Prop Firms That Allow News Trading (2026)

Yes, on many of them, but not all, and rarely without conditions. Futures prop firms fall into three groups: those that allow news trading with no restrictions, those that allow it with a condition like a restriction window or a minimum hold time, and a few that prohibit it outright. The rule often differs between the evaluation and the funded account, so always check the exact firm and account stage before you place a trade. The list on this page shows each firm's current rule with a link to its own rulebook.

There is no single best firm, it depends on how you trade the news. If you hold through releases you want a firm with no restriction window and a drawdown that only trails on the daily close. If you scalp the reaction, watch for minimum-hold rules that can affect payouts. Compare each firm by condition and drawdown type, then confirm the rule on the firm's own page before funding an account.

A restriction window is a block of time around a scheduled release when the firm does not allow you to open or close positions, often something like one or two minutes before to one or two minutes after the number prints. Some firms apply it only to a named list of high-impact events, others to anything on the economic calendar. Trading inside the window can void the trade or breach the account, so the exact length and which events it covers are the two things to confirm.

Often they do not. Several firms are stricter on funded accounts than on the evaluation, because that is where real payouts are at stake. For example, some minimum-hold or microscalping rules apply only once you are funded. Treat the two stages as separate rules and check the one that applies to you right now. Where a firm's rule differs by stage, this page notes it in that firm's section.

It depends on the firm and how the rule is written. The lightest outcome is the specific trade being removed or a payout being paused until your stats recover. The most serious is a hard breach that fails the evaluation or closes a funded account, sometimes with a pending payout withheld. Because the consequences range this widely, each firm's section describes what that firm says happens, straight from its rulebook.

First confirm the firm allows it at your account stage and note any restriction window or minimum hold. Plan entries and exits around those limits, size down for the volatility, and never risk more than the account's loss limit on a single release. CPI and NFP print at a fixed morning time and FOMC in the afternoon, so you can prepare in advance. The point of this page is to let you check the rule before the release, not during it.

Yes, a lot. A trailing or intraday drawdown can tighten against you on the spike even if your stop is never hit, which makes holding through a release riskier. An end-of-day trailing drawdown is usually more forgiving for news because it only locks in on the daily close, giving an intraday move some room. The list flags each firm's drawdown type so you can weigh it alongside the news rule.

Every firm's row shows a last checked date, and the rules are reviewed on a regular schedule and after any firm announces a change. If you find a rule that no longer matches a firm's own page, the firm's rulebook always wins, and telling us helps us correct it faster.