E8 Markets: News trading
Unrestricted during the SimFi Challenge. In SimFi Performance (E8 One etc.) a high-impact-news window applies — 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after the event — and profits from prohibited actions in that window are removed. E8 Signature Forex has NO news restriction at either stage.
The gotcha
Easy to forget the funded-stage window exists when it didn't during the challenge — profits get clawed back, not just warned.
What happens if you break it
Breaching this doesn't necessarily close the account, but it can disqualify the payout you were trading toward — you keep trading, the profit doesn't get paid.
The numbers
| challenge | FREE |
| performance | ±5min profit removed |
| signature | FREE |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle news trading
E8 Markets's news trading 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 |
| FundedNext | News trading | Payout denied |
| FunderPro | News trading | Payout denied |
| FundingPips | News trading | Payout denied |
| Maven Trading | News trading | Payout denied |
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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with E8 Markets. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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