 23:00.
5.) UKOIL.cash will have an early close at 20:30.

Tuesday, 27 May 2025
1.) CORN.c, SOYBEAN.c, WHEAT.c will open late at 16:35.

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All times hereafter are expressed in the MetaTrader platform time – GMT+3.

Weekend Maintenance
Please be advised that maintenance will be carried out on the following trading platforms:
All trading platforms (MT5, MT4, cTrader, DXtrade) on** Saturday, 17 May 2025**, between 04:00 and** 05:00.**
The cTrader platform on Saturday, 17 May 2025, between 09:00 and 15:00.
The MT4 trading platform FTMO–Server2 (login sequence starting with 42 or 130) and FTMO–Server3 (login sequence starting with 43) on Saturday, 17 May 2025, between* 09:00** and** 11:00**.
During the maintenance period, trading on the specified platforms will be disabled, and access to the platform(s) may be fully restricted.

IT Maintenance

On Saturday, 17 May 2025, between 10:00 and 11:00, our IT teams will perform infrastructure optimization of our databases and supporting systems, which will cause disruptions to some parts of our services.

• Client Area will be inaccessible or experience disruptions – services such as Account MetriX, KYC, payouts, billing, new order purchases and others will also be temporarily unavailable.
• Automatic email communication will pick up delays during the maintenance time, but all emails will be sent once the maintenance is completed.
• Our web pages will be operational. However, some components (such as the symbol specification page) may experience disruptions.
• Our chat and email support will be available during this time, but due to the disruption of our systems, their ability to assist with account/order-specific queries will be limited. We expect a high number of chat requests due to the disruptions, so we kindly ask you for patience during this time. Ideally, check back after 11:00 and contact us past this time if you need anything. Thank you.
  Please visit https://ftmo.com/en/trading-updates/ for more information
  Remember to trade safe