Why Dolvero Restricts News Trading
High-impact macroeconomic events create extreme volatility windows where price action becomes unpredictable, spreads widen dramatically, and slippage can turn a carefully planned trade into a catastrophic loss. For a proprietary trading firm managing real capital across thousands of funded accounts, uncontrolled exposure during these events represents systemic risk that no responsible firm can ignore.
At Dolvero, CFD accounts carry a ±10 minute news trading window around every High Impact economic event, applied only to the instruments each event affects. The rule was narrowed to this form on 28 October 2026. This rule exists not to limit your profitability, but to ensure that your funded account performance reflects genuine trading skill rather than binary event gambling. Understanding exactly how this rule works, which events trigger it, and how to plan your trading day around it will help you stay compliant and focused on sustainable edge extraction.
How the ±10 Minute Rule Works
The restriction is straightforward: without the News Trading add-on, you may not open a new position from 10 minutes before to 10 minutes after a High Impact event in the Dolvero economic calendar, on an instrument that event affects. An event affects every instrument priced in or built on its currency, and US 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.
Example: US CPI is released at 14:30. Gold, EURUSD or US30 opened at 14:15 is fine, at 14:22 or 14:38 it is a breach, and at 14:41 it is fine again. EURJPY or the DAX can be opened at any time around it.
What Counts as a Violation
- Opening a new position on an affected instrument from 10 minutes before to 10 minutes after the event
- Adding to a position on an affected instrument inside the window, because every addition is a new position
- A pending entry order that fills inside the window on an affected instrument, because the fill opens a position
What Is Permitted
- Holding an existing position through the news event, provided it was opened before the window began
- Closing at any time, manually or through a stop loss or take profit fill. Closing is never a breach.
- Trading instruments the event does not affect. During NFP you can open EURJPY or the DAX, because a US release does not restrict them.
- Everything, with the News Trading add-on, which removes the window on the evaluation and on the funded account. Crypto evaluations on Bybit have no news rule at all.
For the complete and most up-to-date version of all trading rules, always refer to our official rules page.
Which Events Trigger the Restriction
Every event marked High Impact in the Dolvero economic calendar counts, with no shorter whitelist and no exemptions. Medium and low impact events are not restricted. The events below are the ones that most often carry the High Impact flag:
Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) — First Friday of Each Month
The US Non-Farm Payrolls report is arguably the single most market-moving scheduled event in global financial markets. Released at 8:30 AM Eastern Time on the first Friday of each month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, NFP measures the change in the number of employed people in the US economy, excluding farm workers, government employees, private household employees, and employees of nonprofit organizations.
NFP regularly produces 50-100+ pip moves in major USD pairs within seconds of release. The February 2026 NFP is scheduled for February 7th. For this event, the window runs from 8:20 AM to 8:40 AM Eastern Time. No new position may be opened on a USD pair, gold, silver, a US index, oil or USD crypto during this window.
Instruments affected: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, USD/CAD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD and every other USD pair, plus gold, silver, US indices, oil and crypto quoted in US dollars.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) — Monthly
CPI data measures inflation at the consumer level and is the primary input the Federal Reserve uses when making interest rate decisions. Both the headline CPI (including food and energy) and core CPI (excluding food and energy) can trigger massive market reactions, particularly when the actual reading deviates from consensus expectations.
CPI is typically released at 8:30 AM Eastern Time, usually around the 12th-14th of each month. The window applies exactly as for NFP: from 10 minutes before to 10 minutes after the release time, on the same instruments.
Central Bank Interest Rate Decisions
Interest rate decisions from major central banks represent the most impactful category of news events. The following central bank announcements are covered by the restriction:
- Federal Reserve (FOMC) — Rate decisions, FOMC statements, and press conferences. Typically released at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, with press conferences at 2:30 PM. The decision window runs from 1:50 PM to 2:10 PM ET, and a press conference listed as its own High Impact entry has its own window.
- European Central Bank (ECB) — Rate decisions and press conferences. Main announcement at 2:15 PM CET, press conference at 2:45 PM CET.
- Bank of England (BoE) — Monetary Policy Summary and rate decision, typically at 12:00 PM GMT.
- Bank of Japan (BoJ) — Rate decisions, timing varies but typically early morning Tokyo time.
- Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) — Rate decisions at 2:30 PM AEST.
- Bank of Canada (BoC) — Rate decisions at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.
- Swiss National Bank (SNB) — Quarterly rate decisions at 9:30 AM CET.
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) — Rate decisions at 2:00 PM NZST.
Other High-Impact Events
- GDP releases (advance, preliminary, and final readings for major economies)
- PMI data (ISM Manufacturing and Services PMI for the US)
- Employment data beyond NFP (ADP Employment Change, Jobless Claims when preceded by unusual expectations)
- Retail Sales (US, UK, Eurozone)
We recommend using a professional economic calendar and filtering for high-impact events. If an event is flagged as high-impact on major calendar providers (Forex Factory, Investing.com, TradingView), use it for planning, but the binding list is the High Impact flag in the Dolvero economic calendar.
