Applies to: CFD
Short answer
News trading is allowed during evaluations. On funded accounts and Instant Standard, don't open or close trades on affected instruments from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after high-impact (red folder) news or FOMC events. Profit made in that window, or heavily driven by the news, will be removed, but your account won't be breached. Instant Starter allows news trading.
Which accounts does this apply to?
Account | News trading |
Evaluations (1 Step, 2 Step, Nano, BNPL) | Allowed |
Funded accounts from any evaluation | Restricted: 5 minutes before and after |
Instant Standard | Restricted: 5 minutes before and after |
Instant Starter | Allowed |
What the restriction means
Don't open or close trades on an affected instrument from 5 minutes before a high-impact news release until 5 minutes after it.
The same applies to FOMC speeches, statements and releases.
Profit made in the window, or significantly influenced by the news, will be removed. This isn't a rule violation, so your account won't be breached.
Trades that try to get around the rule are treated the same way.
Affected instruments
News currency | Currency pairs | Indices and commodities | Crypto |
USD (incl. FOMC) | USDCAD, AUDUSD, EURUSD, GBPUSD, NZDUSD, USDCHF, USDJPY | XAUUSD, XAGUSD, NDX100, SPX500, US30 | BTCUSD, ETHUSD |
EUR | EURUSD, EURAUD, EURCAD, EURCHF, EURDKK, EURGBP, EURJPY, EURNZD | GER40 | – |
GBP | EURGBP, GBPAUD, GBPCAD, GBPCHF, GBPJPY, GBPNZD, GBPUSD | UK100 | – |
JPY | AUDJPY, CADJPY, CHFJPY, EURJPY, GBPJPY, NZDJPY, USDJPY | JPN225 | – |
AUD | AUDCAD, AUDCHF, AUDJPY, AUDNZD, AUDUSD, EURAUD, GBPAUD | – | – |
CAD | AUDCAD, CADCHF, CADJPY, EURCAD, GBPCAD, NZDCAD, USDCAD | – | – |
CHF | AUDCHF, CADCHF, CHFJPY, EURCHF, GBPCHF, NZDCHF, USDCHF | – | – |
NZD | AUDNZD, EURNZD, GBPNZD, NZDCAD, NZDCHF, NZDJPY, NZDUSD | – | – |
Example: if there's high-impact GBP news at 9:30, don't open or close trades on GBPUSD, EURGBP or UK100 between 9:25 and 9:35.
Futures
Futures accounts have their own rules: news trading is allowed on evaluation and funded accounts, but not on the Live Account.