Source: https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boe-rate-decision Summary: BoE rate decision release time: eight a year, on a Thursday, usually 7:00 AM New York time. What traders watch, the symbols it moves and the WhitePips rules. Last updated: 2026-10-28 # BoE rate decision: release time and what it moves Bank of England. Usually a Thursday, usually at 7:00 AM New York time. What it is, what traders watch and how the WhitePips rules treat trading around it. - **Eight scheduled announcements a year** how often - **7:00 AM** New York time - **Red** usual calendar rating ### BoE on this week's calendar Loading this week's calendar… Times in your own time zone and in New York; releases already out are dimmed. Red is high impact, Amber medium; the ratings are the calendar feed's. ## What BoE is ### BoE rate decision The nine members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee vote on Bank Rate, the UK's main interest rate. The decision, the split of the votes and the Monetary Policy Summary are published together at noon. Four times a year (usually February, May, August and November) the Bank also publishes its Monetary Policy Report with new forecasts, followed by the Governor's press conference. ### When it comes out - **Published by**: Bank of England, Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) - **How often**: Eight scheduled announcements a year - **Usual day**: Usually a Thursday - **Usual time**: 7:00 AM New York; 12:00 noon UK time: 11:00 UTC in British Summer Time, 12:00 UTC in winter - **On the calendar as**: Official Bank Rate , MPC Official Bank Rate Votes , Monetary Policy Summary - **Usual rating**: Red ### What traders watch ### The vote split How many members voted for a change often moves the pound more than the decision. ### The guidance The Summary's wording about the next steps. ### The forecasts On report months, the inflation path the Bank expects. ## Symbols BoE moves The WhitePips symbols that usually react most to BoE. Each page has the pip or point value, a lot-size example and the commission on every plan. [**GBPUSD** (British pound / US dollar)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/gbpusd) [**EURGBP** (Euro / British pound)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/eurgbp) [**GBPJPY** (British pound / Japanese yen)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/gbpjpy) [**GBPCHF** (British pound / Swiss franc)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/gbpchf) [**UK100** (UK 100)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/uk100) Futures on Volumetrica: [**6B** British pound](https://whitepips.com/symbols#futures) ## Trading BoE at WhitePips ### CFD plans Every plan, every stage **News trading is permitted on every CFD plan.** You may open, hold and close positions before, during and after economic releases on every CFD plan, in the evaluation and once funded. There is no restricted window around a release on a CFD account, and no profit is removed because a trade was placed around news. **News straddling is not permitted.** On every CFD plan, you may not open straddled, offsetting or hedged exposure on the same or correlated instruments within 15 minutes before or after a scheduled Red or Amber (high or medium impact) economic event, a company earnings release, or a major geopolitical announcement, where the purpose is to capture the volatility of the event rather than to take a view on its outcome. Placing a buy and a sell (or a buy stop and a sell stop) on the same instrument, or opposite positions on correlated instruments such as EURUSD and USDCHF, so that whichever way the price jumps one side profits, is straddling. A single position, or positions in one direction, taken on your own view of the release is not. Trading Rules, sections 11.1 and 11.2. Each straddle is detected and referred to the risk desk, never penalised automatically. ### Futures plans One Step funded, Instant **Futures plans.** On the futures plans news trading is permitted during the One Step evaluation. On a funded futures account (One Step funded and Instant) no trade may be opened or closed from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release; a position opened before the window may be held through it. Profit from such a trade is removed and the loss stays. The first and second violations are warnings, and the third is referred for compliance review. A news trading violation never ends an account automatically. The releases are those marked as high impact in the economic calendar shown in the dashboard or notified to you. Trading Rules, section 11.4. **CFD plans: no straddling** (6:45 AM to 7:15 AM New York) **Funded futures: no trade opened or closed** (6:58 AM to 7:02 AM) BoE 7:00 AM −20 min −15 −2 +2 +15 +20 min A single position taken on your own view, before or after the release, is fine on every CFD plan. On a funded futures account a position opened before the two-minute window may be held through it. [Section 11 of the Trading Rules](https://whitepips.com/legal/trading-rules#news-trading) [News trading, explained](https://whitepips.com/rules#rule-cfd-news-trading) ## BoE: questions **What time is BoE released?** Usually at 7:00 AM New York time: 12:00 noon UK time: 11:00 UTC in British Summer Time, 12:00 UTC in winter. Usually a Thursday. **How often is BoE released?** Eight scheduled announcements a year. Usually a Thursday. The exact dates are set by the Bank of England; the dashboard's economic calendar shows the coming week. **Can I trade BoE on a WhitePips account?** On every CFD plan, yes: news trading is allowed in the evaluation and once funded. What is not allowed is straddling, opening both directions (or offsetting positions on correlated instruments) within 15 minutes either side of a Red or Amber release to catch the spike; the risk desk reviews it. On a funded futures account, no trade may be opened or closed from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release. **Which markets move most on BoE?** On the WhitePips platforms: GBPUSD, EURGBP, GBPJPY, GBPCHF, UK100, and on futures 6B. **Why does the vote split matter so much?** The MPC decides by majority and publishes each member's vote. A decision that was closer than expected signals that the next move may come sooner. ## More releases [Inflation · GBP **UK CPI** Mid-month, on a Wednesday, 2:00 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/uk-cpi) [Central bank · USD **FOMC rate decision** Eight a year, on a Wednesday, 2:00 PM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/fomc-rate-decision) [Central bank · EUR **ECB rate decision** Eight a year, on a Thursday, 8:15 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/ecb-rate-decision) [Central bank · JPY **BoJ rate decision** Eight a year, at the end of a two-day meeting, around midday Tokyo time. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boj-rate-decision) [The whole economic calendar](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar) ## Put the numbers to work Every plan, size and price, with the rules printed before you buy. News trading is allowed on every CFD plan. 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