# What is News trading rule?

> Also called: High-impact news rule, Economic release rule, News restriction

**In short.** A news trading rule restricts or forbids holding or opening positions around scheduled high-impact releases (CPI, FOMC, NFP, usually a window of 2 to 5 minutes each side). Breaking it is treated as a rule breach on some firms, as a cancelled profit on others; a few firms have no rule and only ask for the daily loss to be respected.

**On today's board.** 5 of the 14 firms on the board restrict trading around news on their reference account; 1 do not state a rule. Data checked October 15, 2026.

The rule exists because releases print several points of range in a second, which simulated fills do not reproduce. Firms that allow news trading often warn that fills around releases are at the firm's discretion.

The practical answer is a calendar and a flat position a few minutes before each listed release. The firm page shows the rule of the reference account (allowed, restricted, forbidden) from the database.

- Guides on this term: [How to pass a futures prop firm evaluation](https://fillprint.io/en/journal/how-to-pass-a-futures-prop-firm-evaluation)
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