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You cannot open or close trades 2 minutes either side of a red-folder news event. Profits made in violation are stripped (in challenge and funded). On Instant accounts, news trading effectively isn't allowed.
The gotcha
The window catches trades that CLOSE inside it too — take-profits, stop-losses and pending fills — even if opened well before the event.
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.
| window | ±2min red-folder |
| instant | effectively none |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
Maven Trading'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 |
| FundingPips | News trading | Payout denied |
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Start a Maven Trading challengeInformational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with Maven Trading. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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