Good news. The first stage of the server upgrade will take place tonight, Tuesday, May 10, between 9 pm ET and midnight. The entire site will be unavailable for these several hours. I apologize in advance for the outage.
I am hoping, obviously, for a problem-free transition to the new hardware. However, there is always the chance that unexpected problems will appear. If they do, please be patient and understanding.
Expectations. This is only the first stage of a two-stage upgrade. You may notice significant speed improvements as early as tomorrow morning. Assuming the first upgrade works well, the second part of the upgrade will take place over the next two weeks.
I’ll keep you posted.
Matthew
Forex market is 24-Hour and has trading activities even at EST 9:00pm - midnight. So, I strongly suggest the upgrade of the second stage is scheduled at weekend or sunday instead of normal trading day so as to reduce the impact and risk of the upgrade.
Forex Microtrend
AS far as I know, Friday after 2 PM EST and before Sunday 2 PM EST the Forex market (not options), though active for market makers, does not trade, unless there is G7 meetings going on, and then only at the current price entry/exit. In my opinion, these would be the best times for the 2nd stage hardware upgrade. But it is upto C2 to decide the best times based on their schedule. Thanks for the effort put in for a speedy upgrade.
rgds, Pal
