A brief explanation of swap/rollover charges at Evolve Markets.
All swaps are charged in POINTS. A swap charge or credit is displayed in your selected account base currency (BTC, LTC, ETH, SOL, or USD).
- Swaps are charged at 5PM Eastern (New York) time Monday through Friday for FX, Commodities, Indices, and Stocks; and 7 days per week for crypto. Positions open at exactly this time are subject to swap/rollover. Positions closed before or opened after this time are not subject to swap/rollover.
- Triple Swap: Wednesday for Forex and Metals. Friday for Commodities, Indices, and Stocks.
- Rates are posted & updated daily at 00:00 UTC.
- Swap values (Swap Long and Swap Short) displayed in Quote Currency of every symbol are available on the Specifications page and are updated daily.
- Swap values displayed in Quote Currency, updated in real time are available directly in Evolve Webtrader platform in Specifications panel of each selected symbol.
- Swap values displayed in Points per Lot are available in MetaTrader (MT5 and MT4) in Specifications tab of each selected symbol (Specifications tab is displayed by right-clicking on the selected symbol in Market Watch panel and selecting Specification).
- Point values in USD for all symbols are available on Specifications page.
Swap Calculation Formula:
[ Lots * Swap Rate = Swap Charge/Credit in POINTS. ]
FOREX Example — EURUSD
The above information can be found by right-clicking the symbol in ‘Market Watch’ in MT4/MT5 and clicking on ‘Specification’.
In this example, long positions in EURUSD will be charged -10.866 points per lot. Shorts will be paid 4.63 points per lot.
If we SELL 2 lots of EURUSD, we can calculate the swap charge using the formula:
[ Lots * Swap Rate = Swap Charge/Credit ]
[ 2 * 4.63 = 9.26 points ]
Point values in USD for all FOREX symbols can be found here: https://evolve.markets/specifications
For EURUSD, the point value is $1 USD, so your account would be credited the equivalent of [ $1 point value * 9.26 points = $9.26 ] converted to your selected account base currency.
Conversely, if you were LONG 2 lots EURUSD, your account would be debited [ 2 * -10.866 = -21.74 points ], which is the equivalent of -$21.74 USD.
Triple Swaps on Wednesday:
FOREX and Metals positions held at 5 PM Eastern time (EST) on Wednesdays are charged 3 times the posted swap rate. Due to the 2 day settlement time of FOREX, trades held past 5 PM EST on Wednesday cannot be settled until the following Monday; therefore, the triple charge accounts for the interest accrued over Saturday and Sunday.
CRYPTO Example — BTCUSD
Just like FOREX, the swap rates for cryptocurrency instruments are shown in points in MT5 and MT4.
If you SELL 2 lots of BTCUSD, we can calculate the swap charge using the formula:
[ Lots * Swap Rate = Swap Charge/Credit ]
[ 2 * -5.925056 = -11.850112 points ]
For BTCUSD, the point value is $1 USD, so your account would be debited the equivalent of $1 point value * -11.850112 points = -$11.85 converted to your account base (deposit) currency.
Conversely, if you were LONG 2 lots BTCUSD, your account would be debited [ 2 lots * -6.280328 points = -12.560656 points = -$12.56 converted to your deposit currency.
All swap/rollover rates in quote currency of the symbol and point values in USD are always here: https://evolve.markets/specifications
Feel free to contact us at support@evolve.markets or through Twitter @EvolveMarkets for any questions or further details.