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Can I trade news and economic events?
Can I trade news and economic events?
Updated over 3 months ago

No new trades are allowed within 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after the release of a high-impact news release. Any attempt to place a new trade during this period will be considered a violation.

Up to 2 violations are allowed, but profits from violating trades will be voided.

"Take profit” and “stop loss” orders that are triggered from open trades before the 5-minute window before and after the news are permitted and do not count as a violation.

Any account with 3 violations will be automatically terminated.

Pending orders added before or during the restricted period are allowed, provided they do not execute during the restricted window.

If a pending order executes during the restricted period, it will be considered a violation, regardless of when it was placed.

Only instruments directly affected by the high-impact news are restricted. For example, USD-related news restricts trading on all USD-denominated pairs, indices, commodities, and cryptocurrencies.

Use the Forex Factory calendar https://www.forexfactory.com/calendar to identify applicable high-impact news events (marked with a red folder).

Check the table below for restrictions:

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