News trading, sessions, and the EOD stamp

Trade any hour the CME is open — here's how the clock works.

Updated 2026-07-07

News trading is fully allowed — CPI, FOMC, NFP, all of it. Volatility is the job. Our risk rules are built to survive news, so we don't ban it and then hunt timestamps.

The trading clock

You can trade any hour the CME is open, in any session — Globex overnight included.
The trading day ends at futures settlement (5:00 PM ET). That's when your end-of-day balance is stamped, the trailing floor updates, and the daily loss limit resets.
Positions may be held across the daily maintenance break. The trailing floor is enforced against open equity continuously, whatever the hour.

Halts and fast markets

Exchange halts, limit moves, and data interruptions are handled on the side of the trader: if our feed or the sim engine misbehaves, affected trades are adjusted or voided and the incident is published on the status page. A breach caused by our infrastructure rather than the market is reversed — always.

Good to know

There is no required flat time and no session you're locked out of. The only clock that matters is the 5:00 PM ET settlement stamp.

Rule-Lock: versioned, dated, never retroactive

The rulebook you bought is the rulebook you're judged under.

The seven things that end an account

The complete conduct list — everything else is allowed.

Bots, algos, and semi-automation

What runs freely, what needs written approval, and how to get it.

Copy-trading between your own accounts

Allowed within your household cap — and only there.