FundedNext: News trading
Fully allowed during the challenge. On funded accounts, profit from trades opened 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after a listed high-impact news event on a correlated pair counts only 40% — while any loss counts 100%.
The gotcha
Asymmetric: they keep your losses but cut your news-window gains to 40%. Only news that directly correlates to the pair triggers it. If the adjustment pushes you below initial balance you can't withdraw that cycle.
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 | ALLOWED |
| funded | ±5min → profit counts 40%, loss 100% |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle news trading
FundedNext'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 |
| E8 Markets | 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 FundedNext. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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