Important notice: With Chinese New Year holidays approaching, please note our special holiday trading and customer service hours for Rakuten FX and Trading Station platforms.

Trading Info

Before start trading with Trading Station platform, please make sure you understand fully the trading hours, margin calculation, rollover interest and trading desk support.

 

TRADING HOURS

Summer time (EST)

 schedule Market Open: Monday 5:00am – 5:15am HKT
Market Close: Saturday 4:55am HKT
[Subject to available liquidity. Orders placed prior may be filled until 5am HKT]

 

Winter time (EST)

 schedule Market Open: Monday 6:00am – 6:15am HKT
Market Close: Saturday 5:55am HKT
[Subject to available liquidity. Orders placed prior may be filled until 6am HKT]

Special Trading and Customer Service Hours during Chinese New Year Holiday

Date Trading Hours (HKT) Customer Service Hours (HKT) Phone Dealing Hours (HKT)
(For Trading Station Only)
Rakuten FX Account Trading Station Account
24 Jan 2020 (Fri) Normal Normal Normal Normal
25 Jan 2020 (Sat) Closed Closed Closed Closed
26 Jan 2020 (Sun) Closed Closed Closed Closed
27 Jan 2020 (Mon) Normal Normal Closed Closed
28 Jan 2020 (Tue) Normal Normal Closed Normal
29 Jan 2020 (Wed) Normal Normal Normal Normal

MARGIN CALCULATION

Trade through Trading Station platform, the margin calculation as below:

  • Initial Margin: MMR x 5/3 x lots traded
  • Maintenance Margin: MMR x lots traded
  • Liquidation Margin: MMR x 2/3 x lots traded

Minimum Margin Requirement calculates the margin requirement based on 5% of gross principal value within 50-100 points of the current market value. Maintenance Margin Requirement (MMR) value is posted in the “simple dealing rates” window on the Trading Station§ and is recalculated from time to time in order to reflect current market conditions. Under normal market conditions, MMR will be recalculated at approximately 8 am HKT each day.

 

 

Example
Buy EUR/USD in 30 lots (30,000)

 

Example 1:

USD-Denominated Account, Initial Margin: US$65.6

Initial Margin: US$65.5 x 30 (for 30 lots)=US$1,965
Maintenance Margin: US$65.5 x 3/5 x 30 (for 30 lots)=US$1,179
Liquidation Margin: US$65.5 x 2/5 x 30 (for 30 lots)=US$786

 

Example 2:

HKD-Denominated Account, Initial Margin: HK$509.5
Initial Margin: HK$509.5 x 30 (for 30 lots)=HK$15,285
Maintenance Margin: HK$509.5 x 3/5 x 30 (for 30 lots)=HK$9,171
Liquidation Margin: HK$509.5 x 2/5 x 30 (for 30 lots)=HK$6,114

TIMING OF ROLLOVER

Rollover credit or debit amount of your open position(s) will be reflected in your account balance in the next trading day, within an hour after market open.

 

Trading Station Rollover Schedule

PHONE DEALING

When trading over the telephone, clients receive the same quotes available via the Trading Station. Rakuten Securities HK maintains telephone lines exclusively for dealing and has sufficient capacity to handle all client transactions over the telephone during phone dealing services hours. There is no additional fee to trade over the telephone.

Phone: (852) 2119-0118
Phone Dealing Services Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 11:59 pm, HKT

WHEN IS IT APPROPRIATE TO CALL THE TRADING PHONE NUMBER?

All Rakuten Securities HK clients are encouraged to call the trading desk under the following conditions:

  • No immediate access to the Internet
  • Trader fails to receive a confirmation on an order placed online
  • Internet failure or failure to connect to the Rakuten Securities HK server

For any other inquiries that are not trade related, please call Rakuten Securities HK’s client support staff, to assist you at (852) 2119-0116.
Client support service hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am HKT – 11:59 pm HKT

WHAT IF THE TRADE WAS EXECUTED INCORRECTLY?

If you believe that a trade was executed incorrectly, please contact the Sales and Client Services Support Desk immediately. Make sure that you have on hand all information pertaining to the trade including: ticket number, time of the trade, and nature of the problem. The trade will be audited, and, when necessary, an adjustment will be made in a timely manner.

SECURITY

Rakuten Securities HK utilizes state-of-the-art encryption, authentication protocols, and one of the best firewall protections to ensure that every transaction and client record is completely authenticated and secure. Rakuten Securities HK employs backup systems and contingency plans to minimize the possibility of system failures. If there is a problem with our server, all open trades, stop orders, and trading histories are saved on our backup files. All orders are GTC (Good Till Cancel) by default.

 

Please contact us if you have any questions related to account opening.

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Although demo accounts attempt to replicate real-time market scenarios, they are based on simulated market environment. As such, there are key differences that distinguish it from a live account; including but not limited to, the lack of dependence on real-time market liquidity, delay or difference in pricing and spread. The operational capabilities when executing orders in a demo environment may result in atypically expedited transactions, lack of rejected orders, and/or the absence of slippage. Additionally, updates to demo account may not coincide with those of live accounts.

^ Rakuten Securities was ranked as the world’s fifth largest retail forex broker by volume in August 2017 from Finance Magnates.
Ŧ Only available for clients who hold a Rakuten FX account.
¤ Fixed spreads are offered in Rakuten FX account during at least 95% of the time of the monthly core-time trading period (8am to 2am HKT of every trading day). Spreads shown above and in our website are for reference only and are not guaranteed and may widen beyond the average spreads depending on the market volatility, especially under circumstances of extremely low liquidity, news events or public holidays. Please always refer to the trading platforms for the most updated spreads.
ɞ Order execution rate is calculated based on the AS Streaming and Streaming trading orders in 10k or less order size with lower than 1 pip slippage setting in which were executed during the period between Jan 1 to Nov 1, 2017.
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When executing customers’ trades, Rakuten Securities HK can be compensated in several ways, which include, but are not limited to: charging fixed lot-based commissions at the open and close of a trade, adding a markup to the spreads, acting as a counterparty in the transactions. As a result, Rakuten Securities HK’s interests may be in conflict with yours.

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