AquaFunded and trading around the news
Allowed on accounts opened after 27 April 2026, but profit from trades within five minutes either side of red folder news is capped at 0.5 percent of the starting balance per payout cycle. This is what their own help page says, read on 15 October 2026, with what it means in practice underneath.
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The rule, in their own terms
- During the evaluation
- Their forex rules say news trading is allowed on all accounts. Whether the cap applies during the evaluation their page does not say, since it describes the cap per payout cycle.
- Once funded
- Allowed, with the profit from trades opened or closed in the window capped at 0.5 percent of the starting balance per payout cycle, counted together rather than per trade. Accounts bought before 27 April 2026 keep the old rule: no opening or closing inside the window on a funded account.
- The window
- 5 minutes before and after red folder (high-impact) events, FOMC speeches and statements included.
- What it costs you
- Profit above the cap is removed from the payout, with no breach or violation. Their terms list boom or bust news trading as a prohibited strategy. Their page does not say what happens to a loss.
- Which calendar counts
- The economic calendars of Forex Factory and Myfxbook.
Source: AquaFunded's own help page, read on 15 October 2026. Firms change these rules without announcing it, so check theirs before you rely on ours.
AquaFunded news calendar: this week's high-impact releases
The high-impact releases for the eight major currencies this trading week, from our own calendar, in Amsterdam time with the UK time beside it. Which events are restricted is AquaFunded's decision and their own list is the one that applies, so use this as the week to plan around and check theirs before a trade on a funded account.
Monday 19 October
- 14:3013:30 UKCADCanada CPIHigh impact
Tuesday 20 October
- 08:0007:00 UKGBPUK labour marketHigh impact
Wednesday 21 October
- 08:0007:00 UKGBPUK CPIHigh impact
- 23:4522:45 UKNZDNew Zealand CPIHigh impact
Friday 23 October
- 01:3000:30 UKJPYJapan CPIHigh impact
What trips people up
- The cap is for the whole payout cycle, not per trade, so one good news trade can use it up.
- The date matters: an account bought before 27 April 2026 keeps the old rule, and their page writes the date two ways, so an account from that exact day is unclear.
- Hedging is allowed within one account, not between accounts.
Knowing the window is not the hard part
Knowing which release lands on which currency, and when, is. A rule about five minutes only helps if you saw the event coming that morning.
MacroSetup flags every high-impact release for both currencies in a setup, with the time, before the session starts. This week's events for the eight majors are public on the calendar page, and what the research does with them is on the page for prop traders.
The other firms
The windows run from 2 to 10 minutes, and what happens afterwards runs from a share of the profit to a closed account. Worth reading before you pick your next challenge. All 16 firms side by side.
Questions about AquaFunded and news
Can you trade news on AquaFunded?
Their forex rules say news trading is allowed on all accounts. Whether the cap applies during the evaluation their page does not say, since it describes the cap per payout cycle. Allowed, with the profit from trades opened or closed in the window capped at 0.5 percent of the starting balance per payout cycle, counted together rather than per trade. Accounts bought before 27 April 2026 keep the old rule: no opening or closing inside the window on a funded account.
What is the AquaFunded news window?
5 minutes before and after red folder (high-impact) events, FOMC speeches and statements included. The economic calendars of Forex Factory and Myfxbook.
What happens if you trade inside the AquaFunded window?
Profit above the cap is removed from the payout, with no breach or violation. Their terms list boom or bust news trading as a prohibited strategy. Their page does not say what happens to a loss.
Where is the AquaFunded news calendar?
The economic calendars of Forex Factory and Myfxbook. This week's high-impact releases for the eight majors, with the times, are on this page and on our calendar page. Members also see them on every setup that holds one of the two currencies. This week's calendar