{"id":1224,"date":"2026-09-27T19:57:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T19:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/?p=1224"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:10:19","slug":"prop-firm-slippage-high-impact-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/prop-firm-slippage-high-impact-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How Prop Firms Handle Slippage During High-Impact News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-lead\"><strong>Prop firms generally cannot guarantee that orders will fill at the exact requested price during high-impact economic announcements.<\/strong> Rapid price movements, sudden changes in market liquidity, and significantly wider bid-ask spreads during events like NFP, CPI, and FOMC can all produce slippage \u2014 sometimes in the trader&#8217;s favour, sometimes against them. Whether news trading is permitted, and how a resulting loss is treated, depends on the specific prop firm&#8217;s current rules and the account type in question.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What Is Slippage in Trading?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- IMAGE 1 \u2014 FEATURED \/ INTRO --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1376\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" src=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-drawdown-breach-threshold.jpg\" alt=\"Prop firm account showing equity impacted by slippage during a high-impact news event\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-drawdown-breach-threshold.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-drawdown-breach-threshold-600x335.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-drawdown-breach-threshold-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-drawdown-breach-threshold-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-drawdown-breach-threshold-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-drawdown-breach-threshold-400x223.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-drawdown-breach-threshold-800x447.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-drawdown-breach-threshold-832x464.jpg 832w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-drawdown-breach-threshold-1248x697.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" \/><figcaption>Slippage during high-impact news can move execution prices significantly from the level originally intended.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Slippage is the difference between the price at which an order was expected or intended to execute and the price at which it actually filled.<\/p>\n<p>A straightforward example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Expected Entry Price (Market Order):<\/strong> 1.1000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actual Execution Price:<\/strong> 1.1003<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slippage:<\/strong> 3 pips against the trader<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Slippage can be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Negative (Adverse):<\/strong> The order fills at a worse price than intended. A buy order fills higher than requested, or a sell order fills lower. This increases the cost of entry or worsens a stop-loss execution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Positive (Favourable):<\/strong> The order fills at a better price than intended. Less common during high-volatility news events, but it does occur when price has moved favourably between the submission and execution of an order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Slippage is a structural feature of market execution. It is not specific to prop firm accounts \u2014 it can affect any market participant trading through a broker or liquidity provider, and it becomes significantly more likely during periods of extreme price movement and reduced liquidity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Why Does Slippage Increase During High-Impact News?<\/h2>\n<p>To understand why news events cause slippage, it helps to understand what normally makes execution smooth: a deep, liquid order book with tight bid-ask spreads and enough participating counterparties to match buy and sell orders efficiently at the posted price.<\/p>\n<p>During major economic announcements, several of those conditions break down simultaneously:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Rapid directional price movement.<\/strong> A surprise NFP figure or an unexpected Fed rate decision can move EUR\/USD 80\u2013150 pips in under ten seconds. Order-matching systems that normally quote 0.3-pip spreads cannot reprice fast enough to maintain those conditions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liquidity withdrawal.<\/strong> Market makers and liquidity providers often reduce their available size or widen their quoted prices immediately before and during high-impact releases to limit their own exposure. Depth disappears from the order book, and remaining depth becomes more expensive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simultaneous order flow.<\/strong> Thousands of traders and algorithmic systems are attempting to execute simultaneously at or near the moment of release. This surge in one-directional order flow depletes the available depth at each price level rapidly, pushing actual fills to successively worse levels.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spread expansion.<\/strong> As liquidity thins, the difference between the best available bid and the best available ask widens. A trader attempting to buy during a period of 10-pip spread is already starting with a significant immediate disadvantage relative to normal conditions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Market gaps.<\/strong> When price moves faster than the order-book can replenish, it can skip entire price levels. A stop-loss order set at 1.0850 may have no available counterparty at that level and execute at 1.0836 because no transaction occurred between those prices during the gap.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Execution latency.<\/strong> The time between an order being submitted by the trader and processed by the broker&#8217;s server matters during fast markets. Even milliseconds of delay can result in execution at a meaningfully different price when markets are moving dozens of pips per second.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Economic releases that commonly produce these conditions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP):<\/strong> Published first Friday of each month; typically the highest-volatility US economic release.