{"id":2177,"date":"2026-05-15T01:18:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2026-05-10T01:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:24:51","slug":"how-to-trade-news-events-without-blowing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/how-to-trade-news-events-without-blowing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Trade News Events Without Blowing Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">High-impact news (NFP, interest rate decisions, CPI, etc.) creates massive opportunities \u2014 but also wipes out thousands of accounts every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s how to handle news events the smart way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Most Traders Get Destroyed During News<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They hold positions through the news<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They trade right when the number comes out (highest volatility)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They revenge trade after getting stopped out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Smart Ways to Trade News Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The \u201cNo Trade\u201d Rule (Recommended for beginners)<\/strong> Simply don\u2019t trade 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after major news. Sit on the sidelines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Straddle Strategy<\/strong> Place buy-stop and sell-stop orders above and below the current price before the news. One will trigger, the other gets cancelled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wait for the Reaction<\/strong> Let the market react for 5\u201315 minutes after the news, then trade the actual direction it chooses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lower Your Position Size Dramatically<\/strong> If you must trade news, cut your normal risk by at least 50\u201375%.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best Practice for Most Traders<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unless you have a proven news trading strategy with at least 100 trades of data, the safest move is to <strong>avoid trading during high-impact news<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Final Tip:<\/strong> Mark the high-impact news on your calendar every week and plan your trading schedule around it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-impact news (NFP, interest rate decisions, CPI, etc.) creates massive opportunities \u2014 but also wipes out thousands of accounts every month. Here\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2178,"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177\/revisions\/2178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.miamitradingacademy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}