ThinkCapital: News trading
▶ThinkCapital News Trading Rule: Bolt Has No Unlock Option — 47s explainer, decoded by FundedWiki
News trading is prohibited on Lightning, Dual Step Intraday, Nexus and Bolt — only Dual Step Swing allows it by default. The window is 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after high-impact news (10 minutes on Bolt), and applies to limit/stop orders too. A News Trading add-on unlocks it for Lightning and Nexus (not Bolt).
The gotcha
Bolt has the strictest window AND no add-on; a violation is an immediate breach with profit forfeiture, identical in challenge and funded.
What happens if you break it
Breaching this voids the account outright — the evaluation or funded account is terminated and any unrealised profit is forfeited. It's the most severe class of breach.
The numbers
| defaultAllowed | Dual Step Swing only |
| window | ±2min (±5min Bolt) |
| addon | Lightning + Nexus |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle news trading
ThinkCapital'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 |
| 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 |
| Maven Trading | News trading | Payout denied |
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Informational only — not financial advice, not affiliated with ThinkCapital. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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