Without the News Trading add-on, the Dolvero rules do not allow you to open a new position on a CFD account from 10 minutes before to 10 minutes after a High Impact release in the Dolvero economic calendar, and only on the instruments that release affects. Holding a position through the release and closing it are always allowed. This is a firm rule with account consequences, so this article sets out exactly what it covers and what it does not.
The rule was narrowed on 28 October 2026. Earlier versions of this article described a wider window of half an hour on each side that also restricted closing and applied to every instrument. That is no longer the rule. The URL of this article has stayed the same so that existing links keep working.
The rule in one paragraph
On a CFD account without the News Trading add-on, you may not open a position in the window that starts 10 minutes before a High Impact event in the Dolvero economic calendar and ends 10 minutes after it, on any instrument that event affects. An event affects every instrument priced in or built on its currency. US (USD) releases also cover gold, silver, US indices, oil and crypto quoted in US dollars. Instruments in other currencies are not restricted, so an AUD, NZD or CAD release does not restrict gold or EURUSD. A position that is already open may be held through the release and closed at any time, stop loss and take profit fills included. Closing is never a breach.
Which events count
Every event marked High Impact in the Dolvero economic calendar in your dashboard counts. There is no shorter whitelist and no event is exempt. In practice that means rate decisions, central bank speeches and testimony, payrolls and employment change, unemployment claims, CPI, PPI and Core PCE, GDP, retail sales, ISM and flash PMIs, for every currency the calendar covers. Medium and low impact events are not restricted.
The calendar on the site is the binding version. Third party calendars such as Forex Factory or Investing.com are useful for planning, but they do not always flag the same events, so check the Dolvero calendar before each session. Where the calendar lists a press conference or a speech as its own High Impact entry, that entry has its own window.
Which instruments are affected
The window only applies to instruments the release affects:
- Its currency. Anything priced in or built on the currency of the release. A euro area release affects EURUSD, EURJPY, EURGBP and the other EUR pairs, and euro area indices such as the DAX.
- US releases go further. A USD release affects every USD pair, and also gold, silver, US indices such as US30, oil and crypto quoted in US dollars.
- Everything else is free. Instruments in other currencies are not restricted. An AUD, NZD or CAD release does not restrict gold or EURUSD, and a US release does not restrict EURJPY or the DAX.
A worked example
US CPI is released at 14:30.
- Gold, EURUSD or US30 opened at 14:15: fine, the window has not started.
- Gold, EURUSD or US30 opened at 14:22 or at 14:38: breach, both are inside the window from 14:20 to 14:40.
- Gold, EURUSD or US30 opened at 14:41: fine again.
- EURJPY or the DAX: can be opened at any time around the release, because a US release does not affect them.
- A gold position opened at 13:50 and still open at 14:30: may be held through the release and closed whenever you like, including by its stop loss or take profit.
What the rule does not restrict
- Holding. A position opened before the window may stay open through the release.
- Closing. You may close at any time, manually or through a stop loss or take profit fill. Closing is never a breach.
- Unaffected instruments. Instruments outside the release's currency (and, for US releases, outside the list above) can be opened at any time.
- Crypto evaluations. Crypto evaluations on Bybit have no news rule at all.
- Accounts with the add-on. The News Trading add-on (+15% on the evaluation fee) removes the window completely, on the evaluation and on the funded account.
Why the window exists
Spread widening
Around a major release, spreads on the affected instruments widen sharply. A position opened into that moment can start in a meaningful loss from the spread alone, before price has moved. On an account with drawdown limits, that is risk concentrated at the worst possible time.
Slippage
Order flow around a release can exhaust the liquidity at quoted prices, so market orders fill further away than expected. For a trader close to a daily or maximum loss limit, a poor fill on a fresh entry can cause a breach that normal execution would not, and position sizing alone cannot fully protect against it.
Coin flip entries
A position opened seconds before a number is published is a bet on the number, not a trade with an edge. The window is aimed at exactly that entry. It is deliberately narrow and limited to the affected instruments, so that ordinary trading, and positions you already hold, are left alone.
Common questions
"Do I have to close my positions before the release?"
No. A position opened before the window may be held through the release and closed whenever you choose. Whether you want to hold through the volatility is a risk decision, not a rule question.
"My stop loss filled during the release. Is that a breach?"
No. Closing is never a breach, and stop loss and take profit fills are closes.
"Can I trade the move after the release?"
Yes, from 10 minutes after the release time. In the CPI example above, a new gold or EURUSD position is fine from 14:41.
"Does a Canadian or Australian release restrict gold?"
No. Only US releases extend to gold, silver, US indices, oil and USD crypto. A CAD, AUD or NZD release restricts instruments in its own currency only.
"What about pending orders?"
A pending order that fills inside the window opens a position, so on an affected instrument it counts as opening. If you do not want an entry order to fill during the window, cancel it or move it before the window starts.
A simple routine
- At the start of each trading day, open the Dolvero economic calendar and note every High Impact event and its time.
- For each event, write down the window: 10 minutes before to 10 minutes after the release.
- Note which instruments it affects: its currency, plus gold, silver, US indices, oil and USD crypto for US releases.
- Inside a window, do not open new positions on those instruments. Positions you already hold can stay open or be closed.
- Check that pending entry orders on affected instruments cannot fill inside the window.
Times matter. Read the release time in the same clock you trade in, and convert once rather than in your head during a session. The MT5 server runs on Europe/Bucharest time, and the Dolvero WebTrader records times in UTC.
Where the rule lives
The full wording is on the rules page, and every change is recorded in the public changelog at /changelog. Start an evaluation at app.dolvero.com/start. Code 2026 for 26% off.
