FundedNext and trading around the news
News trading is allowed everywhere, but on funded Stellar 1-Step, 2-Step and Lite accounts and on Stellar Instant accounts only 40 percent of the profit made from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after a listed high-impact event counts. This is what their own help page says, read on 9 October 2026, with what it means in practice underneath.
By Mike, founder of MacroSetup. Page updated . We are not affiliated with FundedNext, there are no affiliate links on this page, and their own page is linked below.
The rule, in their own terms
- During the evaluation
- Challenge accounts are not subject to the rule.
- Once funded
- On Stellar 1-Step, 2-Step and Lite funded accounts, trades executed in the window fall under what they call the News Reward Share Rule. A second article applies the same 40 percent rule, in the same window, to Stellar Instant accounts.
- The window
- 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after a listed high-impact event, so a ten-minute window in total.
- What it costs you
- 40 percent of the profit from those trades is counted. Any loss in the same period stays with you in full.
- Which calendar counts
- Their own list of high-impact events, in the article, and a public economic calendar with a filter for restricted events.
Source: FundedNext's own help page, read on 9 October 2026. Also their Is news trading allowed in the Stellar Instant accounts?, read on 24 October 2026. Firms change these rules without announcing it, so check theirs before you rely on ours.
Corrected on 24 October 2026: this page named only the Stellar 1-Step, 2-Step and Lite funded accounts. FundedNext's article on Stellar Instant applies the same 40 percent rule, in the same ten-minute window, to those accounts too.
FundedNext news calendar: this week's high-impact releases
The high-impact releases for the eight major currencies for 9 to 13 November 2026, from our own calendar, in Amsterdam time with the UK time beside it. Which events are restricted is FundedNext'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. FundedNext's own economic calendar, with a filter for restrictions.
What trips people up
- Nothing is forbidden on the funded account either; the cost is in the share. A news trade has to be more than twice as good to be worth the same.
- It covers pending orders too, take profit and stop loss included, and closing part of an order counts for the whole order.
- Only events that bear on the pair count: a Chinese release does not touch EUR/USD.
- Because challenges are exempt, a habit you build while passing is one the funded account will charge you for later.
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 FundedNext and news
Does FundedNext allow news trading?
By FundedNext's own help page, read on 9 October 2026: yes in the evaluation, but every funded account type has a window. The window runs 5 minutes either side of a release. If you trade inside it: only 40 percent of the profit counts, the loss in full. FundedNext's help page
What is the FundedNext news window?
5 minutes before to 5 minutes after a listed high-impact event, so a ten-minute window in total. Their own list of high-impact events, in the article, and a public economic calendar with a filter for restricted events.
What happens if you trade inside the FundedNext window?
40 percent of the profit from those trades is counted. Any loss in the same period stays with you in full.
Does FundedNext have a news calendar?
Yes, FundedNext publishes one on its own site. The FundedNext news calendar section on this page lists this week's high-impact releases for the eight majors, in Amsterdam and UK time. FundedNext's own economic calendar, with a filter for restrictions