Hola Prime and trading around the news

Free on 1-Step and 2-Step Prime, in the challenge and once funded. On a funded 2-Step Pro account and on a Direct account, no opening or closing within five minutes either side. 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: On 1-Step Prime and 2-Step Prime news trading is allowed without restriction, and in the 2-Step Pro challenge as well. The Direct account has no challenge.
Once funded: Prime accounts stay free once funded. On a funded 2-Step Pro account and on a Direct account you may not open, close or modify a trade on the affected instruments inside the window. Holding a trade through it is allowed.
The window: 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after a listed high-impact release. Their page does not set a separate window for speeches.
What it costs you: On a funded 2-Step Pro account, a soft breach: the profit from trades in the window is reversed, and reckless news trading can end the account. On a Direct account, a stop loss or take profit that fills inside the window closes the account. Their page does not say what happens to a loss.
Which calendar counts: Their own list in the FAQ, for the dollar CPI, advance GDP, the Fed decision and statement, payrolls with unemployment and wages, and the FOMC minutes, and the economic calendar on their dashboard, behind the login.

Source: Hola Prime's own help page, read on 15 October 2026. Firms change these rules without announcing it, so check theirs before you rely on ours.

Hola Prime 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 Hola Prime'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 before the window but closed inside it, by a stop loss or take profit as well, is a violation. Holding is allowed, closing is not.
Dollar news restricts every pair with the dollar in it, and US30, NAS100 and SPX500 as well.
Pending limit and stop orders that fill inside the window count as trades.
An instrument touched only by low or medium impact news trades normally. Their own example is AUD/NZD during US CPI.

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 Hola Prime and news

Can you trade news on Hola Prime?

On 1-Step Prime and 2-Step Prime news trading is allowed without restriction, and in the 2-Step Pro challenge as well. The Direct account has no challenge. Prime accounts stay free once funded. On a funded 2-Step Pro account and on a Direct account you may not open, close or modify a trade on the affected instruments inside the window. Holding a trade through it is allowed.

What is the Hola Prime news window?

5 minutes before to 5 minutes after a listed high-impact release. Their page does not set a separate window for speeches. Their own list in the FAQ, for the dollar CPI, advance GDP, the Fed decision and statement, payrolls with unemployment and wages, and the FOMC minutes, and the economic calendar on their dashboard, behind the login.

What happens if you trade inside the Hola Prime window?

On a funded 2-Step Pro account, a soft breach: the profit from trades in the window is reversed, and reckless news trading can end the account. On a Direct account, a stop loss or take profit that fills inside the window closes the account. Their page does not say what happens to a loss.

Where is the Hola Prime news calendar?

Their own list in the FAQ, for the dollar CPI, advance GDP, the Fed decision and statement, payrolls with unemployment and wages, and the FOMC minutes, and the economic calendar on their dashboard, behind the login. 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