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CPI (Consumer Price Index):<\/strong> Inflation data with strong implications for central bank rate expectations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>FOMC Rate Decisions:<\/strong> Federal Open Market Committee meetings, which include the rate decision, written statement, and subsequent press conference \u2014 often producing multiple phases of volatility.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Central bank decisions (ECB, BOE, BOJ, RBA, etc.)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>GDP releases, employment data, and retail sales from major economies.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not every news release produces significant slippage. The degree of market reaction depends on the magnitude of the surprise relative to the consensus expectation \u2014 an in-line reading typically produces much less volatility than a substantial beat or miss.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What Happens to a Stop Loss During a News Event?<\/h2>\n<p>A stop-loss order is an instruction to close a position when price reaches a specified level. It is not a guarantee of execution at exactly that level.<\/p>\n<p>Under normal market conditions, a well-placed stop-loss will typically execute very close to the specified price. However, during high-impact news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Price may move through the stop level so quickly that the order triggers and fills at a significantly worse level.<\/li>\n<li>If a market gap occurs, price may skip from above the stop level directly to a price significantly below it, with no available fill anywhere between.<\/li>\n<li>Spread expansion at the moment of trigger can result in the order filling at the wider ask or bid price rather than the mid-price the trader may have mentally referenced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Illustrative example using Gold (XAU\/USD):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trade Direction:<\/strong> Long (Buy)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Entry Price:<\/strong> $2,650<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stop-Loss Set At:<\/strong> $2,640<\/li>\n<li><strong>Planned Maximum Loss (Per Lot):<\/strong> $100 per pip \u00d7 10 pips = $1,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>News Event:<\/strong> Surprise CPI data triggers rapid sell-off<\/li>\n<li><strong>Market Gap:<\/strong> Price moves from $2,642 directly to $2,634 with no liquid fills available at $2,640<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actual Stop Execution:<\/strong> $2,634<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actual Loss:<\/strong> $100 \u00d7 16 pips = $1,600<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slippage Cost:<\/strong> $600 more than planned<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The stop-loss worked exactly as designed \u2014 it triggered and closed the position. But because of the market gap, the execution price was significantly worse than the specified stop level. This is not a failure of the stop-loss; it is a fundamental limitation of how market orders work in illiquid conditions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Can News Slippage Cause a Prop Firm Breach?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- IMAGE 2 \u2014 BREACH CALCULATION --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1376\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-1217\" src=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance-explained.jpg\" alt=\"Prop firm account equity impacted by news slippage exceeding the daily loss threshold\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance-explained.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance-explained-600x335.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance-explained-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance-explained-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance-explained-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance-explained-400x223.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance-explained-800x447.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance-explained-832x464.jpg 832w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance-explained-1248x697.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" \/><figcaption>A stop-loss that executes with significant slippage can push realized losses beyond a planned daily loss limit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Yes, news slippage can contribute to a prop firm breach<\/strong> if the resulting actual loss \u2014 including the slippage amount \u2014 pushes the account beyond the firm&#8217;s applicable daily loss or maximum drawdown threshold. Slippage is not treated as a separate category of loss by most prop firm risk engines; the resulting realized loss is what the calculation uses.<\/p>\n<p>Illustrative example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Account Balance:<\/strong> $100,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximum Daily Loss Limit (5%):<\/strong> $5,000 (Floor: $95,000)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Planned Stop-Loss Risk:<\/strong> $4,500<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actual Execution After News Slippage:<\/strong> Additional $800 worse than planned<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actual Total Loss:<\/strong> $5,300<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the firm&#8217;s applicable rule uses that realized loss figure \u2014 whether through a balance-based or equity-based calculation \u2014 the $5,300 loss exceeds the $5,000 daily limit. The account can be breached even though the trader intended to risk only $4,500 and placed their stop-loss accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a hypothetical edge case. It is one of the most common causes of unexpected account terminations among traders who trade news events. The trader planned correctly; execution did not behave as expected because market conditions during the announcement prevented it.<\/p>\n<p><em>This example is illustrative. Actual breach determination depends on the specific firm&#8217;s calculation methodology and the applicable rule for the account type.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a broader understanding of how losses affect equity and account calculations, our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/can-an-open-trade-breach-your-prop-firm-account\/\">can an open trade breach your prop firm account<\/a> explains the mechanics in detail.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Can Slippage Affect Equity Before a Trade Is Closed?