Is news trading permitted?

These are the general prohibited trading methods that apply to the 2 Step Evaluation and Instant Funding Challenges. However, the 1 Step Evaluation has additional specific conditions, including but not limited to rules regarding News Trading and holding trades over the weekend. For more detailed information on these specific conditions, please refer to the dedicated section "What is the 1 Step Evaluation Challenge" for the 1 Step Evaluation rules.

Opening or closing trades within the restricted 10-minute window (5 minutes before and 5 minutes after any high-impact news event shown on our Economic Calendar) is strictly prohibited. You may hold existing positions during this time, but if a trade closes within the window, whether by Take Profit, Stop Loss, or manual action, it will still count as news trading. Any trade that opens or closes inside the restricted timeframe will be treated as a breach and will cause the Evaluation to fail.

• Trading Gold (XAUUSD) during any high-impact news event from G7 countries (United States, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom) will result in a breach.
• Trading during any US high-impact news event will result in a breach across all instruments, including Forex, Metals, Indices, Stocks, and Crypto.
• For currency pairs, trading during high-impact news related to either currency in the pair will result in a breach. For example, trading CADJPY during CAD or JPY news will result in a violation.

Major news events are categorized in our Economic Calendar as High Importance and include but are not limited to:

•    Consumer Price Index (CPI)
•    Producer Price Index (PPI)
•    Gross Domestic Product (GDP) releases
•    Unemployment Rate announcements
•    Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)
•    Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings and statements
•    Central bank interest rate decisions (e.g., Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of England, etc.)
•    Retail Sales reports
•    Consumer Confidence Index (CCI)
•    Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)

 You can find the Economic Calendar here