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    Oil headline days on a funded account: scheduled releases have windows, headlines do not

    News rules at prop firms list scheduled releases such as the EIA oil report. A sudden headline has no window, so your stop, size and daily limit do the work.

    By Volodymyr Kravchenko Published Updated 1 min read

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    Short answer

    A firm's news rule covers the events on its calendar, such as the weekly EIA crude inventory report, which FTMO lists for a 2-minute window either side on a Standard FTMO Account. A sudden oil headline, for example about supply or the Gulf, is not on any calendar, so no window protects you: the stop at the broker, the size and your daily limit do. Read your firm's own page for how it treats other events.

    Key takeaways

    • Scheduled: the EIA weekly petroleum report follows EIA's published schedule. FTMO's help page lists Crude Oil Inventories among its restricted events on a Standard FTMO Account (2 minutes before and after); it does not apply in the Challenge or Verification phase.
    • Unscheduled: a supply or geopolitical headline has no release time and no firm window. Whether a trade placed or closed during one breaks a rule depends on the firm's own terms; read them.
    • What protects you on a headline day is yours: a stop at the broker before you enter, size from your risk, and a daily limit inside the firm's.
    • Spreads can widen and fills can differ from the stop price in fast markets. Plan for a worse fill than the stop you drew.

    Two kinds of oil move

    Scheduled. The EIA weekly report comes out on a published schedule. Because the time is known, prop firms can write a rule around it: FTMO’s help page names Crude Oil Inventories among the restricted events on a Standard FTMO Account. See the EIA calendar page for the time and the news window checker for the windows your firm describes.

    Unscheduled. A headline about supply, sanctions or the Gulf arrives at no set time. There is no release to put a window around, so a firm’s news rule does not tell you when to stay out. What the firm’s terms say about other events is for you to read on its own page. This note does not restate any price: for a live quote use a charting platform, and for official figures use the EIA.

    A checklist for a headline day

    1. A stop at the broker before you enter. No stop, no trade: see Trade Gate.
    2. Size from the risk. 1% of the account is $50 on $5,000. Do not raise it because the move looks large.
    3. A daily limit inside the firm’s. Check the daily loss and max loss in the drawdown calculator.
    4. Plan for a worse fill. In a fast market the fill can be worse than the stop price and the spread wider than usual.
    5. Do not chase. If you missed the move, it is not your trade. See FOMO in trading.

    What is scheduled next

    The weekly oil inventory report is on the EIA calendar; check the date on the agency’s own schedule, as holiday weeks move it.

    This is an educational note. It contains no price, forecast or signal.

    Facts in this item come from the official sources below; sections marked "analysis" are our interpretation, not advice. Nothing here is a trading signal. Read our editorial policy and methodology.

    Check each firm's current rules

    Rules change. Read the firm's own terms before you buy a challenge or trade a release.

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    Sources (2)

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    Official or primary sources used for the facts above. Figures and terms change, so check the source before acting on them.

    1. FTMO — Can I trade news?Opened directly on 26 October: a 2-minute window before and after selected releases, listed by currency, with Crude Oil Inventories among them; not applied during the Challenge or Verification phase.Accessed
    2. U.S. Energy Information Administration — Weekly Petroleum Status Report: release scheduleThe agency's own schedule; holiday weeks can move the release.Accessed

    Written by

    Volodymyr Kravchenko
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