Definition
“High-Impact News” refers to any event classified as highly relevant in reputable economic calendars.
The primary reference is ForexFactory, where these events are marked with the red icon (high impact).
Additionally, Actifunded reserves the right to apply this restriction to certain medium-impact events (yellow or orange icons) when, due to their nature, they significantly affect highly volatile instruments such as XAUUSD (gold) or other sensitive assets.
Examples of High-Impact News Events
Below are examples included in this restriction (non-exhaustive):
Monetary Policy & Central Banks
Interest rate decisions from the Fed (FOMC), ECB, BoE, BoJ, RBA, RBNZ, SNB, and BoC.
Press conferences and extraordinary monetary policy announcements (e.g., QE programs).
Employment & Economic Growth
U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP).
Unemployment rate publications.
GDP releases.
Private employment reports such as ADP.
Inflation & Prices
CPI (Consumer Price Index).
PPI (Producer Price Index).
GDP deflators.
Economic Activity & Consumption
ISM Manufacturing & Non-Manufacturing PMI (U.S.).
Manufacturing & Services PMIs in Eurozone, UK, China.
Retail sales.
Consumer confidence reports (University of Michigan, Conference Board).
Energy & Commodities
EIA weekly oil inventory reports.
OPEC meetings.
Official announcements regarding production or energy reserves.
Politics & Geopolitics
Presidential or parliamentary elections in major economies.
Speeches by central bank leaders (e.g., Powell, Lagarde).
International summits (G7, G20, Davos).
Economic sanctions.
Military or geopolitical events affecting global markets.
Associated Risks
Trading around these events creates extremely volatile conditions and may result in:
Abnormal spreads and slippage
Partial or failed executions
Server overload
Accidental or intentional manipulation of evaluation results
For these reasons, trading activity during high-impact news is strictly regulated.
Restriction
It is strictly prohibited to close any trade—whether manually or through the triggering of a Take Profit or Stop Loss—within the 10-minute window surrounding a high-impact news release.
This means:
Any trade closed within 5 minutes before or 5 minutes after the exact release time will be considered invalid.
The restriction applies even if the trade was opened hours or days before the event.
In summary: If a trade closes at any moment within that 10-minute window, it will be automatically disqualified for evaluation and funded account purposes.
Consequences
Failure to comply with this policy may result in:
Immediate cancellation of the affected trades
Loss of profits obtained from those trades
Suspension of the funded account and inability to continue the evaluation process