ECB Press Conference
45 minutes after each ECB decision · 14:45 CET
The ECB President's statement and Q&A. Guidance about the pace of future moves — not the decision itself — is what EURUSD actually trades on.
Like the FOMC presser, volatility clusters around specific answers; the full risk window runs about an hour.
What it measures
The ECB President's statement and Q&A, 30 minutes after the decision (14:45 CET).
Why the economy cares
Where the Governing Council's compromise text gets a voice and a bias. Markets trade the pace guidance — 'meeting by meeting', 'data dependent', or anything firmer.
How it maps onto the chart
Same axis as the decision: hawkish tone lifts EUR, dovish sinks it — delivered in answer-driven bursts across roughly an hour.
Price behavior around the release
Before
The 30 minutes after the decision are a hold-your-breath drift; the decision move often stalls at an obvious level waiting for the presser.
During
Two-phase profile: prepared statement first (often echoes the decision), then Q&A where the actual surprises live.
After
The post-presser direction is the tradeable one and frequently runs into the US afternoon as American desks take over the move.
Who lets you trade it
News-trading policy of every firm in our verified catalog, read off the firm's own pages. Details and per-program exceptions live in the firm's rules.
| Firm | Policy | Window | If violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Capital | Restricted (funded) | ±5 min | Profit removed |
| Apex Trader Funding | Allowed | — | — |
| AquaFunded | Allowed | ±5 min | Profit share reduced |
| Atlas Funded | Restricted (funded) | ±5 min | Profit removed |
| Blue Guardian | Restricted (funded) | ±5 min | Profit removed |
| BrightFunded | Restricted (funded) | ±5 min | Profit removed |
| Bulenox | Allowed | — | None |
| E8 Markets | Allowed | — | — |
| Earn2Trade | Allowed | — | None |
| FTMO | Restricted (funded) | ±2 min | Account breach |
| Funded Trading Plus | Allowed | — | None |
| FundedNext | Allowed | ±5 min | Profit share reduced |
| FundingPips | Restricted (funded) | ±5 min | Profit removed |
| FXIFY | Allowed | — | — |
| Lucid Trading | Allowed | — | — |
| MyFundedFutures | Restricted (funded) | ±2 min | — |
| Take Profit Trader | Restricted (funded) | — | — |
| The5ers | Allowed | — | — |
| Topstep | Allowed | — | — |
| Tradeify | Allowed | — | — |
Policies verified 2026-08-22 and re-checked weekly. Restricted usually applies to funded accounts only — evaluations are commonly exempt; open the firm's rules for the exact split.