How to Structure Your Trading Day Around News Events
The news restriction should not feel like a limitation — it should feel like a structural advantage. Here is how professional traders at funded firms handle news windows:
Pre-Session Planning
Before each trading day, check the economic calendar for the session you plan to trade. Identify all High Impact events, note their exact release times, and write down each window (10 minutes before to 10 minutes after) together with the instruments it affects. Mark these windows on your chart or trading journal so you have a visual reminder.
Position Management Before the Window
A position you already hold may stay open through the release, and you may close it at any time, so this is a risk decision rather than a rule question. You can close before the release, or let the position run with your stop loss and take profit in place. If your trade is already in significant profit, taking profits before the release is often the prudent choice. What you cannot do is open a new position on an affected instrument once the window has started.
Post-Event Re-Entry
From 10 minutes after the release you may open new positions on the affected instruments again. Markets then typically settle into a new range or trend, and this post-news period can offer good trading opportunities as the market digests the data and institutional flow establishes the new direction.
Using the London-New York Overlap
Most high-impact US data releases occur at 8:30 AM Eastern Time (1:30 PM GMT), which falls during the London-New York session overlap. This means the window for those releases runs from 1:20 PM to 1:40 PM GMT. Plan to focus your morning London session trading before this window, and your New York session trading after it.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Mistake 1: Ignoring Cross-Currency Correlation
If US CPI is releasing, the restriction applies to every USD pair and also to gold, silver, US indices, oil and USD crypto. Some traders assume only USD currency pairs are covered and open gold or US30 a few minutes before the release, which is a breach. EUR/GBP, EURJPY or the DAX are not restricted by a US release, although major USD events can still move them, so trade them with care.
Mistake 2: Setting Tight Stops Before News
If you are holding a position through a news event (which is permitted), setting an extremely tight stop-loss invites being stopped out by the spike. A stop fill is never a rule breach, but it is still a loss. Either widen your stop to account for event volatility or close the position before the release.
Mistake 3: Immediately Trading After the Window
The restriction lifts 10 minutes after the event, but this does not mean you should immediately enter a trade. Wait for the dust to settle, let the initial volatility subside, and look for a clear setup rather than chasing the first spike.
Mistake 4: Not Checking the Calendar Daily
Speeches by central bank governors are often added to the calendar at short notice, and when one carries the High Impact flag it has a window like any other release. Make it a habit to check the Dolvero economic calendar every morning before your first trade.
Mistake 5: Confusing the Restriction Window Across Time Zones
If you are trading from a different time zone than where the event is released, double-check that you have converted the event time correctly. A common error is confusing Eastern Time, Central European Time, and GMT. Many calendar tools allow you to set your local time zone — use this feature and verify the conversion before every session. A miscalculation of even one hour can lead to a violation.
How Violations Are Handled
Dolvero's compliance system monitors all trading activity against the economic calendar in real time. If a trade is flagged as potentially violating the news trading restriction, the following process applies:
- What is checked: the opening time of each position against the window of every High Impact event that affects that instrument. Closing times are not checked, because closing is never a breach.
- Consequence: the consequence of a violation is stated on the rules page, which is the binding version.
We believe in transparency. All our rules, including the news trading policy, are published in full detail on our rules page. If you are ever unsure whether a specific event triggers the restriction, contact our support team before placing the trade.
The Bigger Picture: Risk Management as an Edge
The ±10 minute news rule is one component of Dolvero's comprehensive risk management framework. Alongside our 2% maximum risk per trade rule, daily drawdown limits (5% for 2-Step, 3% for 1-Step Accelerated), and static/trailing drawdown mechanisms, the news restriction ensures that funded traders are building sustainable, repeatable edge rather than relying on high-variance event outcomes.
This approach is what separates Dolvero from firms that allow unrestricted news trading and then wonder why their risk books blow up every NFP Friday. We are building a firm where traders can build long-term careers, and that requires rules that protect both the trader and the firm's capital.
Staying Informed: Tools and Resources
Dolvero provides several resources to help you navigate news events and stay compliant with the trading rules:
- Public changelog: Every update to our rules, including any modifications to the news trading policy, is documented in our changelog. Subscribe to stay informed about rule changes before they take effect.
- Live ledger: Our public live ledger provides full transparency into how funded traders are performing across all account types. You can see real payout data and verify that the firm operates as promised.
- Economic calendar integration: We recommend bookmarking a professional economic calendar (Forex Factory, Investing.com, or TradingView) and checking it daily before your first trade.
The news trading restriction is reviewed periodically, and any changes are announced with advance notice via our changelog. We believe that clear, consistently enforced rules create a fair playing field for all funded traders.
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