{"id":267,"date":"2024-08-19T11:50:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T11:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/global.ftmo.com\/au\/faq\/can-i-trade-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T17:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:43:01","slug":"can-i-trade-news","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/au\/faq\/can-i-trade-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I trade news?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian clients have access to the FTMO Account Swing with up to 1:30 leverage, which uniquely offers <\/span>no restrictions<\/b> 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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. <\/span>Other non-targeted instruments can be traded normally. E.g. You can trade EURGBP or AUDNZD during the US \u2013 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Affected Instrument<\/th>\nMacroeconomic Announcement<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
USD (related to Forex + Gold + US Indices +DXY)<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Federal Funds Rate & Statement<\/li>\n
  • Non-Farm Employment Change Unemployment Rate& Wages<\/li>\n
  • Advance GDP q\/q<\/li>\n
  • FOMC Meeting Minutes<\/li>\n
  • CPI y\/y<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EUR (related to Forex only)<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Main Refinancing Rate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GBP (related to Forex only)<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Official Bank Rate & MPC Votes<\/li>\n
  • CPI y\/y<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAD (related to Forex only)<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Overnight Rate\/BOC Rate Statement<\/li>\n
  • CPI m\/m<\/li>\n
  • Employment Change\/Unemployment Rate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AUD (related to Forex only)<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Cash Rate & RBA Statement<\/li>\n
  • Employment Change\/Unemployment Rate<\/li>\n
  • CPI q\/q<\/li>\n
  • GDP q\/q<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NZD (related to Forex only)<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Official Cash Rate & RBNZ Rate Statement<\/li>\n
  • Employment Change\/Unemployment Rate<\/li>\n
  • CPI q\/q<\/li>\n
  • GDP q\/q<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CHF (related to Forex only)<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • SNB Policy Rate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
Other Instruments<\/th>\nAnnouncement<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Crude Oil (UKOIL.cash, USOIL.cash)<\/td>\n\n