What are the consequences of trading restricted news?

Program Instant Funding
Severity Info

TL;DR

On Funded/Instant without the News Trading add-on, trading inside the restricted news window is a rule violation and can mean account breach/termination.

How it works

For risk management purposes, PropXP treats news restrictions like other “hard line” rules:

  • Funded/Instant (no add-on): if you open/close a trade during the restricted window — including via pending triggers or SL/TP executions, it’s a violation.
  • Possible outcomes:
  • Hard breach / termination (common outcome for objective rule breaks).
  • Reward impact: on Funded, a funded news violation can lead to reward denial and termination.
  • If you break the rule again on a new account: you will be permanently banned.
  • PropXP also reserves the right to take action for pattern abuse and integrity issues (reviews aren’t about one candle; they’re about behavior).

Common gotchas

  • “It was only a quick scalp”: red news doesn’t care about your hold time.
  • “I was flat… except my pending”: that pending is a hands-free trade. It counts.
  • If you violate funded news rules, the “punishment” isn’t always just losing the account, sometimes it’s worse: if you break the rule again on a new account, you will be permanently banned.
  • Spreads can get feral around news; if you’re near drawdown, you’re basically inviting a breach on top of a violation.

Example

You’re Instant Funding, no News Add-On. CPI drops, your buy stop triggers during the 5-min window: that’s treated as executing a trade inside the restriction, and you get breached/terminated.

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