Prop Firms That Allow News Trading: Compare Programme Rules

Separate permission, execution and reward eligibility

A firm-wide “news trading allowed” label is insufficient. The exact product, account phase, event, symbol and order action determine the relevant rule. Permission to hold a position can differ from permission to open or close it; a permitted trade can still have an adjusted eligible profit. This comparison is a decision worksheet, not a measured best-firm ranking or a promise that an account cannot be terminated.

The official sources below were checked on 16 October 2026. Save the version applicable to your purchase and account. CFD simulations, futures evaluations and later funded-account arrangements are different products; a displayed account size is not cash paid to the trader.

Compare specific programmes rather than whole firms

These are scoped examples, not a universal permission list. Missing or conflicting conditions need a written programme-specific answer before relying on them. An old comparison, vendor compatibility badge or other trader’s screenshot is not that answer.

Fill in a news-policy decision sheet

1. Record provider, programme, phase, purchase/reset cohort, platform, account currency and exact symbol.
2. Save the official calendar, affected-event list, time zone and daylight-saving conversion for the actual date.
3. Record separately: holding; new entries; partial/full closes; pending triggers; stop loss/take profit; modifications and cancellations. Do not infer all actions from one permitted action.
4. Record prohibited methods, eligible-profit adjustments, consistency conditions and what triggers a breach or temporary pause.
5. Save the relevant terms, source date and any written clarification. Repeat this check when moving from evaluation to a later account.

For a hypothetical release at 14:30 in the rule’s specified clock, a ±2-minute interval is 14:28 to 14:32; ±5 minutes is 14:25 to 14:35. These are different rules. Allow for clock uncertainty rather than assuming an order submitted at a boundary will execute outside it.

Calculate eligible profit before estimating a reward

Illustrative arithmetic under the cited FundedNext adjustment: $1,000 of affected profitable trades × 40% = $400 counted profit. If other trades produce a $600 loss, raw net profit is $400, but adjusted net profit is $400 − $600 = −$200. Losses are not reduced to 40%. This calculation is before any applicable trader reward share, fees, tax or other eligibility conditions; it does not promise a payout.

A profitable terminal history is therefore not enough to establish reward eligibility. Reconcile order IDs, trigger times, affected symbols, partial closes and the provider’s adjustment at the end of the cycle.

Distinguish a daily pause from a loss-rule breach

A daily reset does not erase an earlier violation. For example, FTMO’s CFD objectives treat equity falling below the applicable loss floor as a rule violation. A different product may explicitly define a soft pause. Check which applies; an end-of-day update to the reference does not mean equity is monitored only at day end.

Fictional EUR/USD specification: one lot = 100,000 EUR, USD account, one pip = 0.0001. Then 0.1 lot is $1 per pip: a 20-pip loss is $20, not $200. A 30-pip executed loss is $30 before costs. At 0.05 lot these figures are $10 and $15. Confirm the actual contract, conversion and fill: a planned stop is not a guaranteed execution price.

Check software permission independently

The JPTC EA Hub contains downloadable MT4/MT5 files; the separately hosted Algo is a different offer. Check a specific file’s documented event feed, clock, order handling and failure behaviour. News permission does not imply permission for an EA, copier, third-party operator or hosting arrangement. A preset or backtest does not guarantee compliance or a successful close.

Use the separate news-EA guide for control tests and retain logs of requested and executed actions. Company broker statements are not an independent audit, a customer pass-rate study or evidence that another strategy will work around a release.

Questions about prop-firm news rules