Can I trade news?

Australian clients have access to the FTMO Account Swing with up to 1:30 leverage, which uniquely offers no restrictions on news trading or holding trades over the weekend. Should Australian clients meet the criteria as Professional traders they become eligible for the FTMO Account with 1:100 leverage, where specific rules regarding news and weekend trading restrictions are applicable.

Only our professional FTMO Traders trading with 1:100 leverage are NOT allowed to execute any new trade or close an existing trade on the targeted (as per the table) instrument in the window of 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after the release of the below news announcements. To clarify, we define executing a trade as opening or closing either a pending order (including stop loss or a take profit) or market execution in the simulated trading environment. You are allowed to hold your trade(s) on the targeted instrument(s) that were opened more than 2 minutes before the restricted news event. Be reminded that if your Stop Loss or Take Profit is activated/filled during the restricted time window of 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after, it may be taken as a violation of the FTMO Account Agreement.Other non-targeted instruments can be traded normally. E.g. You can trade EURGBP or AUDNZD during the US – NFP release. However, you should not open or close USDJPY or GBPUSD during the window of 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after the NFP release.

The news releases schedule can also be monitored in our Economic Calendar, where these restricted events are marked by a red background fill:

Although there are no strict rules for trading news for FTMO Account Swing, we recommend avoiding macroeconomic announcements. These reports often cause high volatility, which can lead to unexpected losses. Even if you correctly predict the outcome, the market may react unpredictably due to complex factors, which will also reflect in the simulated trading environment. Moreover, they can affect multiple markets simultaneously, increasing the risk of losses across different assets.