At a glance
Yes, within the rules. During an evaluation no news window applies, and news trading is never on its own a reason for review. The prohibited practices still apply at every stage (Terms §11.1).
On a funded account you can also hold positions through a news release. The one condition: a profit on a trade you open or close within 3 minutes before or after a high-impact release does not count toward your payout. That is not a breach. Once we have verified it, that profit is deducted from your balance; a loss on such a trade stays. The deduction lowers your balance, so it can take the account past its overall loss limit.
Key rule: On a funded account, the window is 3 minutes either side of the release time. A trade is affected if either its open or its close falls inside that window, and a trade opened or closed exactly at the edge of the window counts as inside it. A trade opened before the window and closed after it is not affected: that is holding through the news, which is allowed.
There is one exemption. A position opened at least 5 hours before that window, and closed by a stop loss or take profit you set in advance, keeps its eligible profit.
When this applies
Account stage | Trading the news |
Evaluation (2-Step, 1-Step, Flash) | No news window applies, and news trading is never on its own a reason for review. The prohibited practices still apply (Terms §11.1). |
Funded account (every product) | Holding through a release is allowed. A profit on a trade opened or closed inside the window around a high-impact release is not eligible, and it is deducted from the balance once verified. |
Instant is a funded account from day one, so the funded news condition applies to an Instant account from its first trade.
Your loss limits apply during news exactly as they do at any other time. Fast moves around a release can reach them.
One release, worked through
Example: A funded account and a high-impact release at 14:30, so the window runs from 14:27 to 14:33. The times are illustrative, not a calendar.
Trade | Inside the window? | Exemption? | Is a profit on it eligible? |
Opened 14:28, closed 15:10 | Yes: opened inside | No | No: it is deducted once verified |
Opened 14:27, closed 15:10 | Yes: opened exactly at the edge, which counts as inside | No | No: it is deducted once verified |
Opened 13:00, closed 16:00 | No: neither the open nor the close is inside | Not needed | Yes, as normal |
Opened 08:30 with a take profit set when it was opened; the take profit is hit at 14:31 | Yes: closed inside | Yes: opened more than 5 hours before the window and closed by a pre-set take profit | Yes, it keeps its eligible profit |
Opened 08:30; closed by hand at 14:31 | Yes: closed inside | No: not closed by a pre-set stop loss or take profit | No: it is deducted once verified |
Opened 10:30 with a pre-set take profit that is hit at 14:31 | Yes: closed inside | No: opened less than 5 hours before the window | No: it is deducted once verified |
A loss on any of these trades stays on the account. In an evaluation, none of these trades would be affected by a news window.
Exceptions and what to check
The exemption needs both parts. The position must be opened at least 5 hours before the window and be closed by a stop loss or take profit set in advance. Closing by hand inside the window is not covered.
Which releases count. If you are not sure whether a release is high-impact, ask us before you trade rather than after.
The window is not a breach, but the deduction can lead to one. The deduction lowers your balance, so on an account that is already close to its overall loss limit it can take the account past it. See What is drawdown, and how do the Max Daily Loss and Max Loss work?.
Loss limits never pause. A volatile release can move an account to its Max Daily Loss or Max Loss. See What is drawdown, and how do the Max Daily Loss and Max Loss work?.
On a funded Flash account, your best day matters. Your best day can be at most 20% of the cycle's eligible profit before you can request a payout. Above that, you keep trading but cannot request yet, and it is not a breach. The other products have no such check. See How the consistency rule works.
Prohibited practices still apply during news. Exploitation, abusive trading practices and unreasonable risk-taking are prohibited and may result in review and action under the account terms. See Which trading practices are prohibited?.
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Next step
How a specific trade of yours was treated depends on your account's trade record, so a person checks it. Note the account number, the instrument, the open and close times shown on your platform, and whether a stop loss or take profit was set when the trade was opened. Then message us in the chat and ask for a person. Never send your trading password or a login code; we will never ask for them. Every way to reach us is in How to contact EverFunded support.