Tier 1 News Events
Tier 1 news is the set of scheduled U.S. releases that move markets hardest:
FOMC — Federal Reserve rate decisions
NFP — Non-Farm Payrolls
CPI — Consumer Price Index
PCE — Personal Consumption Expenditures
GDP — Gross Domestic Product
By account type
Account | Tier 1 news |
ORIGIN | Allowed — no restrictions |
DAILY EOD | Allowed — no restrictions |
DAILY Intraday | Allowed in evaluation — restricted once funded: 5 minutes before and after the release |
STATIC | Allowed — no restrictions |
ONE-DAY PASS | Restricted — 5 minutes before and after the release |
INSTANT PRIME - 20% and 25% | Restricted — 5 minutes before and after the release |
INSTANT CORE - 15% | Allowed — no restrictions |
On INSTANT PRIME, ONE-DAY PASS and funded DAILY Intraday accounts
Trading is restricted for 5 minutes on either side of a Tier 1 release — a 10-minute window in total. Outside that window, trade normally.
Trading inside this window breaches the account.
Slippage and volatility around these events are your risk to manage on every account type.