Audacity Capital: News trading (3-minute freeze)
Allowed, but you may not open, close (including by SL/TP or manually) or add to positions within 3 minutes before or after any high-impact release (NFP, FOMC events). Applies to all three programs.
The gotcha
The freeze blocks ALL actions — you can't even close a position in the window, so a stop you placed won't fire there.
What happens if you break it
This is a soft breach: the firm typically warns or flags the account rather than voiding it, but repeated or flagrant breaches escalate to termination.
The numbers
| window | ±3min high-impact |
| blocksCloses | true |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle news trading
Audacity Capital's news trading (3-minute freeze) is one approach. Here's how the rest of the field treats news trading — sorted by how hard a breach hits.
| Firm | Rule | If breached |
|---|---|---|
| Funding Traders | News trading | Voids account |
| My Funded Futures | News trading (Tier-1 restriction) | Voids account |
| ThinkCapital | News trading | Voids account |
| TradeDay | News trading (forced auto-liquidation) | Voids account |
| Alpha Capital Group | News trading | Payout denied |
| Apex Trader Funding | News trading | Payout denied |
| Blueberry Funded | News trading | Payout denied |
| BrightFunded | News trading | Payout denied |
| E8 Markets | News trading | Payout denied |
| FundedNext | News trading | Payout denied |
| FunderPro | News trading | Payout denied |
| FundingPips | News trading | Payout denied |
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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with Audacity Capital. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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