<\/h2>\n<p>During a news event, even before a stop-loss fires, the displayed floating P\/L of an open position can deteriorate rapidly. As price moves against the position and spreads simultaneously widen, equity can fall steeply within seconds.<\/p>\n<p>In a prop firm using real-time equity-based monitoring, the risk engine observes this declining equity on every tick. If equity crosses the applicable daily loss or maximum drawdown floor \u2014 even momentarily \u2014 some platforms treat this as a hard breach immediately.<\/p>\n<p>This means the sequence for a prop firm breach during news can be:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>News announcement hits.<\/li>\n<li>Price gaps 60 pips against an open position.<\/li>\n<li>Spreads simultaneously expand by 8\u201315 pips.<\/li>\n<li>Floating P\/L deteriorates by $5,200 within 400 milliseconds.<\/li>\n<li>Equity crosses the daily floor: breach triggered.<\/li>\n<li>All positions automatically liquidated by the risk daemon.<\/li>\n<li>Market recovers. The trader&#8217;s planned stop-loss would have executed $300 within their limit \u2014 but the breach happened on floating equity before any stop-loss could fill.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The distinction between slippage on execution and floating P\/L movement on an open position is important when investigating what actually caused a breach. For a precise breakdown of how equity and balance interact during open trades, see our guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/prop-firm-equity-vs-balance\/\">prop firm equity vs balance: which one determines your breach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Slippage vs Spread Widening: An Important Distinction<\/h2>\n<p>These two concepts are related, frequently confused, and often occur simultaneously during news events \u2014 but they are not the same thing:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Factor<\/th>\n<th>What It Means<\/th>\n<th>Possible Effect on Trader<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Slippage<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>The difference between the expected execution price and the actual fill price<\/td>\n<td>Trade opens or closes at a worse (or better) price than intended; changes realized P\/L<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Spread Widening<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>An expansion of the bid-ask difference; the cost of crossing the market increases<\/td>\n<td>New entries cost more; displayed floating P\/L on open positions can deteriorate even without directional price movement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Market Volatility<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Rapid, large price movements in a short timeframe<\/td>\n<td>Increases both slippage probability and potential magnitude of adverse execution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Liquidity Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Available market depth at different price levels shrinks<\/td>\n<td>Reduces the ability to fill large orders at a single price; increases both spread and slippage risk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Market Gap<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Price moves across a range with no available fills between levels<\/td>\n<td>Stop-loss and limit orders can execute at prices significantly different from the specified level<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Spread widening can contribute to conditions where slippage occurs, but spread widening by itself \u2014 where a displayed P\/L deteriorates because the bid-ask gap widened \u2014 is technically distinct from a stop-loss or entry order executing at a different price than specified. Understanding this distinction matters when investigating whether a prop firm breach was caused by directional market movement, execution slippage, or spread-related equity change.<\/p>\n<p>For a dedicated analysis of spread widening and its effect on prop firm accounts, see <a href=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/can-spread-expansion-cause-a-prop-firm-breach\/\">can spread expansion cause a prop firm breach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FTMO&#8217;s official documentation, for reference, notes that significant news releases can coincide with wider spreads and notable slippage \u2014 treating both as relevant factors for traders to consider, while noting they are connected but distinct phenomena.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>How Prop Firms Treat News Trading: An Honest Overview<\/h2>\n<p>There is no single industry-wide standard. Prop firms vary significantly in how they approach news trading, and some firms apply different rules at different stages of the same account or across different account types.<\/p>\n<p>Possible approaches include:<\/p>\n<h3>1. News Trading Permitted Without Restriction<\/h3>\n<p>The trader may open, hold, and close positions around any economic release subject to the firm&#8217;s standard risk rules. Losses, including slippage-affected losses, are treated like any other loss against the drawdown limits.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Selected News Events or Instruments Restricted<\/h3>\n<p>Specific high-impact releases on specific instruments may be subject to a defined restricted window (e.g., two minutes before to two minutes after the release). Opening new trades or closing existing ones during this window may be prohibited on the affected instruments.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Existing Positions Permitted, New Entries Restricted<\/h3>\n<p>A trader may be permitted to hold a position that was opened before the restricted period but may be prohibited from opening new positions or adding to existing ones during the event window.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Evaluation Rules Differ From Funded Account Rules<\/h3>\n<p>Some firms may apply news restrictions only to funded or sim-funded accounts and not to their evaluation stages, or vice versa. Traders who pass their challenge under one set of conditions and then trade their funded account under a stricter set can be caught off-guard.<\/p>\n<h3>5. No News Restrictions But Extreme Outcomes Reviewed<\/h3>\n<p>Some firms permit news trading in full but reserve the right to review trades that produce extremely large slippage-related outcomes or that appear to exploit specific market conditions in ways that conflict with their acceptable-use policies.<\/p>\n<p>The only reliable source for what applies to your account is the firm&#8217;s current official rules documentation for your specific account type and evaluation stage.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Example: FTMO News Restrictions \u2014 A Firm-Specific Reference<\/h2>\n<p><!