During the FOREXer Challenge, you are free to trade during all news releases.
Once you complete the Callenge and entered the Evaluation Process, you need to be cautious when trading during news releases.
For FOREXers, there are specific trading restrictions around certain news announcements. Traders in the Evaluation Process or with a FOREXer Account are not permitted to initiate or close trades on specified instruments within 2 minutes before and after the release of certain news events, as outlined in our trade restriction table. This includes placing or removing pending orders (such as stop loss or take profit) or executing market trades. However, you can hold trades on these instruments if they were initiated more than 2 minutes before the news event. Note that if your Stop Loss or Take Profit is triggered within this 2-minute window, it could be considered a breach of the FOREXer Account Agreement.
Affected Instrument | Macroeconomic Announcement |
USD (related to forex + US indices + US30.cash/US100.cash/US500.cash/US2000.cash) | - Federal Funds Rate & Statement
- Non-farm Employment Change, Unemployement Rate & Wages
- Advance GDP q/q
- FOMC Meeting Minutes
- CPI y/y
|
EUR (related to forex only) | |
GBP (related to forex only) | - Official Bank Rate & MPC votes
- CPI y/y
|
CAD (related to forex only) | - Overnight Rate/BOC Rate Statement
- CPI m/m
- Employment Change/Unemployement Rate
|
AUD (related to forex only) | - Cash Rate & RBA Statement
- Employment Change/Unemployement Rate
- CPI q/q
- GDP q/q
|
NZD (related to forex only) | - Official Cash Rate & RBNZ Rate Statement
- Employment Change/Unemployement Rate
- CPI q/q
- GDP q/q
|
CHF (related to forex only) | |
Other Instruments | Announcement |
Crude Oil (UKOIL.cash, USOIL.cash) | |
Instruments not listed in the restriction table can be traded as usual. For instance, you can trade EURGBP or AUDNZD during the US NFP release, but you should not open or close USDJPY or GBPUSD trades within the 2-minute window around the NFP release. These restrictions do not apply to FOREXer Challenge.
For news affecting USD, restrictions apply to Forex pairs involving USD and indices like US30.cash, US100.cash, US500.cash, and US2000.cash.