Tier-1 News trading is allowed during the Evaluation stage.
News trading is no longer considered a Hard breach on Funded. If a trade is executed during a restricted news window, the trade will simply be voided.
No account breach will occur.
Your account will remain active.
The affected trade will not be counted.
Tier 1 News Events
Tier 1 events may include:
Employment Reports
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
EIA Reports for Energy Traders
Key Agricultural Reports for Agricultural Traders
FOMC Minutes have been removed from the Tier 1 news list.
Prohibited Strategies
The following strategies remain prohibited:
Straddles/Strangles: Using these strategies specifically to exploit volatility around news releases.
Disguised News-Based Trades: Attempting to disguise a news-based trade as a regular trading strategy.
Important
If a trade falls within a restricted news window, it will be voided rather than treated as a rule violation. Traders should continue to use the Economic Calendar in the FuturesElite dashboard to identify restricted news events.
Events not classified as Tier 1 in the Economic Calendar are not subject to the news trading restrictions.