-- IMAGE 3 \u2014 NEWS RULES REVIEW --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1376\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-1203\" src=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-risk-buffer-before-breach.jpg\" alt=\"Trader reviewing prop firm news trading rules before a high-impact economic announcement\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-risk-buffer-before-breach.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-risk-buffer-before-breach-600x335.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-risk-buffer-before-breach-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-risk-buffer-before-breach-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-risk-buffer-before-breach-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-risk-buffer-before-breach-400x223.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-risk-buffer-before-breach-800x447.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-risk-buffer-before-breach-832x464.jpg 832w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/prop-firm-risk-buffer-before-breach-1248x697.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" \/><figcaption>Checking the official rules for your specific account type before any major news release is a basic risk-management step.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FTMO is one of the most publicly documented prop firms in terms of its published trading rules, which makes it a useful illustrative example \u2014 provided the reader understands this represents FTMO&#8217;s approach specifically, not an industry-wide standard.<\/p>\n<p>Based on FTMO&#8217;s publicly available documentation at the time of writing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Standard FTMO Account:<\/strong> Selected news restrictions apply. Certain instruments cannot be opened or closed during a defined window around specified high-impact economic releases.<\/li>\n<li><strong>FTMO Swing Account:<\/strong> The news restriction does not apply.<\/li>\n<li><strong>During the Evaluation Process:<\/strong> According to FTMO&#8217;s published FAQ, the news restriction does not apply during the FTMO Challenge or Verification stages \u2014 only on the live FTMO Account.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Existing positions during restricted window:<\/strong> According to FTMO&#8217;s documentation, existing positions opened before the restricted period may remain open. However, the firm states that triggering a Stop Loss or Take Profit during the restricted window can also be treated as a breach of the news-restriction rule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This final point is particularly important and often misunderstood. A trader who opens a position before a restricted window and believes they are compliant \u2014 because they are merely holding, not actively trading \u2014 may still be in breach if their stop-loss fires during that window on a restricted instrument.<\/p>\n<p><em>These details reflect FTMO&#8217;s documentation as understood at the time of writing. Rules can and do change. Always verify directly against the firm&#8217;s current official terms of service for your specific account before trading around any news event.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you hold a funded account with any prop firm and the firm has changed its news-trading rules since you began your evaluation, our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/what-happens-after-prop-firm-changes-drawdown-rules\/\">what happens if a prop firm changes its rules after you buy a challenge<\/a> discusses the implications.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Why NFP Creates Particular Slippage Risk<\/h2>\n<p>The United States Non-Farm Payrolls report (released the first Friday of each month at 8:30 AM EST) consistently produces some of the most intense short-term liquidity stress in the forex and gold markets.<\/p>\n<p>What makes NFP exceptional is not just the size of the potential market move \u2014 it is the compressed speed. When a headline number significantly diverges from consensus, algorithmic systems across thousands of trading desks react within milliseconds. Market makers rapidly widen their quotes or withdraw entirely. Retail and institutional stop-losses fire simultaneously. The result is a market environment where:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>USD pairs can move 50\u2013120 pips in under five seconds.<\/li>\n<li>XAU\/USD (Gold) regularly moves $5\u2013$15 per ounce within the first candle.<\/li>\n<li>Spreads on EUR\/USD can temporarily widen from 0.3 pips to 4\u20138 pips.<\/li>\n<li>Stop-loss orders on major USD pairs can slip 5\u201325 pips against the trader during the most acute phase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a trader on a $100,000 prop account with a 5-lot EUR\/USD position and a stop-loss 30 pips away, a 20-pip slippage event transforms a planned $1,500 risk into a $2,500 realized loss. If the trader has already used $2,600 of their $5,000 daily buffer on earlier trades that day, the slippage-affected stop pushes the total daily loss to $5,100 \u2014 past the limit.<\/p>\n<p>The trading decision was correct in terms of risk management. The sizing was within the stated limits. The stop was placed. The outcome still breached the account because of conditions entirely outside the trader&#8217;s control at the moment of execution.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Why CPI and FOMC Create Sustained Slippage Risk<\/h2>\n<h3>CPI (Consumer Price Index)<\/h3>\n<p>Inflation data directly influences interest-rate expectations, which in turn drive pricing across currency pairs, gold, and equity index futures. A CPI surprise \u2014 particularly to the upside or downside on core inflation \u2014 can produce rapid repricing across multiple correlated markets simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike NFP, which tends to produce a single violent initial candle followed by gradual normalization, CPI reactions often extend across 15\u201330 minutes as traders reprice rate-path expectations across different timeframes. This prolonged repricing period means spread widening can persist longer, increasing the risk for traders who enter or hold positions through the full reaction.<\/p>\n<h3>FOMC Rate Decision and Press Conference<\/h3>\n<p>The FOMC meeting produces multiple waves of potential slippage:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The rate decision itself<\/strong> (2:00 PM EST): Immediate reaction if the decision surprises.