FundingPips: News trading
On funded (Master) accounts, profit from trades opened or closed within 5 minutes before/after a high-impact 'red folder' release on the affected instrument does NOT count — unless the trade was opened 5+ hours before the event. Deliberate news-trading can escalate to termination.
The gotcha
It's 'profit won't count,' not just a warning — and repeated/deliberate news-spike trading is treated as a forbidden strategy. The window is per affected currency, red-folder only.
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
| window | ±5min red-folder |
| exemptIfOpenedBefore | 5h |
| deliberate | termination |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle news trading
FundingPips'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 |
| FundedNext | News trading | Payout denied |
| FunderPro | News trading | Payout denied |
| Maven Trading | News trading | Payout denied |
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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with FundingPips. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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