- Step 1
Use the in-panel calendar, not a random news site
The live clock at the top of the trader panel is the firm timezone. Restricted windows use that clock.
Before you trade, open News calendar. High-impact rows show when you must stay out (or when profit is reduced) depending on your program.
Economic news is a public page for reading headlines. Live risk for your challenge still uses the in-panel calendar.
On Prime/Rapid only 40% of the profit from a news-window trade counts. On Instant that profit is not credited at all, while any loss counts in full — the trade is not blocked, so avoid the window. Always confirm on Trading Rules, not on social media.
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Annotated screen - Step 2
Yellow vs red in one sentence each
Yellow: we strip profit (or apply the published haircut) on the offending trades and email you; the account usually stays open. Too many warnings can still fail you — see Breaches.
Red / hard breach: the account is closed. Read the row on Breaches and the matching chapter in Trading Rules.
Do not keep trading “to recover” after red. Open Tickets only if you think the timestamp or trade id is wrong, and attach proof.
Annotated screen
Help center
News calendar and yellow/red flags (beginner)
Restricted news windows follow the clock at the top of the panel, not your phone. Trading inside a news window is never a yellow or red flag: on Prime/Rapid only 40% of that profit counts, and on Instant it is not credited. Yellow and red flags come from other rules — confirm your program on Trading Rules.