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The written statement<\/strong>: Language changes around forward guidance can trigger significant repricing even when the rate decision was in-line.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Chair&#8217;s press conference<\/strong> (2:30 PM EST): Questions and answers can shift market interpretation of the statement, producing a second major volatility phase 30 minutes after the initial release.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>A trader who successfully navigates the 2:00 PM release may still encounter significant slippage if a press conference comment at 2:45 PM suddenly shifts the market&#8217;s rate-path interpretation. The volatility environment can remain elevated for the entire two-hour session.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Can Slippage Cause a Daily Loss Breach?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes. The mechanism is straightforward in equity-based and balance-based systems alike.<\/p>\n<p>Step-by-step illustration:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Starting Equity:<\/strong> $100,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximum Daily Loss Limit:<\/strong> $5,000 (Floor: $95,000)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Previous day-trades already closed:<\/strong> -$1,800 realized loss<\/li>\n<li><strong>Remaining daily buffer:<\/strong> $3,200<\/li>\n<li><strong>New position entered before news event.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stop-loss placed at $2,800 planned risk.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News-related slippage adds:<\/strong> $900<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actual stop execution loss:<\/strong> $3,700<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total day&#8217;s loss:<\/strong> $1,800 + $3,700 = <strong>$5,500<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The total exceeds the $5,000 daily limit by $500. The account breach is triggered at the point the realized loss hits the threshold \u2014 either at the moment the slippage-affected stop fires (in a balance-based system) or potentially even earlier if floating losses during the move crossed the floor before the stop filled (in an equity-based system).<\/p>\n<p>For a full analysis of how commission and other costs further compress this buffer, see <a href=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/does-commission-count-toward-prop-firm-drawdown\/\">does commission count toward prop firm drawdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Can Slippage Cause a Maximum Drawdown Breach?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- IMAGE 4 \u2014 MAXIMUM DRAWDOWN IMPACT --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1376\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-1200\" src=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/soft-breach-vs-hard-breach-comparison.jpg\" alt=\"Comparison of planned and slippage-affected losses against maximum drawdown threshold\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/soft-breach-vs-hard-breach-comparison.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/soft-breach-vs-hard-breach-comparison-600x335.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/soft-breach-vs-hard-breach-comparison-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/soft-breach-vs-hard-breach-comparison-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/soft-breach-vs-hard-breach-comparison-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/soft-breach-vs-hard-breach-comparison-400x223.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/soft-breach-vs-hard-breach-comparison-800x447.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/soft-breach-vs-hard-breach-comparison-832x464.jpg 832w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/soft-breach-vs-hard-breach-comparison-1248x697.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" \/><figcaption>Slippage can push a loss beyond the planned stop level, potentially affecting static or trailing maximum drawdown calculations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, though the specifics depend entirely on the firm&#8217;s drawdown methodology.<\/p>\n<h3>Static Drawdown<\/h3>\n<p>On a $100,000 account with a 10% static drawdown, the breach floor is permanently $90,000. A slippage-affected loss that pushes the account from $91,000 to $89,300 in a single trade crosses that line \u2014 even if the trader&#8217;s planned stop-loss was designed to execute at $91,200 (safely within the limit).<\/p>\n<h3>Trailing Drawdown on Peak Equity<\/h3>\n<p>If the firm uses an equity-based trailing drawdown, the calculation can be even more vulnerable during news events. Consider: the trader&#8217;s equity peaks at $104,000 during a profitable run, moving the trailing floor upward. Then a news event produces a sharp adverse move. The floor has already trailed up, and the remaining buffer to the floor is narrower than the original $10,000 despite the account being in net profit.<\/p>\n<h3>Balance-Based Drawdown<\/h3>\n<p>A slippage-affected stop-loss generates a realized loss that immediately updates the closed balance. If the realized loss is large enough to push the balance below the maximum drawdown floor, the breach is registered at the moment the trade closes.<\/p>\n<p>In all three cases, the mechanism that creates the breach is identical: actual loss exceeds the planned loss due to execution conditions that could not be controlled at the moment of the announcement.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Does Positive Slippage Count Too?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes, slippage can work in both directions. If a market order executes at a better price than expected \u2014 for example, a buy order filling at 1.0998 instead of the requested 1.1000 \u2014 the trader receives a more favourable entry. This is positive slippage.<\/p>\n<p>Positive slippage on stop-losses can also occur. A stop-loss set at 1.0850 might execute at 1.0853 if the market moves through that level in the trader&#8217;s favour during a reversal immediately following a news spike.<\/p>\n<p>However, positive slippage during news events is less common than adverse slippage, and it should never be assumed or built into a risk plan. The conditions that create slippage \u2014 low liquidity, wide spreads, fast markets \u2014 tend to produce more adverse outcomes than favourable ones during the acute phase of a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Positive slippage does not automatically offset a prop firm&#8217;s other rules or reverse a breach caused by a separate adverse event earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Can Spread Expansion Look Like Slippage?