For funded accounts: all trades must be closed 1 minute before the news release and wait until 1 minute after the news release to open or resume trading.
The prohibited trading windows apply specifically to the following news events:
- FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee announcements) and Fed Chair Speeches.
- NFP (Non-Farm Payrolls)
- CPI (Consumer Price Index)
- PPI (Producer Price Index)
- All individual stock earnings reports (including pre-market, during market hours, and post-market releases)