TradeDay: News trading (forced auto-liquidation)
▶TradeDay News Trading Ban: Auto-Liquidation Rules Explained — 42s explainer, decoded by FundedWiki
Tier 1 news trading is banned by forced auto-liquidation: the system market-closes all open positions 2 minutes BEFORE a Tier 1 release and reopens trading 2 minutes AFTER. Tier 1 events (CT) include FOMC (1:00 PM), CPI (7:30 AM), NFP/Employment (7:30 AM), EIA crude/natural-gas inventories and crop reports. Accidental breaches don't fail you, but abusing the policy loses the account.
The gotcha
You cannot hold through Tier 1 events even if you want to — positions are force-closed at market 2 minutes prior.
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
| autoLiquidate | 2min before / reopen 2min after Tier 1 |
Source: support — official page . Confidence: verified.
How other prop firms handle news trading
TradeDay's news trading (forced auto-liquidation) 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 |
| 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 TradeDay. Verify against official terms before relying on this. Last reviewed Jun 5, 2026.
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