MyFundedFutures News Trading Rules 2026: Allowed to Pass, Banned Once Funded

We are a competing prop firm, so read our comparison at the end with that in mind. Everything before it is MyFundedFutures’ own documentation, linked at the bottom.

MyFundedFutures (MFFU) allows Tier 1 news trading in every evaluation and on the Builder plan, but prohibits it on Rapid, Rapid EOD and Pro sim funded accounts, where nothing can be open from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after a release. Tier 1 covers FOMC meetings and minutes, the Employment Report and CPI, plus EIA and agricultural reports for those markets. Live accounts allow news again. MFFU prohibits straddles and strangles for all news releases.

Does MyFundedFutures allow news trading?

It depends on the plan and the stage, and the rule flips between the evaluation and the funded account. MFFU’s news trading policy names the accounts on each side:

The table covers Tier 1 releases. For other news, MFFU says you may trade through them if it fits your regular strategy, “while the Prohibited News Trading Activities and Standard Trading Protocols apply”. Those protocols ask for no open positions or orders 2 minutes before and after any data release. Read literally, that window covers every release on every account, evaluations included, and the policy never reconciles the two. MFFU also warns that data issues and broker disruptions can occur during news and that it is not liable for them.

What counts as Tier 1 news

MFFU’s list is short and fixed. For all traders: FOMC meetings, FOMC minutes, the Employment Report and CPI. For energy traders: EIA reports, released every Wednesday at 10:30 AM EST outside holiday adjustments. For agricultural traders: the agricultural reports. Its Rapid plan page describes the same family as “CPI, NFP, FOMC, etc.”

MFFU publishes the whole year’s Tier 1 dates in its policy, and adds that monitoring any change to official release times is the trader’s responsibility.

The 2-minute rule

On a news-restricted account, the window is four minutes wide. No positions and no orders, limit orders included, can be open from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after a Tier 1 release.

In practice, a resting limit order that could fill at 8:29 is inside the window too: cancel it before 8:28.

The same calendar image puts it more bluntly: trading during these events is strictly prohibited 2 minutes before and after, and trades still open before the window should be liquidated. Its caption scopes it to news-restricted accounts.

What MFFU bans for all news releases

Some news behavior is prohibited for all news releases, with no plan or stage carved out:

• Straddles and strangles, or any strategy built to exploit the immediate burst of a release.
• Masking news trades as standard strategies.
• Tier 1 trading on restricted accounts, as covered above.

MFFU’s reason is stated in one sentence: “As News Trading is not simulated 1:1 with live markets, it is not allowed.” Its Fair Play policy lists Tier 1 data trading as restricted as well.

The trap: passing on news, then losing it

This is the part of MFFU’s news policy that changes strategies. On Rapid, Rapid EOD and Pro, the evaluation allows Tier 1 news. The funded account does not. A trader who reaches the target on CPI and FOMC days passes with a strategy that is no longer permitted the next day.

• Your track record changes meaning. The days that made your evaluation may be the days you can no longer trade.
• Your calendar fills up. On a funded Rapid or Pro account, every FOMC, CPI and Employment Report day carries a window you must be flat for, and EIA every Wednesday if you trade energy.
• The penalty is general, not specific. The news policy names no penalty for the window, but MFFU’s Fair Play policy lists Tier 1 data trading as restricted and reserves the right to terminate the agreement and confiscate profits from prohibited practices. Do not test it.

If Tier 1 releases are a real part of your edge, the plan choice matters more than the price: Builder keeps news open once funded, the others do not. Our Rapid plan guide and Pro plan guide cover the rest of their funded rules.

Builder, the exception

Builder is the only MFFU plan that keeps Tier 1 news open once funded. Its guide goes further than the policy:

The Builder guide says news trading is fully unrestricted during the evaluation and sim funded stage, and that you may open and hold positions through any scheduled news event. The same news policy, under its standard protocols for all releases, asks for no open positions or orders 2 minutes before and after any data release. Those two sentences do not fit together. The same tension applies to evaluations, which the policy also lists as unrestricted. If your Builder strategy depends on holding through a release, get MFFU’s answer in writing.

