At FTUK, traders are allowed to trade during high-impact or red folder news events on all of our accounts. But it's the trader's responsibility to mind the implications of roll over, swap, slippage, and volatility.
High-impact or Red folder news includes:
Non-Farm Payroll (NFP)
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) - USA & Eurozone
ADP Employment Change
Federal Interest Rate Decisions
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - All Countries
Federal Monetary Policy Statement
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Press Conference
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Minutes
Trade Balance - All Countries
Unemployment Rates - All Countries
Bank of England (BoE) Interest Rate Decision
Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI)
Consumer 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