Can I trade during the news events?

During all challenge phases - 1, 2, or 3, you're free to trade news without any restrictions.

In funded account (which includes the funded phase of a challenge or an instant account), it is not allowed to trade during high impact news releases. This time starts 5 minutes before the scheduled news and lasts for 5 minutes after.

This rule is to help traders during times when news can make the market very unstable.

High impact news means events like important economic or political announcements that could really shake up the market, such as decisions from central banks or major political events.

Here's what you are not allowed to do during this no-trading period:

Open new trades (Market Execution/Limit orders).
Close trades (Market Execution/Limit orders).
Set stop-loss or take-profit orders.
Use buy stop or sell stop orders.

If you try to set a stop-loss or take-profit order during this time, and it gets executed in the 10 minutes window around the news (5 minutes before and 5 minutes after), any profit you make might get taken away from your account.

All non-targeted instruments can be traded without any restrictions.

Affected Instruments	Macroeconomic Announcements
ALL INSTRUMENTS	USD CPI/Inflation Rate Federal Funds Rates and Statements + Press conference Non-Farm Employment Change
XAUUSD XAGUSD	ALL USD HIGH-IMPACT NEWS/SPEECHES
USD (related to Forex, Commodities & US indices, US30, US100, US500)	Unemployment Rate Non-Farm Payrolls and Employment PMI ISM CPI/Inflation Rate PPI GDP Federal Funds Rates and Statements + Press conference Balance of Trade Jobless Claims Consumer Confidence/Sentiment JOLTs Job Openings Average Hourly Earnings 10Y Note Auction 30Y Bond Auction Existing and New Home Sales Durable Goods Orders Speeches Empire State Manufacturing Index Retail Sales Core PCE
EUR (FOREX Only, EU Indices)	PMI CDPI/Inflation Rate GDP Employment Change Unemployment Rate Retail Sales Balance of Trade ECB Rates and Statements + Press conference Deposit Facility Rate Economic Sentiment Index Business Climate Consumer Confidence Speeches ALL GBP HIGH-IMPACT NEWS/SPEECHES
GBP (FOREX, UK indices)	PMI CPI/Inflation Rate GDP Nationwide House Prices Mortgage Approvals Retail Sales Retail Price Index Housing Price Balance BoE Rates and Statements + Press conference Trade Balances Industrial and Manufacturing Production Unemployment Rates Employment Change Claimant Count Change Consumer Confidence Speeches ALL EUR HIGH-IMPACT NEWS/SPEECHES
CAD (FOREX, Oil)	BoC Rates and Statements + Press conference PMI CPI/Inflation Rate GDP International Merchandise Trade Wholesale Sales Housing Starts Balance of Trade Employment Change Unemployment Rate Retail Sales Speeches
AUD (FOREX Only)	Cash Rate & RBA Statement + Press conference Employment Change/Unemployment Rate CPI/Inflation Rate GDP Retail Sales Speeches
NZD (FOREX Only)	Official Cash Rate & RBNZ Rate Statement + Press conference Employment Change/Unemployment Rate CPI/Inflation Rate GDP Speeches
CHF (FOREX Only)	CPI/Inflation Rate GDP SNB Policy Rate + Press conference Speeches
JPY (FOREX, Asian Indices)	PMI CPI/Inflation Rate GDP Monetary Base Leading Economic Index Japan to Sell Bonds Industrial Production Merchandise Trade Balance BoJ Rates and Statements + Press conference Retail Trade Consumer Confidence Balance of Trade Speeches
OTHER INSTRUMENTS	Announcements
USOIL.PRO UKOIL.PRO	ALL CAD HIGH IMPACT NEWS Crude Oil Inventories

For a detailed overview of impactful market news, feel free to consult the Economic Calendars listed below. Keep in mind that one calendar might label an event as “Orange” (moderate impact), whereas another could mark the same event as “Red” (high impact). What’s most important from our perspective is whether the news event appears in the list above and is recognized as high-impact by at least one of the sources provided:

When it comes to public speeches and conferences, the no-trading period should span their full length. This means traders are expected to refrain from trading starting 5 minutes before the event begins, throughout the entire speech or conference, and continuing for 5 minutes after it concludes.