Trading during high-impact news events involves additional risks, including rapid price movements, increased volatility, and reduced liquidity, which may result in slippage or unpredictable execution.
You may trade during such events; however, specific restrictions apply to certain instruments. A restricted window is defined as 4 minutes before and 4 minutes after a high-impact news event.
Allowed:
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You may keep trades open during the restricted window.
Not Allowed:
During the restricted window, you must not:
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Open or close Market orders
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Place or modify Pending orders
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Modify Stop Loss or Take Profit levels
Breaches & Consequences:
Violation of these rules may result in the following:
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A single violation is considered a soft breach
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Two soft breaches result in a hard breach
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Profits generated from violations may be deducted
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A hard breach may result in account termination
Compliance checks may be conducted after the evaluation is completed.
Affected Instruments:
Restrictions apply only to instruments impacted by the news event.
For example, USD-related news may affect instruments including, but not limited to EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDCHF, XAUUSD, GER40, US30, US100, and US500.
Cryptocurrency pairs are not subject to news trading restrictions.
Note: We use Forex Factory as the official source for our news calendar. We recommend monitoring the economic calendar shared daily on our official Discord and Telegram channels to stay informed about upcoming high-impact news events.