Does Tradeify Allow News Trading? Rules & Funded Risks
Tradeify Futures permits news trading, but slippage, loss limits, and the funded microscalping test still matter. Read the official policy.
The official answer: yes, at your own risk
Tradeify’s Rules: News Trading article says it has no rules against or timing guidelines around trading news events. That page does not establish a minutes-before/minutes-after blackout. It explicitly warns about volatility, slippage, and using the Daily Loss Limit as a stop loss. Permission to execute is not a waiver of account rules or a guarantee of the displayed price. This guide covers Tradeify Futures, not Tradeify FX.
Evaluation versus funded accounts
The published policy permits news trading without describing a separate evaluation blackout. However, it adds a distinct funded-account duration test: over 50% of trades and over 50% of profit must come from trades held longer than 10 seconds. It expressly exempts evaluations from that test. A news trade can therefore be permitted in timing terms while your funded trading record remains ineligible for a payout.
Why the actual loss can exceed your plan
During a high-impact release, prices can move rapidly and liquidity at successive levels may fall. A stop-loss order does not always guarantee the requested execution price. In an educational example, a planned $100 loss plus $80 of slippage becomes $180 before additional fees. These are illustrative figures; actual slippage depends on the instrument, size, market conditions, and order type.
The Daily Loss Limit is not a trade stop
Tradeify warns against relying on the Daily Loss Limit as an exit mechanism during news because system protection may not work as expected in extreme volatility. Plan trade exits and size beforehand, retaining a margin between planned risk and account failure thresholds. Also distinguish a daily limit that may halt trading from an overall drawdown breach that may fail an account. Read the rules for the specific program.
Pending orders do not remove the risk
An order placed before a release can still slip when triggered. It may fill just before a sharp reversal, or available liquidity may be insufficient for your size. With multiple accounts or a copier, execution prices can differ and one account may breach a loss threshold while another survives. Check every account after execution rather than treating one report as representative of the whole set.
A microscalping example
Consider an illustrative record without losses: 70 trades held longer than 10 seconds earn $300, while 30 short news trades earn $700. Most trades meet the duration test, but only 30% of profit comes from that group, failing the funded profit-source condition. The problem is not that the trades occurred during news; it is their duration and contribution to profit. Read the microscalping guide for the two tests and cases requiring support clarification.
Before a major release
- Check the event time in the correct time zone, including daylight-saving changes.
- Review your remaining drawdown room and current account limits.
- Reduce size if typical news moves exceed your account’s risk capacity.
- Inspect pending orders and copiers across all accounts.
- Plan your exit without relying solely on daily-loss protection.
- After the release, audit actual fills, duration, and results rather than expected prices.
Who might this policy suit?
It may suit a trader who wants no dedicated news blackout and can manage slippage, contracts, and funded-account restrictions. A trader whose profit primarily comes from seconds-long trades must evaluate microscalping before buying. Avoiding a particular release is a risk-management choice, not a prohibition attributed to Tradeify. Read the official source and your agreement; this is a rules explanation, not a recommendation to trade any release.
Useful links
- Current Tradeify rules and plans
- Tradeify payout rules guide
- Futures consistency calculator
- Tradeify Microscalping Rule: The 10-Second Payout Test
- How Many Tradeify Accounts? Funded Limits & 300K Exception
- News Trading at Prop Firms: What Is Allowed and What Is Not