News Trading & Weekend Holding

Trading Rules

News and weekend trading carry distinct risks: fast volatility, gap risk, and overnight exposure. Rules differ by model to protect both your account and the integrity of the program.

Official calendar: FundingPips Economic Calendar on the dashboard.
Restricted only: High-impact news and speeches are tagged as Restricted .
1 Step Flex / 2 Step Standard / 2 Step Flex / 2 Step Pro: profit deduction on news trading.
FundingPips Zero: news trading and weekend holds are prohibited for all instruments.

News Trading Policy

Trading during high-impact news and speeches is subject to specific restrictions depending on your account type and stage.

We use FundingPips Economic Calendar on the dashboard as our official news source.

1 Step Flex, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Flex & 2 Step Pro Accounts

During the Evaluation Stage: There are no restrictions on holding trades during news events. You are free to manage your trades as you see fit.

Purposely trading news in both evaluation and master phase is prohibited and will lead to account closure.

During the Master Account: You can hold trades during news events. However, specific rules apply to trades opened or closed near high-impact news events.

Soft Breach

These rules do not result in account closure, but affected profits will be deducted.

High-Impact News and Speech (Master Account)

Profits made from trades opened or closed within the restricted window around any Restricted high-impact news and speeches on the affected currency may be deducted.

Restricted News: the window runs from 5 minutes before the news or 5 minutes after the news.
Restricted Speeches: the window runs from 5 minutes before the speech begins to 5 minutes after it ends.

Swing Trader Exception: The 5-Hour Rule

Trades opened 5 hours or more before a high-impact event or speech are excluded from the restriction and can be closed within the restricted window. Profits from these trades will count.

News Trading Rule Clarification

Profits Count

Trade opened more than 5 hours before the news and closed within the restricted windows; profits are valid.

Profits Deducted

Trade opened less than 5 hours before the news and closed during the restricted windows for news and speech; profits are deducted.

Additional Rules

Closing any partial order will affect the entire order, triggering a news trading flag.
Traders are responsible if profit deductions cause the account to breach the daily loss or max loss limit.

FundingPips Zero Accounts

Holding, opening, or closing a position during Restricted high-impact news and speeches is NOT ALLOWED and will result in account closure on the FundingPips Zero Master Account.

Please refer to the Economic Calendar available in your FundingPips Dashboard, which serves as our only official source for identifying restricted news events.

News Events: No position may be opened, closed, or held within 10 minutes before or 10 minutes after a high-impact news on the affected currency.

Speech Events: Restricted window runs from 10 minutes before the speech begins until 10 minutes after it concludes.

Macroeconomic Announcements Reference

Instrument	Affected Announcements
USD	Unemployment Rate Non-Farm Payrolls and Employment PMI / ISM / CPI / PPI / GDP Federal Funds Rates and Statements / FOMC Trade Balances / Jobless Claims Consumer Confidence / JOLTs Job Openings Average Hourly Earnings 10Y Note Auction / 30Y Bond Auction Existing and New Home Sales Durable Goods Orders / Speeches
EUR	PMI / CPI / GDP / Retail Sales Employment Change / Unemployment Rate Balance of Trade ECB Rates and Statements / Deposit Facility Rate Economic Sentiment Index / Business Climate Consumer Confidence / Speeches
GBP	PMI / CPI / GDP / Retail Sales Nationwide House Prices / Housing Price Balance Mortgage Approvals / Retail Price Index BoE Rates and Statements / Trade Balances Industrial and Manufacturing Production Unemployment Rates / Employment Change Claimant Count Change / Consumer Confidence Speeches
CAD	BoC Rates and Statements / PMI CPI / GDP / Retail Sales International Merchandise Trade / Wholesale Sales Housing Starts / Balance of Trade Employment Change / Unemployment Rate Speeches
AUD	Cash Rate & RBA Statement Employment Change / Unemployment Rate CPI / GDP / Retail Sales / Speeches
NZD	Official Cash Rate & RBNZ Rate Statement Employment Change / Unemployment Rate CPI / GDP / Speeches
CHF	CPI / GDP SNB Policy Rate / Speeches
JPY	PMI / CPI / GDP Monetary Base / Leading Economic Index Japan to Sell Bonds / Industrial Production Merchandise Trade Balance / Balance of Trade BoJ Rates and Statements Retail Trade / Consumer Confidence / Speeches
OIL	Crude Oil Inventories (USOIL & UKOIL)

Holding Trades Overnight & Over the Weekend

Holding trades over the weekend exposes your account to gap risk when markets reopen on Monday.

