2 to 5 minutes funded, idea cap on the wick
Funded news window: 2 to 5 minutes either side of red-folder events. Venasri 30-minute blackout is still the right default because XAUUSD spreads inside 2 minutes are how 1 percent idea caps die. Instant and some 1-Step books are tighter on daily (2 or 3 percent). A straddle that is legal-ish on evaluation can be a funded restriction plus a floating-cap event at the same print.
Weekend holding on 1-Step, 2-Step, 3-Step
Allowed on those evaluations. 00:00 higher-of balance or equity still runs. Instant has 20 percent consistency and a 3 percent trailing max, which is a poor weekend-swing vehicle. If you hold 2-Step gold into Sunday, bank a partial Friday so Monday's 4 percent is not computed off inflated equity. Zero minimum days means you did not need the weekend to pass anyway.
Why Maven news is not The5ers news
The5ers High Stakes lets you hold through the print and only bans 2-minute new orders. Maven funded restricts the window itself and also watches 1-2 percent floating. Importing High Stakes hold-through-NFP onto Maven 2-Step is how a $379 account ends. If you need hold-through-news, price The5ers High Stakes or FTMO Swing. If you need 24/7 with no news cage, that is Breakout Crypto, not Maven.
Pause the window, cap the idea, flatten 3.25 percent
24/7 MT5 Bot Control pauses 30 minutes around red folders on funded Maven. Venasri Equity Guard uses the higher-of snapshot and a 1 percent per-symbol floating lock.
start free on Venasri on the evaluation so the first news week is already paused. Weekend permission is not a 2 percent gold lottery.