The5ers News Trading: Can You Trade CPI, NFP & FOMC Without Breaking the Rules?

If you are trading with The5ers and you like trading around CPI, NFP, FOMC or other major releases, the answer is not simply "yes" or "no."

It depends on the program.

The5ers currently has different news rules for programs including High Stakes, Hyper Growth and Bootcamp.

And one distinction matters more than anything else:

Holding a trade through news is not the same as deliberately opening a trade to capture the news spike.

For High Stakes, The5ers allows traders to hold open positions through high-impact news, but restricts new order execution around the event. For Hyper Growth and Bootcamp, news trading is allowed except for bracket strategies around news.

Can you news trade with The5ers?

Here is the current breakdown:

The exact rules matter because "news trading" can mean very different things.

A trader holding EURUSD through CPI is not necessarily doing the same thing as a trader placing a Buy Stop and Sell Stop five seconds before CPI.

The5ers treats those situations differently.

What is The5ers High Stakes news rule?

For High Stakes, The5ers says holding open trades over high-impact news is allowed.

However, new orders cannot be executed from 2 minutes before until 2 minutes after high-impact news in the related currency or index. The5ers says it uses Forex Factory and server time to identify these events.

That means the practical restriction is:

2 minutes before

through

2 minutes after

the high-impact release.

The5ers also states that any trade opened during that two-minute period is classified as a soft breach and profits made during that period are deducted from the account rather than counting toward the target. Losses are absorbed by the trader.

The part traders should pay attention to

The restriction applies to execution.

That means pending entry orders matter too.

The5ers' news FAQ says that if a pending order triggers inside the restricted window, it is treated as a news-trading violation.

So imagine CPI is scheduled for 15:30 server time.

You place a Buy Stop at 15:20.

At 15:29:30, price jumps.

Your Buy Stop triggers.

The order was placed ten minutes earlier.

But it was executed during the restricted period.

That is the important part.

What about Stop Loss and Take Profit?

This is where the current wording is important.

The September 15, 2026 High Stakes FAQ says the news restriction applies specifically to opening new positions, including market orders and entry pending orders.

It also explicitly notes that this does not remove the risk of an existing position hitting a pre-set Stop Loss or Take Profit during a news event.

So you should not interpret the rule as:

"Nothing can happen to my existing trade during news."

Your existing position can still experience rapid movement and slippage.

The rule and the market risk are two separate things.

The bracket strategy rule

The5ers is especially clear about bracket strategies on Hyper Growth and Bootcamp.

News trading is allowed except for strategies that place both a Buy Stop and a Sell Stop around the same event.

The idea is simple:

If one side triggers, you are positioned for the breakout.

If the other side triggers, you are positioned in the opposite direction.

That is the kind of setup The5ers explicitly prohibits.

So a trader thinking:

"I'll just put an order above price and another below price before CPI and let the market decide."

should not assume that this is acceptable.

It is specifically the type of bracket strategy The5ers calls out.

Why this distinction matters

There is a major difference between:

Trading because you have a reason to hold a position through an event

and

placing orders on both sides of the market and hoping the volatility picks one for you.

The5ers' rules are designed to distinguish between those behaviours.

That makes the question "Does The5ers allow news trading?" slightly misleading.

A better question is:

What kind of news trading does The5ers actually allow?

Example: EURUSD through CPI

Imagine you are already long EURUSD before US CPI.

The release occurs.

You remain in the trade.

The fact that CPI caused a major move does not automatically mean you violated the news rule.

The key issue is whether a new position was opened during the restricted window.

But there is another question you should still care about:

What actually happened to EURUSD when CPI was released?

Was the number above expectations?

Did the US dollar move?

Did bond yields jump?

Did the market change its expectations for Federal Reserve policy?

Did the move continue across other USD pairs?

The rule tells you whether you can trade.

It does not tell you why the market reacted.

This is where news trading gets more interesting

A trader who only sees:

CPI → EURUSD moves

is missing most of the information.

The more useful investigation is:

CPI → surprise relative to expectations → rate expectations → yields → USD → EURUSD

That chain is what turns a news event into market context.

This is why How to Understand Why a Market Moved is useful alongside this topic.

The article explains a practical framework for investigating the actual reason behind a large candle rather than simply identifying the closest headline.

What about gold?

Gold is another good example.

Suppose you are trading XAUUSD and CPI is approaching.

You know the release can create significant volatility.

But once the release hits, the actual reaction can depend on more than the headline number.

You may want to look at:

• Treasury yields

• Real yields

• The US dollar

• Rate expectations

• Inflation expectations

• Related market moves

For that particular market, How Real Yields Affect Gold is worth reading because the relationship between real yields and gold is more nuanced than simply saying "yields up, gold down."

Using Echelon to investigate the reaction

This is the part where Echelon can fit naturally into the workflow.

A trader can use the economic calendar to know that an event is coming.

But after the event, the more interesting question is:

What did the market actually do with the information?

With Echelon, you can click into the market move and investigate the surrounding fundamental context.

Instead of manually opening:

A news site.

A calendar.

A dollar chart.

A yield chart.

Another news source.

You can use the market move itself as the starting point for the research.

You are not being given a trade signal.

You are investigating the context behind the price action.

That is particularly useful for technical traders because you can start with the candle you already noticed.

For a broader explanation of this workflow, see Echelon: Fundamental Analysis for Technical Traders.

The5ers news trading workflow

A sensible way to approach the rules is:

Know your program

The5ers does not have one universal news rule.

High Stakes is different from Hyper Growth and Bootcamp.

Know the restricted window

For High Stakes, new order execution around high-impact news is restricted from two minutes before through two minutes after the event.

Know what counts as execution

A pending entry order triggering during the restricted period is still execution.

Do not confuse holding with bracketing

Holding a position through news is not the same as using a two-sided bracket strategy to capture the spike.

Investigate what happened

Once the candle appears, the interesting part is not simply that "CPI moved EURUSD."

It is understanding what the market repriced.

FAQ

Can you hold trades through news with The5ers?

Yes. The5ers states that holding open trades over high-impact news is allowed.

Can you trade news during High Stakes?

High Stakes allows holding positions through news, but new order execution within two minutes before or after high-impact news is restricted.

Can you use pending orders during news with The5ers?

The current High Stakes guidance restricts new position execution, including entry pending orders. The5ers also explicitly states that a pending order triggering inside the restricted window is treated as a news-trading violation.

Does The5ers allow bracket trading around news?

Not on the programs covered by the current FAQ. The5ers defines bracketing as placing both Buy Stop and Sell Stop orders around the news and explicitly excludes that strategy.

Can I still get stopped out during news?

Yes. The5ers specifically notes that the High Stakes news restriction does not eliminate the risk of existing Stop Loss or Take Profit orders being triggered during a news event.

Final thoughts

The5ers is a good example of why "Can I news trade?" is not enough of a question.

The answer depends on the program and on what you mean by news trading.

Holding a trade into CPI is one thing.

Placing a two-sided bracket around CPI is another.

And once the event actually happens, there is a completely different question:

What caused the market to move?

That is where the chart becomes the starting point for research rather than the end of it.