BrightFunded and trading around the news
No restriction in Phase 1 and Phase 2. On a funded account, no trading on the targeted instruments within five minutes either side of a listed release; the profit of that trade is deducted. 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
- During Phase 1 and Phase 2 you can trade around news freely, with no restrictions.
- Once funded
- On a funded account, opening and closing trades on the targeted instruments is restricted inside the window, market and limit orders, stop loss and take profit, and buy and sell stops alike. Other instruments trade normally.
- The window
- 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after the event, a 10-minute window. Speeches get no separate window, but the list holds some, such as the BoE governor speaking and the BoC and BoJ press conferences.
- What it costs you
- A soft breach: the profit made on that trade is deducted and the account is not breached. A loss on a trade in the window is not compensated.
- Which calendar counts
- Their own table per currency, at the end of the article. For the dollar: the Fed funds rate, payrolls, final GDP, the FOMC minutes and CPI. For the euro only the main refinancing rate, for the franc only the SNB policy rate.
Source: BrightFunded's own help page, read on 15 October 2026. Firms change these rules without announcing it, so check theirs before you rely on ours.
BrightFunded 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 BrightFunded'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
- A trade opened more than 5 minutes before the event may be held and modified, but a stop loss or take profit that fills inside the window is still a soft breach.
- The exception: a take profit on a trade opened 48 hours or more before the event is not deducted.
- Their page does not say whether the 1-Step evaluation counts as Phase 1.
- Their list of prohibited strategies adds that traders must avoid exploiting abnormal volatility or price gaps around these releases.
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 BrightFunded and news
Can you trade news on BrightFunded?
During Phase 1 and Phase 2 you can trade around news freely, with no restrictions. On a funded account, opening and closing trades on the targeted instruments is restricted inside the window, market and limit orders, stop loss and take profit, and buy and sell stops alike. Other instruments trade normally.
What is the BrightFunded news window?
5 minutes before to 5 minutes after the event, a 10-minute window. Speeches get no separate window, but the list holds some, such as the BoE governor speaking and the BoC and BoJ press conferences. Their own table per currency, at the end of the article. For the dollar: the Fed funds rate, payrolls, final GDP, the FOMC minutes and CPI. For the euro only the main refinancing rate, for the franc only the SNB policy rate.
What happens if you trade inside the BrightFunded window?
A soft breach: the profit made on that trade is deducted and the account is not breached. A loss on a trade in the window is not compensated.
Where is the BrightFunded news calendar?
Their own table per currency, at the end of the article. For the dollar: the Fed funds rate, payrolls, final GDP, the FOMC minutes and CPI. For the euro only the main refinancing rate, for the franc only the SNB policy rate. 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