<\/h2>\n<p>Traders investigating a breach sometimes see a sudden deterioration in their account equity and assume the execution price changed \u2014 when what actually happened was that the bid-ask spread widened, changing the displayed floating P\/L of an open position without any directional market move occurring.<\/p>\n<p>This distinction is operationally important:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>True slippage<\/strong> occurs at the moment of order execution \u2014 the actual fill price differs from the requested price.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spread-related P\/L change<\/strong> occurs while a position is open \u2014 the quoted bid or ask moves, changing the valuation of the unrealized position without any execution occurring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If an open position shows a floating loss of -$3,500 and then suddenly displays -$5,100 during the rollover window \u2014 without any significant directional price change \u2014 the likely cause is spread expansion, not slippage. However, the effect on equity-based drawdown monitoring is identical: equity fell, and if it crosses a threshold, a breach is triggered.<\/p>\n<p>When investigating an unexpected equity drop or breach during a volatile period, it is important to check both the actual execution prices of any orders that filled and the bid-ask spread at the relevant timestamps. Both can contribute to equity changes, and they require different evidence to document.<\/p>\n<p>Our detailed guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/can-spread-expansion-cause-a-prop-firm-breach\/\">can spread expansion cause a prop firm breach<\/a> covers the spread mechanism separately.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What to Do If You Think News Slippage Caused a Breach<\/h2>\n<p>If you believe a slippage-affected execution contributed to a prop firm breach, the starting point is documentation. Before contacting the firm, compile the following evidence systematically:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Trade ticket number(s):<\/strong> The unique identifier for every relevant order.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Requested price \/ trigger price:<\/strong> The price at which you placed or expected the order to execute.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Actual execution price:<\/strong> What the terminal or trade history records as the fill price.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Timestamp of execution:<\/strong> Exact server time, to the second if possible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bid and ask at time of execution:<\/strong> If visible from your platform&#8217;s tick data or market depth history.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The economic event and its release time:<\/strong> Cross-referenced against a reliable economic calendar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The firm&#8217;s stated news-trading rules<\/strong> for your specific account type at the relevant time \u2014 saved as a screenshot or PDF with the date.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your account equity at the time of breach:<\/strong> As shown on your trading terminal and the firm&#8217;s dashboard.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The applicable daily loss and maximum drawdown calculations:<\/strong> Reconstructed using the firm&#8217;s official formula.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Platform execution records:<\/strong> Server-side logs if accessible via the firm&#8217;s dashboard or trade history export.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screenshots of the terminal at the relevant time,<\/strong> if available.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Written support ticket:<\/strong> Contact the firm through official channels with this evidence and ask for their written explanation of the breach determination.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Documentation does not guarantee a reversal of a breach decision, and prop firms are generally not contractually required to protect traders from market-driven slippage. However, if an execution is inconsistent with the firm&#8217;s documented execution standards or if the breach determination appears to be based on an incorrect calculation, a documented dispute has more standing than an undocumented complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding the difference between a soft breach (which may be reversible or subject to review) and a hard breach (which is typically automatic and final) is also important in this context. See our article on <a href=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/prop-firm-soft-breach-vs-hard-breach\/\">prop firm soft breach vs hard breach explained<\/a> for the relevant distinctions.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>How to Reduce Slippage Risk Around High-Impact News<\/h2>\n<p><!-- IMAGE 5 \u2014 RISK MANAGEMENT CHECKLIST --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1376\" height=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-1195\" src=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documenting-prop-firm-rule-change.jpg\" alt=\"Trader reviewing economic calendar and prop firm rules before a high-impact news release\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documenting-prop-firm-rule-change.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documenting-prop-firm-rule-change-600x335.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documenting-prop-firm-rule-change-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documenting-prop-firm-rule-change-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documenting-prop-firm-rule-change-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documenting-prop-firm-rule-change-400x223.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documenting-prop-firm-rule-change-800x447.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documenting-prop-firm-rule-change-832x464.jpg 832w, https:\/\/tradeog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/documenting-prop-firm-rule-change-1248x697.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" \/><figcaption>Knowing the firm&#8217;s exact rules and the economic calendar is essential before holding or entering positions around major releases.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These steps do not eliminate slippage. Market structure during extreme events is not controllable by individual traders. What these steps do is reduce the probability that slippage converts an acceptable planned risk into an account-ending event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Know the economic calendar before the trading session.