By continuing to hold trades during a major news event, you acknowledge and accept the potential risks involved. These risks include slippage, market gaps, delayed executions, and increased volatility. Top One Trader is not liable for any losses incurred due to slippage caused by news events.

Executing a trade refers to:

You are permitted to hold trades on affected instruments if they were opened more than 5 minutes before the restricted news window. However, if your stop loss or take profit is triggered during the restricted window, it will be considered a violation. Any gains made from such trades will be deducted and will not be eligible for withdrawal.

Note: Violating news trading rules is first considered a soft breach, meaning your account will remain open, further violations might lead to a termination of your account.

Exceptions: Swing traders and intraday traders with positions open for more than 1 hour prior to the news event may still have their take profit level validated if it is triggered within 5 minutes after the event.

Only high-impact news events that are directly related to the trading pairs you are working with are restricted. You are free to trade during low or medium-impact news events or events that do not directly affect your trading pairs.

Please note: All major U.S. high-impact news events (marked as 'Red Folder') affect all trading instruments, example of these News include:
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In general, if it’s a high-impact U.S. news event, it affects all trading pairs. For a complete list of high-impact news events, please refer to our Economic Calendar.