Lucid Trading News Trading Policy (2026): What’s Allowed and What Isn’t

This is the easiest way to nuke payout eligibility: trade into a restricted event without noticing the clock. Lucid’s approach is standard prop risk management—Tier-1 events get a hard window around them. Some paths are stricter than others.

Quick heads-up: This article is based on my real experience with Lucid Trading and the info available when I published/updated this. Things change in prop trading — rules, payouts, promos, all of it.

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What “Tier-1” means in practice

Expect the heavy hitters:

• FOMC rate decisions / Powell presser
• CPI / PPI
• NFP (Non-Farm Payrolls)
• Fed minutes / major central-bank equivalents
• High-impact energy/ag releases (e.g., EIA, USDA) when your product is directly affected

The exact calendar is published; the enforcement window is usually ± a few minutes around the timestamp. Confirm your window inside the dashboard each week.

Typical enforcement window

• Prohibited to open/close positions X minutes before and after the event (often ±2, sometimes longer by instrument).
• OCO rests can be risky. If a pending order fires inside the lock, it still counts. Best practice: flatten and cancel working orders before the window.

Differences by path

• Some plans allow news trading (e.g., a “flex” path) while others ban it during Tier-1 windows.
• If your plan advertises no news restrictions, that does not mean you can trade all announcements—read the footnotes for product-specific exceptions.

How to stay eligible (and still trade the trend)

• Flatten 3–5 minutes early. Two minutes is often the rule; be earlier.
• Cancel all working orders—stop/limit entries get people banned more than market clicks.
• Trade the second move. Let the first impulse/whipsaw print; enter on structure once the lock lifts.
• Screenshot compliance if you routinely request payouts—paper trails help if support reviews an edge case.

Red flags that cost payouts

• Holding a tiny runner “just to see” into the window. It still counts.
• Forgetting GTC limit orders above/below price—one fill inside the window and you’re reviewing with compliance.
• “News fade” scalps that start inside the lock. Don’t.

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