Do other prop firms have a news trading rule like FundingPips?

Yes — Funding Traders (voids account), My Funded Futures (voids account), ThinkCapital (voids account), TradeDay (voids account), Alpha Capital Group (payout denied), Apex Trader Funding (payout denied) and 36 more all have a news trading rule. The specifics differ — compare them on FundedWiki before you pick a firm.

FundingPips · News trading

FundingPips: News trading

ConditionalPayout deniedVerifiedUpdated Jun 5, 2026

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

Payout deniedPayout denied

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 tradingis 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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