Can I trade the news?

Trading within 5 minutes either side of major news releases is prohibited.

If a trade is opened, modified or closed within 5 minutes of any of these data releases, it may be considered a soft breach and your profits could be removed from your account balance.

On Instant Funding accounts, there is no exception to this rule under any circumstances.

The following is a list of all economic calendar releases that FTUK regards as major:

Non Farm Payroll (NFP)
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) - USA & Eurozone
ADP Employment Change
Federal Insterest Rate Decisions
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - All Countries
Federal Monetary Policy Statement
Federal Open Market Commitee (FOMC) Press Conference
Federal Open Market Commitee (FOMC) Minutes
Trade Balance - All Countries
Unemployment Rates - All Countries
Bank of England (BoE) Interest Rate Decision
Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Comsumer Price Index - All Countries
Interest Rate Decisions - All Countries
Rate Statements - All Countries
Retail Sales - All Countries
Employment Change - All Countries
Inflation Expectations - All Countries
Claimant Count Change - UK
Producer Price Index - All Countries
Press Conferences - All Countries
Industrial Production Index (IPI) - All Countries
The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (MCSI)
Meeting Minutes - All Countries
Manufacturing PMI - USA & UK
Services PMI - USA & UK
Composite PMI - USA
FOMC Minutes - UK

Updated on: 28/08/2024