<\/strong> Identify every scheduled high-impact release for the instruments you plan to trade. DailyFX, Forex Factory, and Investing.com all publish economic calendars with impact ratings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Read your firm&#8217;s exact news policy for your account type.<\/strong> Check whether the event you are planning to trade through is restricted, and confirm whether holding an existing position is permitted. Do not rely on a general interpretation or another trader&#8217;s account of the rules.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reduce position size before major releases.<\/strong> If you choose to hold a position through a scheduled high-impact event, size it as though your stop-loss could fill 30\u201350 pips worse than specified on USD pairs, or $5\u2013$15 per ounce worse on Gold.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maintain a meaningful drawdown buffer.<\/strong> Never enter a news event with your daily loss or maximum drawdown cushion already used to within 90% of the limit. Slippage closes that remaining gap instantly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Understand that stop-loss orders are not price guarantees.<\/strong> A stop-loss is an instruction to exit at the best available price at or beyond the specified level. Plan position size on the assumption that execution may be meaningfully worse during illiquid conditions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Avoid leaving pending orders at levels that price can gap through.<\/strong> A pending order sitting directly below an NFP support level may fill at a price far below the intended entry if price gaps during the initial reaction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monitor spread conditions before entering or holding through rollovers and news events.<\/strong> If spreads have already begun widening before a release, the risk environment is already elevated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Review the firm&#8217;s stated swap policies for overnight positions held through news events.<\/strong> Swap debits compound with slippage risk on swing positions. See our analysis on <a href=\"https:\/\/tradeog.com\/can-swap-fees-trigger-a-prop-firm-drawdown\/\">can swap fees trigger a prop firm drawdown<\/a> for how these costs interact.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>8 Common Mistakes Traders Make Around News Slippage<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Assuming the stop-loss price is guaranteed.<\/strong> A stop-loss triggers at the specified level in normal conditions. During a gap or liquidity event, execution can be substantially worse. This is a feature of how financial markets work, not a failure of the stop-loss mechanism.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assuming all prop firms allow news trading.<\/strong> Some restrict specific events. Some restrict specific instruments around events. Some permit trading during evaluations but restrict it on funded accounts. The only way to know what applies is to read the firm&#8217;s current official terms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Confusing spread widening with slippage.<\/strong> A deteriorating floating P\/L during a news event may reflect spread changes rather than a directional price move. Investigating the actual cause matters when disputing a breach calculation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ignoring the firm&#8217;s specific news window timing.<\/strong> A restriction that covers two minutes before and two minutes after a release can still catch a trader who planned to close their position one minute before the event. Know the exact window.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sizing positions as though slippage will not occur.<\/strong> Trading right up to the daily loss limit with a position size that assumes exact stop-loss execution leaves zero buffer for the execution conditions that are most likely to fail during a news event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Watching balance while floating P\/L deteriorates rapidly.<\/strong> During a fast news move, equity can drop to and through a breach threshold before a stop-loss fills. Balance will still show the pre-event figure. Monitoring equity in real time is the only valid approach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Blaming slippage without first checking the execution record.<\/strong> Before concluding that slippage caused a breach, confirm the actual fill prices from the trade history, compare them to the economic release timing, and identify whether the cause was directional movement, spread expansion, or a market gap.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applying one firm&#8217;s news policy to a different firm&#8217;s account.<\/strong> A policy that permits holding positions through NFP at Firm A may be completely irrelevant to Firm B&#8217;s rules for their specific account type. Each firm&#8217;s documentation must be read independently.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Questions to Ask a Prop Firm About News Slippage and Execution<\/h2>\n<p>Before trading around any high-impact economic event, consider submitting these questions to your firm&#8217;s official support channel and saving the written responses:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Is news trading permitted on my specific account type and current stage?<\/li>\n<li>Which specific economic releases are subject to restrictions, if any?<\/li>\n<li>How long is the restricted window before and after each listed release?<\/li>\n<li>Am I permitted to hold an existing position through the restricted period on a restricted instrument?<\/li>\n<li>If my stop-loss or take-profit fires during a restricted period, is that treated as a breach of the news restriction?<\/li>\n<li>How does the platform handle slippage \u2014 is there any form of slippage protection or guaranteed execution?<\/li>\n<li>Are spreads allowed to widen during high-impact news, and if so, is there a maximum spread limit?<\/li>\n<li>Are there any execution guarantees on stop-loss orders, or is execution subject to available market prices?<\/li>\n<li>If slippage causes my realized loss to exceed my planned stop-loss risk and breach the daily limit, is that treated as a standard breach?<\/li>\n<li>What happens if a market gap occurs and my stop-loss executes at a price significantly worse than specified?<\/li>\n<li>Do news-trading rules differ between my evaluation stage and the funded account stage?<\/li>\n<li>Where are the current official execution and news-trading rules published for my account type?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<h3>What is slippage during high-impact news?