One more contradiction to know

• Rapid EOD. The news policy lists only Rapid Sim Funded and Pro Sim Funded as restricted. The Rapid EOD plan page, though, shows Tier 1 news trading as not allowed on its funded stage, and its help page says the same. Treat Rapid EOD as restricted.

News on the MFFU live account

Live accounts allow news trading. MFFU’s live FAQ answers yes, then heavily advises against it: volatility can cause slippage and poor fills, and take profits, stop losses or other orders may not be honored. On live, the restriction becomes a warning. Our MyFundedFutures live account guide covers the rest of the live rules.

MFFU vs Phidias on news trading

MFFU’s Builder plan is as open on news as we are. The difference is on the other three plans, where the funded stage closes Tier 1 news.

At Phidias, economic news trading is permitted on all account types, and Express to Live allows it at every stage, including the CASH account that pays you. One caveat: our Fundamental and Premium rules list full margin trading during high volatility economic announcements among the “lottery” trades we strongly discourage. On Express to Live, you reach the target on the CASH account, click Switch to Live, and the fixed bonus payout converts the account to a LIVE account.

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Test: does your news strategy survive MFFU?

Four questions on your plan, how much of your edge comes from Tier 1 releases, how you trade a release and where you want to trade news. No email.

MyFundedFutures news trading: frequently asked questions

Does MyFundedFutures allow news trading?

Partly. Tier 1 news trading is allowed in every evaluation and on the Builder plan, prohibited on Rapid, Rapid EOD and Pro sim funded accounts, and allowed again on live accounts. Other releases can be traded if they fit your normal strategy, subject to a general protocol asking for no positions 2 minutes around any data release, and MFFU prohibits straddles, strangles and disguised news trades for all news releases.

What counts as Tier 1 news at MFFU?

For all traders: FOMC meetings, FOMC minutes, the Employment Report and CPI. For energy traders: EIA reports. For agricultural traders: agricultural reports. MFFU publishes a 2026 calendar of these events in its news trading policy.

What is MFFU’s 2-minute news rule?

On news-restricted accounts, no positions or orders, limit orders included, can be open from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after a Tier 1 release. For an 8:30 release, positions must be closed by 8:28:00 and can only be reopened after 8:32:00.

Can you trade news during the MFFU evaluation?

Yes. MFFU lists all evaluations as unrestricted for Tier 1 news, and its plan pages show Tier 1 news trading as allowed in the Rapid, Rapid EOD and Pro evaluations. The restriction starts on the sim funded account.

Can you trade news on the MFFU Rapid or Pro plan?

Not Tier 1 news once funded. MFFU’s policy lists Rapid Sim Funded and Pro Sim Funded as restricted accounts, and the Rapid EOD plan page also shows Tier 1 news trading as not allowed on its funded stage.

Can you trade news on the MFFU Builder plan?

Yes. MFFU lists Builder as unrestricted, and its Builder guide says news trading is fully unrestricted during the evaluation and sim funded stage, including holding positions through scheduled news. That conflicts with a general protocol in the same policy asking for no open positions 2 minutes before and after any data release, so check with MFFU if you rely on it.

Can you trade news on an MFFU live account?

Yes. MFFU’s live FAQ says news trading is allowed on live accounts, while strongly advising against it, and warns that take profits, stop losses and other orders may not be honored during news.

Why does MFFU restrict news trading?

In its own words: “As News Trading is not simulated 1:1 with live markets, it is not allowed.” Its Rapid plan page adds that Tier 1 events create extreme short-term volatility that can blow out simulated accounts before stop-losses fill.

Does Phidias allow news trading?

Yes. Phidias permits economic news trading on all account types, and on Express to Live at every stage: evaluation, CASH and LIVE. Its Fundamental and Premium rules strongly discourage full margin trading during high volatility economic announcements.