Prop-firm news-blackout guard
High-impact US releases move fast enough to blow a funded account in seconds — and several firms forbid trading around them. This is the next releases crossed with each firm’s own rule. Not a generic calendar: a firm-specific verdict from the verified registry.
Coming up — high-impact US releases
Times are the official release clock in US Eastern. Dates transcribed from the primary schedules — the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (CPI, PPI, Employment Situation) and the Federal Reserve (FOMC). We don’t scrape third-party calendars.
Who has to stand aside — computed per firm
MyFundedFutures restricts trading around high-impact releases on Sim Funded accounts — see its rule.
No consistency rule and no daily loss limit once Sim Funded; T1 news trading is NOT allowed at this stage.
MyFundedFutures rulesTakeProfit Trader restricts trading around high-impact releases on PRO (Funded) accounts — see its rule.
Prohibited news: be flat from 1 minute before to 1 minute after FOMC (Wed 2:00 PM ET), NFP (Fri 8:30 AM ET, monthly) and CPI; plus Crude Oil Inventories (crude products) and Bond Auctions (10Y / 30Y). On a limit up / limit down move, exit before it or you can lose the account.
TakeProfit Trader rulesEvery verified firm’s news rule
| Firm | News trading | Window on record | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MyFundedFutures | RestrictedSim Funded accounts | See the firm's stated window → | Rules |
| TakeProfit Trader | RestrictedPRO (Funded) accounts | See the firm's stated window → | Rules |
| Alpha Futures | Allowed | — | Rules |
| Apex Trader Funding | Allowed | — | Rules |
| BluSky | Allowed | — | Rules |
| Bulenox | Allowed | — | Rules |
| Earn2Trade | Allowed | — | Rules |
| Elite Trader Funding | Allowed | — | Rules |
| FTMO | Allowed | — | Rules |
| Funded Trading Plus | Allowed | — | Rules |
| FundedNext | Allowed | — | Rules |
| Funding Pips | Allowed | — | Rules |
| FXIFY | Allowed | — | Rules |
| Goat Funded Trader | Allowed | — | Rules |
| Lucid Trading | Allowed | — | Rules |
| OneUp Trader | Allowed | — | Rules |
| The5ers | Allowed | — | Rules |
| Topstep | Allowed | — | Rules |
| Tradeify | Allowed | — | Rules |
“Restricted” means a verified plan for that firm forbids trading around news on at least one phase (firms often restrict news only once you’re funded). We show a firm’s window only when its own rules state one — otherwise the honest read is to check with the firm.
Track this on your live account
TradersGuild raises this exact warning on your account when a high-impact release is within 48 hours and your firm restricts news trading — so a CPI print never quietly ends your challenge.
See TradersGuild →Not affiliated with any prop firm. Rules and release times change — confirm against official docs. Not financial advice.