For 1-Step, 2-Step accounts and Membership evaluations, trading is restricted within a 4-minute window surrounding high-impact (red-folder) economic news releases. This restriction applies 2 minutes before and 2 minutes after the scheduled release time.
How the Restriction Applies
If a high-impact news event affects a specific currency (for example, EUR or GBP), traders may continue trading unrelated instruments or currency pairs (such as JPY pairs, USD pairs not impacted by the event, or commodities like Gold), provided those markets are not directly influenced by the announcement.
However, during the following major economic events, trading is restricted across all instruments, regardless of the asset or currency involved:
Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
FOMC Statements or Interest Rate Decisions