1 Step Flex, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Flex & 2 Step Pro Accounts

Evaluation
Overnight and weekend holding are allowed during evaluation phases for all instruments on 1 Step Flex, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Flex, and 2 Step Pro accounts.

Master
On the Master Account, holding trades overnight and over the weekend is not allowed on 1 Step Flex, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Flex, and 2 Step Pro Master Accounts. All open trades will be automatically closed by the system unless you have the Swing add-on.

Trades automatically closed by the system for overnight or weekend holding will not result in an account breach. However, weekday overnight trades will count as a valid trading day, while weekend holding will not count as a valid trading day.

Auto-close window for Master Accounts

Open positions on 1 Step Flex, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Pro and 2 Step Flex Master Accounts are closed by the system each day within a 15-minute window. Closing starts at the beginning of the window; any position still open at the end of the window will be closed.

Period	Starts	Auto-close window
Summer time	First Sunday of March	20:45 to 21:00 UTC
Winter time	First Sunday of November	21:45 to 22:00 UTC

Overnight and weekend holding on Master Accounts can be enabled at the time of purchase through an Add-on.

Impact of Weekday Overnight & Weekend Trades

Weekday overnight trades:
Profits from weekday overnight trades will be added to the account balance and will count toward Minimum Trading Days, Minimum Profitable Days, and the Consistency Score. The trade will also be counted as a valid trading day.

Weekend trades:
Profits from weekend trades will still be added to the account balance, while the biggest winning day and biggest losing day will be included in the consistency score calculation but does not count as a valid trading day.

FundingPips Zero Accounts

Weekend holds on the FundingPips Zero Master Account are subject to the following instrument-specific rules:

All instruments (Forex, Metals, Energies, Indices, Crypto): All positions must be closed before market close over the weekend. Leaving any position open into the weekend results in immediate account termination, regardless of instrument.

Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as purposely trading news during an evaluation?

Purposely trading news means deliberately opening or closing positions around high-impact news and speeches to exploit the resulting price volatility. While holding trades through news events is allowed during evaluations, entering or exiting positions specifically to capitalize on the news spike is prohibited and will result in account closure.

Does the news restriction on the Master Account apply to all pairs or only the currency directly affected?

The restriction applies only to the currency directly affected by the news event. For example, a high-impact USD announcement would affect trades on USD pairs. Trades on unaffected currencies during the same window are not subject to the profit deduction rule.

My trade was open before the 5-hour window and closed during the restricted period. Is the full profit deducted?

No. If your trade was opened 5 hours or more before the high-impact event, the profits are valid even if the trade closes within the restricted 10-minute window. The 5-hour rule is specifically designed to protect traders who entered positions well in advance of the event.

However, if your trade was opened less than 5 hours before the event and closes within the restricted window, the profits from that trade will be deducted. The full profit of the affected trade is deducted, not just the portion earned during the news window.

Does the weekend hold restriction apply during evaluation phases or only on the Master Account?

Weekend holding is allowed during the Evaluation phases. On Master Accounts, weekend holding is not allowed by default on the 1 Step Flex, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Flex, and 2 Step Pro models, but can be enabled at the time of purchase through a 10% add-on.

Do crypto trades held over the weekend count as trading days during evaluation?

For evaluation phases: a crypto trade opened and closed entirely over the weekend does not count as a trading day and does not reset the 30-day inactivity clock. A crypto trade opened over the weekend and closed on a weekday counts as a trading day on the day it is closed. A crypto trade opened on a weekday and closed over the weekend does not count as a trading day.

If my trade is automatically closed by the system due to the weekend restriction, does it count as a breach?

No. If the system automatically closes your trade due to the temporary weekend restriction on Master Accounts, this is not treated as a hard breach and your account will not be closed. It is a system-enforced closure to comply with the current policy. Make sure all trades are manually closed before market close on Friday to avoid unexpected closures.

If a weekend gap causes my account to breach the max loss, is that a valid breach?

Yes. If a gap when markets reopen on Monday causes your account to breach the Max Loss Limit, the breach is valid and your account will be closed. Weekend gap risk is your responsibility when you choose to hold positions over the weekend on models that permit it.

News Trading Policy

1 Step Flex, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Flex & 2 Step Pro Accounts

FundingPips Zero Accounts

Holding Trades Overnight & Over the Weekend

1 Step Flex, 2 Step Standard, 2 Step Flex & 2 Step Pro Accounts

FundingPips Zero Accounts

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