Source: https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/rba-rate-decision Summary: RBA rate decision release time: eight a year, on a Tuesday, usually 2:30 PM Sydney time. What traders watch, the symbols it moves and the WhitePips rules. Last updated: 2026-10-28 # RBA rate decision: release time and what it moves Reserve Bank of Australia. The second day of the meeting, usually a Tuesday, with no fixed time. What it is, what traders watch and how the WhitePips rules treat trading around it. - **Eight meetings a year** how often - **2:30 PM** Sydney time - **Red** usual calendar rating ### RBA 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 RBA is ### RBA rate decision The Reserve Bank of Australia sets the cash rate, Australia's main interest rate. It has met eight times a year since 2024, announces at 2:30 PM Sydney time and holds a press conference an hour later. Every other meeting comes with the Statement on Monetary Policy and new forecasts. The Australian dollar also follows China's economy and commodity prices, so the decision is one driver among several. ### When it comes out - **Published by**: Reserve Bank of Australia, Monetary Policy Board - **How often**: Eight meetings a year, over two days - **Usual day**: The second day of the meeting, usually a Tuesday - **Usual time**: 2:30 PM Sydney time: 03:30 UTC during Australian daylight time (October to April), 04:30 UTC the rest of the year, which is the night before in New York; the Governor's press conference follows at 3:30 PM - **On the calendar as**: Cash Rate , RBA Rate Statement , RBA Press Conference - **Usual rating**: Red ### What traders watch ### The cash rate decision Against the market's pricing. ### The statement's guidance Whether the Board sounds closer to a cut or a hike. ### The forecasts Inflation and unemployment paths in the quarterly statement. ## Symbols RBA moves The WhitePips symbols that usually react most to RBA. Each page has the pip or point value, a lot-size example and the commission on every plan. [**AUDUSD** (Australian dollar / US dollar)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/audusd) [**AUDJPY** (Australian dollar / Japanese yen)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/audjpy) [**AUDNZD** (Australian dollar / New Zealand dollar)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/audnzd) [**EURAUD** (Euro / Australian dollar)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/euraud) [**AUS200** (Australia 200)](https://whitepips.com/symbols/aus200) Futures on Volumetrica: [**6A** Australian dollar](https://whitepips.com/symbols#futures) ## Trading RBA 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** (−15 min to +15 min) **Funded futures: no trade opened or closed** (−2 min to +2 min) RBA −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) ## RBA: questions **What time is RBA released?** 2:30 PM Sydney time: 03:30 UTC during Australian daylight time (October to April), 04:30 UTC the rest of the year, which is the night before in New York; the Governor's press conference follows at 3:30 PM. The second day of the meeting, usually a Tuesday. **How often is RBA released?** Eight meetings a year, over two days. The second day of the meeting, usually a Tuesday. The exact dates are set by the Reserve Bank of Australia; the dashboard's economic calendar shows the coming week. **Can I trade RBA 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 RBA?** On the WhitePips platforms: AUDUSD, AUDJPY, AUDNZD, EURAUD, AUS200, and on futures 6A. **What time is the RBA decision in New York?** 2:30 PM Sydney time is 10:30 PM or 11:30 PM the evening before in New York, and 12:30 AM or 1:30 AM depending on the time of year, because Australia and the US change their clocks in opposite seasons. ## More releases [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 · GBP **BoE rate decision** Eight a year, on a Thursday, 7:00 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boe-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. [See the plans](https://whitepips.com/#plans) [Trading calculator](https://whitepips.com/calculator) --- WhitePips provides skill-based trading evaluations on simulated accounts; payouts are real money based on simulated performance. Nothing here is financial advice or a promise of profit, passing an evaluation does not guarantee funding, payouts or income, and trading leveraged products carries significant risk. Not offered in the restricted jurisdictions listed at https://whitepips.com/legal/restricted-jurisdictions.