Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Interbank Accounts

Dukascopy Commissions
When a client is trading on the Interbank account with Dukascopy, the standard commission of USD 18 per one million USD traded is charged. Commissions are partially reimbursed on the basis of the traders’ monthly volume.
Commission for managed accounts will be discussed separately in order to cover accountancy and compliance responsibilities.
Example: The total volume traded during the month of June equals to 3,500,000.000 (3.5 billion), the commission will be charged as follows : USD 15 per one million USD traded for the whole 3,5 billions traded. Any difference between the commission initially accounted for and the effective amount of commission determined by the volume figure shall be the subject of a credit to the client's account at the end of the month in consideration.
Commissions reflect fractional adjustments to the price that can not be applied directly on the platform due to certain technical limitations but are reflected on the final reports.
In default reports available to clients the commissions are included in the price of the trade.
For the convenience of the client an alternative form of reporting is available where this part of the trade price is shown separately. In order to switch to this reporting methods please contact your account manager.
Settlement procedure
Settlement activities are conducted on the daily basis and include all post-trade operations such as trade settlements, rolls, volume commissions and daily p&L conversions and other end-of-day amendments (please refer to Overnight policy for relating information on value date and overnights). Settlement procedure is applied at 22:00 GMT and carried out automatically in the same currency of the account. When the settlement process is completed, changes are registered in the balance. Clients are able to view the balance history in the various reports through the trading platform or the website backoffice services.

Swiss Exclusive Interbank FOREX Trading

Dukascopy provides access to the very first Decentralized Marketplace, combining the liquidity of centralized marketplaces and a number of banks.
Through its marketplace technology, Dukascopy is able to avoid any exposure risk and conflict of interest with its clients (Dukascopy is NOT a Market Maker), as all the trades are executed in the network with Forex participants. Dukascopy guarantees transparent and anonymous trading environment.
one place, providing a fair trading environment for buyers and sellers. For each trade executed over the Dukascopy Trading Platform, SWFX – Swiss Forex Marketplace, there are two equal and offsetting over-the-counter transactions: one between the buyer and Dukascopy as the seller, and an equal and offsetting transaction between Dukascopy and the seller.
Dukascopy / SWFX - Swiss Forex Marketplace business model derives its success from the best quality of institutional Forex brokerage worldwide in combination with guaranteed financial stability of the broker. The complete security is reinforced by the zero market exposure brokerage model that is the guiding principle of Dukascopy Suisse SA.
Dukascopy Suisse SA is regulated by Swiss financial control authorities and boasts a shareholder capital of CHF 10,000,000.00.


  • SWFX - Swiss Forex Marketplace Platform has been designed for highly accurate instant execution exclusively for professionals. Dukascopy apologizes for not being able to service retail clients.

  • Dukascopy SWFX - Swiss Forex Marketplace Platform is engineered and optimized to provide the best results when trading lots of over 5 million.

  • Dukascopy trading philosophy is based on principles of equal competition and absence of any conflicts of interest.

  • Dukascopy offers the best spreads available in the market (0.5 - 1 pip on Majors) thanks to the biggest worldwide liquidity generated by the active participants.

  • SWFX - Swiss Forex Marketplace Platform provides its service through GUIs (2 versions) and APIs (3 versions).

  • Trading Accounts with Dukascopy can be funded via a money transfer, bank guarantee, Standby Letter of Credit or via segregated accounts with Swiss Private Banks

  • Dukascopy Suisse SA, the owner of SWFX - Swiss Forex Marketplace, is incorporated and regulated in Switzerland.

  • The shareholder capital of Dukascopy Suisse SA is 10 million CHF.