CFD Expiration Date

Dividend Payment or Charge Adjustments on Shares and Spot Stock Indices (3rd – 9th of May) and Applicable Leverages (9th – 13th of May) Announcement

Please be advised that when trading shares and spot stock indices using contracts for difference (CFDs), when a listed company or a listed company (component) of an underlying stock index pays dividend to its shareholders, the value of the corresponding position held in the client’s trading account will be affected after the closing of the market (trading platform / server time). Determined by whether the client’s position is long or short, the trading account will incur a net of tax dividend adjustment, which may be a payment or a charge. (Please note that stock indices futures CFDs do not participate in dividend adjustment. The composition of each Standard Lot referred here may vary significantly from one trading product to another, please refer to Product Guide for details.)

The projected impact of any dividend issued by a component on a stock index is weighted and calculated, and such figures are published and updated on our official website.

Dividend payment received when holding a long position:

Dividend Payment = Component Dividend (weighted, per stock index contract) × Position Size in Standard Lot × Contract Size per Standard Lot Currency Multiplier

Dividend charge deducted when holding a short position:

Dividend Charge = Component Dividend (weighted, per stock index contract) × Position Size in Standard Lot × Contract Size per Standard Lot Currency Multiplier

Please find stock indices dividend figures below for this week:

Symbol 3rd May 4th May 5th May 6th May 9th May Dividend Payout Time
(GMT+1)
GER40
FRA40 4.376 31.022 21:55
US30 6.096 1.582 10.874 21:55
NAS100 0.353 1.7 3.7 0.425 21:55
SPX500 0.003 0.04 0.467 0.631 0.325 21:55
ChinaA50
HK50
AUS200 0.684 21:55
SPAIN35 1.245 18:55
UK100 1.276 21:55
EURO50 3.417 5.871 9.298 2.36 21:55
JAPAN225
GER30min
FRA40min 4.376 31.022 21:55
US30min 6.096 1.582 10.874 21:55
NAS100min 0.353 1.7 3.7 0.425 21:55
SPX500min 0.003 0.04 0.467 0.631 0.325 21:55
ChinaA50min
HK50min

For Share CFDs

Dividend payment received when holding a long position:

Dividend Payment = Individual Stock Dividend (per share) × Position Size in Standard Lot × Contract Size per Standard Lot

Dividend charge deducted when holding a short position:

Dividend Charge = Individual Stock Dividend (per share) × Position Size in Standard Lot × Contract Size per Standard Lot

Please find stock dividend figures below for this week:

Symbol 3rd May 4th May 5th May 6th May 9th May Dividend Payout Time
(GMT+1)
INTC 0.37 21:00
WFC 0.25 21:00
WMT 0.56 21:00
IBM 1.65 21:00

(Please note that the above information is indicative only, and may be subject to change Dividend payout of an individual stock normally takes place after the close of its last trading session prior to the announced ex-dividend date shown above.)

(Please also note that 2 trading days prior to earnings announcements we’ll amend our leverages across the specific companies’ share CFDs to a maximum of 1:5, reverting to a maximum 1:10 after report publishing. Please ensure that you have sufficient margin required to maintain your open positions during the above mentioned period.)

The amendment of US Share CFDs’ applicable leverages is scheduled as follows (9th – 13th of May):

Earnings Announcement Date Symbol Leverage Amendment Time (GMT+1) Amended Leverage Resumed Leverage Time (GMT+1) Resumed Leverage
11st May BABA 9th May, 21:00 1:5 11st May, 21:00 1:10
11st May DIS 9th May, 21:00 1:5 11st May, 21:00 1:10
16th May BIDU 12th May, 21:00 1:5 16th May, 21:00 1:10
17th May WMT 13th May, 21:00 1:5 17th May, 21:00 1:10