In this article
- What is the FundingPips news trading rule?
- What is a FundingPips Zero account?
- Who decides what counts as high-impact news?
- What did FundingPips tell two breached traders?
- Did the FundingPips news trading rule change?
- How many FundingPips traders is this?
- FAQ
You checked Forex Factory. No red folder, its mark for high-impact news. You took the trade, and the account was gone anyway.
That is the FundingPips news trading complaint in 16 one-star Trustpilot reviews, each naming Forex Factory. They sit among 31, posted 17 to 21 September, that say an account was breached (closed for breaking a rule) for news trading. 25 of the 31 say the calendar did not match.
In two cases FundingPips confirmed the mismatch itself. Its reply of 18 September: "the Building Permits USD event was classified as high-impact on our calendar". Forex Factory, read on 21 September, shows that US housing release as Low for 17 September, a yellow folder.
Our read: the rule is published, and a breach under a published rule is not a trick. But the calendar that decides sits behind a login.
If a list can close your account, you are owed that list in public, with a date on every change.
What is the FundingPips news trading rule?
On a Zero account you may not open, close or hold a position in a window around high-impact news or a speech on the affected currency. High-impact means tagged Restricted on the Economic Calendar inside the FundingPips dashboard, its help center's "only official source". The Zero help article adds: "Medium and low-impact events are not affected."
| Account | Window | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Zero | News: 10 min each side. Speech: 10 min before it begins to 10 min after it ends | Account closed. A hard breach. |
| Other funded accounts (one-step and two-step Master) | News: 5 min each side. Speech: same as Zero | Profit from trades opened or closed inside the window may be deducted. Account closed for purposely trading news. |
| Evaluation | None. No restriction on holding trades | Account closed for purposely trading news. |
What is a FundingPips Zero account?
A Zero account is FundingPips' instant-funded account; 13 of the 31 reviews involve one. "No evaluation: live from day one", its help center says. On 21 September the product page listed the $50K size at $244, with a 95% profit split every 14 days. Its help page lists news restrictions among the strict risk rules.
Its sales headline: "Zero Restrictions. Zero Excuses. Pure Trading."
Who decides what counts as high-impact news?
FundingPips does, on a calendar behind a dashboard login with no public copy we could find. What it showed is known only from its replies and the traders' claims. The help center publishes a table, "Macroeconomic Announcements Reference", whose USD row lists "Existing and New Home Sales" and "Trade Balances / Jobless Claims".
| Source | Building Permits, 17 Sep | Pending Home Sales, 17 Sep | Who can see it |
|---|---|---|---|
| FundingPips dashboard calendar, per the firm's Trustpilot replies | High-impact | High-impact, restricted | Logged-in traders only |
| FundingPips published reference table | Not listed | Not listed | Public |
| Forex Factory, read 21 Sep | Low, yellow folder | Low, yellow folder | Public |
| FXStreet | Medium | Medium | Public |
The page does not say whether the table is complete, and Unemployment Claims, its Jobless Claims, was due in the same minute as Building Permits. Still: two public calendars say Low or Medium; the one that counts, the firm says, had them as Restricted. That is the whole fight.
What did FundingPips tell two breached traders?
Muhammad Uzair's breach was Pending Home Sales. Keerat Singh Deo's was Building Permits, and he posted on 17 September: "please go to forex factory and see yourself the proof that BUILDING PERMITS IS A YELLOW FOLDER NEWS".
FundingPips' reply treats his account as a Zero, puts the release at 16:30 Dubai time and says his XAUUSD positions "remained open until 16:20 Dubai time": the first minute of a 16:20 to 16:40 window.
One minute.
Did the FundingPips news trading rule change?
We cannot prove it, and found no FundingPips announcement. What exists:
- The help center's API shows when the news trading page was last edited, but not what changed: 16 September, one day before the reviews began.
- proptradingvibes.com, a FundingPips affiliate, says it checked the help center on 30 July 2026. Its summary, not a copy of the page: "Only events flagged red on Forex Factory count".
- A reviewer posting as customer wrote on 18 September: "FundingPips Support told me that Forex Factory is no longer the source to follow". He published no screenshot.
Was the dashboard calendar the official source when these traders paid? If the source changed, who was told? We are putting both to FundingPips publicly on X.
Did FundingPips mark events red after the fact?
Nobody has shown a before-and-after screenshot of the dashboard calendar. 3 reviewers say it happened.
Sy Nhan NGO wrote on 17 September that the event "was later changed to high impact and marked with a red flag." FundingPips denies it: "the news event in question was not reclassified or changed from low-impact to high-impact."
How many FundingPips traders is this?
28 reviewers wrote the 31 reviews; 3 carry word-for-word identical text. In the same 5 days the page took 80 one-star reviews and at least 551 four and five-star reviews.
26 of the 31 never name the event, so most cannot be checked against any calendar. At least one checkable case backs FundingPips: the trade was open during the 16 September FOMC press conference on US interest rates, which Forex Factory marks High, a red folder.
FundingPips sits at tier D, score 28 on our board. Disclosure: we hold no direct FundingPips affiliate link or code. Our site lists a FundingPips deal, code MATCH for 20% off, and our link runs through PropFirmMatch with our affiliate tag. Neither FundingPips nor PropFirmMatch has ever paid us.
FAQ
Can FundingPips close a Zero account for news trading?
It can, under its published rule. The FundingPips help center says holding, opening or closing a position during Restricted high-impact news and speeches is not allowed on a Zero account and results in account closure. Restricted means tagged Restricted on the Economic Calendar inside the FundingPips dashboard, not red on Forex Factory.
Does FundingPips use Forex Factory for news trading?
Not according to its current help center, which says the Economic Calendar inside the FundingPips dashboard is the only official source for restricted news events. Its Trustpilot replies say that calendar classed Building Permits and Pending Home Sales on 17 September 2026 as high-impact. Forex Factory, read on 21 September 2026, shows both as Low.
Is FundingPips a scam?
That is not a label we use. The record holds a published rule and 31 one-star Trustpilot reviews about news trading breaches from 17 to 21 September 2026. Two FundingPips replies say its calendar classed Building Permits and Pending Home Sales as high-impact; Forex Factory, read on 21 September 2026, shows both as Low. It also holds a TrustScore of 4.5 on 69,114 reviews.
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