E8 Signature and E8 Pro accounts:
You can trade news on E8 Signature Forex, E8 Signature Crypto, E8 Signature Futures, E8 Pro Forex and E8 Pro Crypto accounts without any restrictions (This includes SimFi™ challenge account (phase-1) and SimFi™ performance Account)
E8 Markets offers a simulated environment that is designed to replicate real-market data and trading conditions; just as slippage is a factor in a real market, it is also present within our simulated environment. Therefore, we recommend that users avoid trading during high-impact news releases.
E8 One, E8 One Crypto:
In the SimFi™ Challenge stage, you can trade news without any restrictions
In the SimFI™ Performance account, trading is strictly prohibited during high-impact news events. This prohibition period begins 5 minutes before the scheduled news release and ends 5 minutes after the release. While the platform will not technically prevent you from managing trades during this window, doing so is not permitted, and any profits generated may be subject to removal.
High-impact news events are defined as economic or geopolitical announcements that have the potential to significantly influence financial markets. This includes, but is not limited to, central bank decisions, economic indicators, and major political events.
Prohibited Actions
During the prohibition period, users must not:
a. Opening new trades (Market Execution/Limit orders).
b. Closing trades (Market Execution/Limit orders).
c. Stop/Loss and Take/Profit
d. Buy Stop and Sell Stop
During news speeches, the restricted time period is 5 minutes before the speech begins until 5 minutes after the speech ends.
Note: Trading platforms will allow you to open a position during news, and won't be automatically closed when you hold it, meaning there is no protection for traders, and you must manage your position by yourself. If you violate this rule, profits are automatically deducted from your account balance after your request payout, and you will be notified via email.
Trading based on news is NOT permitted, encompassing strategies like directional trading, straddles, strangles, capitalizing on the initial surge following news releases and initiating trades just before or after the news to potentially benefit from market movements.
All non-targeted instruments can be traded without any restrictions.
News releases can be followed in our economic calendar.
List of targeted instruments and Restricted Macroeconomic News Events:
While we permit news trading in some scenarios, users should be aware that slippage may occur (as it would if this were a real market) and traders should factor slippage into their strategy and position sizing.
E8 Markets cannot protect users from positions closing beyond their expected level.
E8 Markets offers a simulated environment that is designed to replicate real-market data and trading conditions; just as slippage is a factor in a real market, it is also present within our simulated environment. Therefore, we recommend that users avoid trading during high-impact news releases.