News Trading Rules for Funded Traders

A news rule is a restriction on opening, closing, or holding through listed economic releases. The window is the firm's. This page does not name who bans news. That list changes, and inventing it here would be wrong.

What a blackout window is

A typical window is a number of minutes before and after a named event (CPI, NFP, FOMC, and the rest of that firm's calendar). Some rulebooks freeze only the affected product; some freeze the account. Some apply to new orders only; some to flattening. Copy the firm's version into your plan. Glossary: /glossary/news-trading.

What our directory actually stores

The public field is news_trading_allowed: yes, no, or unknown. You will see it on the firm profile, as the "News trading" row in /compare, and as the membership test for /directory/news-trading (firms we currently have as permitted). A yes does not mean there is no window. A no does not tell you the length of the window. Unknown means we have not filled the field. Always open the rulebook.

Match uses the same yes/no as a scoring input for some styles. It is still not a calendar.

What to do with it

If your edge is the release itself, a firm that restricts the window is not a fit — confirm on the profile, then in the rulebook, then walk. If you do not trade news, you can still breach by holding into a freeze or by flattening inside it. Write the window into /article/building-a-trading-plan. Size with /article/position-sizing-math so a spike cannot spend the daily loss before you are allowed to act. /article/understanding-drawdowns if the floor is trailing through the event.

A longer industry read, with examples, lives on News: /article/prop-firm-news-trading-rules-explained. This explainer is the field guide. That post is the analysis. Do not treat either as a live ban list.

Next

Filter /directory/news-trading if you need permission as a starting set, then confirm each rulebook. /compare for two names. /match if you are still choosing. /glossary/news-trading.

FAQ

Q: Which firms ban news trading? A: We will not print a ban list here. Use the Directory field, /directory/news-trading for firms marked permitted, Compare's news row, and the firm's current rulebook.

Q: If Compare says news trading is permitted, can I trade NFP? A: Not from that row alone. Permitted means our yes/no is true. The window, the products, and whether you may open or only hold are in the rulebook.