<\/h3>\n<p>Slippage during high-impact news is the difference between the expected execution price of an order and the actual fill price when volatile market conditions \u2014 caused by a major economic announcement \u2014 prevent execution at the requested level. It can result in a worse entry, a worse stop-loss execution, or a larger realized loss than planned.<\/p>\n<h3>Why does slippage increase during news events?<\/h3>\n<p>Major news announcements cause rapid price movement, sudden liquidity withdrawal, and significant bid-ask spread expansion. When liquidity is thin and price is moving quickly, there are fewer counterparties available to fill orders at the specified level, resulting in fills at the next available price \u2014 which may be meaningfully worse.<\/p>\n<h3>Can news slippage cause a prop firm breach?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. If the actual loss after slippage exceeds the firm&#8217;s applicable daily loss or maximum drawdown threshold, a breach can occur even though the trader&#8217;s planned stop-loss was within the permitted risk. Most prop firm risk engines do not treat slippage-related losses differently from any other realized loss.<\/p>\n<h3>Do prop firms allow news trading?<\/h3>\n<p>It varies by firm and by account type. Some permit news trading entirely. Some restrict specific events or instruments during defined windows. Some apply different rules at evaluation versus funded account stages. Reading the current official documentation for your specific account is the only reliable source of this information.<\/p>\n<h3>Can a stop loss slip during NFP?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. NFP is one of the most common events for significant stop-loss slippage. The combination of extreme price speed, simultaneous order flow from thousands of participants, spread expansion, and potential market gaps can result in stop-loss execution at prices substantially worse than the specified level.<\/p>\n<h3>Can CPI cause prop firm slippage?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. Surprise CPI data triggers rapid repricing across USD pairs, gold, and indices. The conditions that produce slippage \u2014 thin liquidity, wide spreads, fast price movement \u2014 are all present during a significant CPI miss or beat.<\/p>\n<h3>Can FOMC cause slippage?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, and FOMC is unusual in that it can create multiple phases of volatility: the rate decision itself, the written statement, and the Chair&#8217;s press conference. Elevated slippage risk can persist for two or more hours after the initial release.<\/p>\n<h3>Does spread widening cause slippage?<\/h3>\n<p>Spread widening and slippage are distinct but related. Spread widening changes the displayed floating P\/L of open positions and increases the effective cost of new executions. Slippage specifically refers to the difference between the requested and actual execution price of an order. Both can occur simultaneously during news events.<\/p>\n<h3>Can slippage exceed my planned risk?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. A stop-loss designed to limit risk to $2,000 can execute at a price producing a $3,500 or $4,000 realized loss if liquidity conditions prevent execution at the specified level. Position sizing should account for this possibility rather than assuming exact fills.<\/p>\n<h3>Can news slippage cause a daily loss breach?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes. If the slippage-affected actual loss, combined with any other losses from the same trading day, exceeds the daily loss floor, the account breaches at the point the total crosses the threshold \u2014 either as a realized loss on close or as a floating equity breach before the stop fires.<\/p>\n<h3>What happens if slippage causes my account to exceed the drawdown limit?<\/h3>\n<p>The firm&#8217;s standard breach process applies. In most equity-based real-time systems, positions are automatically liquidated when the threshold is crossed. The breach is typically recorded as a hard breach, regardless of the market conditions that caused it. Check the firm&#8217;s dispute and review procedures if you believe the calculation was applied incorrectly.<\/p>\n<h3>How do I prove that slippage affected my trade?<\/h3>\n<p>Collect the trade ticket, requested price, actual fill price, execution timestamp, the economic release time, and any bid\/ask data available for that moment from your platform&#8217;s history. Compare the fill against the economic calendar timing and the firm&#8217;s stated news policies. Submit this evidence to official support via a written ticket.<\/p>\n<h3>Do all prop firms have the same news rules?<\/h3>\n<p>No. News policies vary significantly across firms and can also differ between account types and evaluation stages within the same firm. Never assume that your current firm&#8217;s rules match any other firm&#8217;s rules, or that the rules for one stage of your account apply to another.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"author-bio-box\" style=\"background: #f8fafc; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius: 8px; padding: 20px; margin-top: 30px;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #1e293b;\">About the Author &amp; Editorial Review<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.95rem; color: #475569; line-height: 1.6;\"><strong>TradeOG Risk &amp; Execution Research Desk<\/strong><br \/>\nThis article was compiled from publicly available prop firm terms of service, official platform execution documentation, and analysis of market microstructure during high-impact economic events. All firm-specific examples are sourced from official documentation and identified explicitly as firm-specific references.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.85rem; color: #64748b; margin-bottom: 0;\"><em>Published: September 2026. Last Updated: September 2026. Disclaimer: Trading foreign exchange, CFDs, indices, commodities, and participating in proprietary trading evaluations involves substantial risk of financial loss. Slippage, spread widening, and adverse execution are inherent features of financial markets and cannot be eliminated. Content is provided strictly for educational and informational purposes and does not constitute financial, investment, or trading advice. Verify all firm-specific rules directly with your prop firm&#8217;s current official documentation before trading.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Slippage during high-impact news can affect stop-loss execution, increase losses beyond planned risk, and potentially breach prop firm drawdown limits. 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