What a news trading rule is
A news trading rule limits what you may do around a scheduled economic release: usually opening or closing a position inside a window either side of it. Three things define a rule: the window (two minutes, five minutes), which releases count (a firm’s own list, or "high impact" on a public calendar), and which accounts it applies to (evaluation, funded, or both).
Formula
restricted = release time − window … release time + window
inside it: no new orders, and sometimes no closes
The four shapes the rule takes
- Unrestricted: trade the release like any other tick. The drawdown floors still apply.
- A ban around the release: no orders inside the window; a trade opened before it may run through.
- Allowed, profit deducted: the trade stands, but profit made inside the window does not count, or only part of it does.
- Evaluation free, funded restricted: the most common shape. The rule appears with the funded account.
How named firms state it
| Firm · program | Evaluation | Funded |
|---|---|---|
| FundedTick | Allowed | Allowed, every plan and size |
| FTMO | Unrestricted | Standard accounts: no trading 2 minutes either side of selected releases |
| FundingPips · 2 Step Standard | Allowed | Windows around news with the profit deducted |
| FundedNext · Stellar 2-Step | Allowed | 40% of profit counted inside ±5 minutes of high-impact news |
| The5ers · High Stakes | No orders ±2 minutes of high-impact news | Same |
| The5ers · Pro Growth | Allowed | Allowed |
| Blue Guardian · 2 Step Standard | Allowed | No opening or closing ±5 minutes of red-folder news |
| Alpha Capital · Pro | Allowed | No news ±5 minutes |
| FXIFY · Two Phase | Allowed | Allowed |
Read from each firm’s own rule or help page on the date at the top of this guide. Firms change these terms; check the linked page before you buy.
What a release does to your account
Spreads widen and fills slip in the seconds around a major release. Neither pauses a rule. On a $10,000 two-step account the daily floor is $9,400 on day one: a wick that touches it on a news tick is a breach, whether or not price comes back. The floating-risk cap (2% of balance, $200 here) is measured on every tick too, so a wide spread at the release can push open loss past it for a moment.
Our rule
News trading is allowed on every plan, evaluation and funded, with no window and no profit deduction. The trader panel shows the economic calendar. Spread widening and slippage around a release are part of the market and part of the evaluation; a floor crossed on a news tick is still crossed, and a floating-risk breach caused purely by slippage on a fill can be waived after a support review.