QT Funded: News trading
You cannot open, close or modify trades within 5 minutes before or after a high-impact ('red folder') Forex Factory event. Limit orders placed more than 5 minutes before the event with predefined SL & TP may remain, and positions opened earlier may be held through the event. (A Nov 2025 simplification grandfathers existing funded accounts onto the old rules.)
The gotcha
You can't even close or modify inside the ±5-minute window, so a manual exit there isn't possible.
What happens if you break it
This is a soft breach: the firm typically warns or flags the account rather than voiding it, but repeated or flagrant breaches escalate to termination.
The numbers
| window | ±5min red-folder |
| limitOrdersBefore | ALLOWED |
Source: official tos — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle news trading
QT Funded'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 |
| FundingPips | News trading | Payout denied |
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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with QT Funded. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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