Scripts: News VLine
Forex Spreads and the News (based on dailyfx article)
- Spreads are based off the Buy and Sell price of a currency pair.
- Spreads are variable and can change during news.
- Watch for normalization of spreads, shortly after economic events.
Financial markets have the ability to be drastically effected by
economic news releases. News events occur throughout the trading week,
as denoted by the economic calendar, and may increase market volatility
as well as increase the spreads you see on your favorite currency pairs.
It is imperative that new traders become familiar with what can happen during these events. So to better prepare you for upcoming news, we are going to review what happens to Forex spreads during volatile markets.
Spreads and the News
News is a notorious time of market uncertainty. These releases on the
economic calendar happen sporadically and depending if expectations are
met or not, can cause prices to fluctuate rapidly. Just like retail
traders, large liquidity providers do not know the outcome of news
events prior to their release! Because of this, they look to offset some
of their risk by widening spreads.
Above is an example of spreads during the January NFP employment number release. Notice how spreads on the Major Forex pairs widened. Even though this was a temporary event, until the market normalizes traders will have to endure wider costs of trading.
Dealing with the Spread
It is important to remember that spreads are variable, meaning they will
not always remain the same and will change as liquidity providers
change their pricing. Above we can see how quickly spreads normalize
after the news. In 5 minutes, the spreads on the EURUSD moved from 6.4
pips back to 1.4 pips. So where does that leave traders wanting to
execute orders around the news?
Traders should always consider the risk of trading volatile markets. One
of the options for trading news events is to immediately execute orders
at market in hopes that the market volatility covers the increased
spread cost. Or, traders can wait for markets to normalize and then take
advantage of added liquidity once market activity subsides.
Forex Spreads and the News (based on dailyfx article)
- Spreads are based off the Buy and Sell price of a currency pair.
- Spreads are variable and can change during news.
- Watch for normalization of spreads, shortly after economic events.
Financial markets have the ability to be drastically effected by
economic news releases. News events occur throughout the trading week,
as denoted by the economic calendar, and may increase market volatility
as well as increase the spreads you see on your favorite currency pairs.
It is imperative that new traders become familiar with what can happen during these events. So to better prepare you for upcoming news, we are going to review what happens to Forex spreads during volatile markets.
Spreads and the News
News is a notorious time of market uncertainty. These releases on the
economic calendar happen sporadically and depending if expectations are
met or not, can cause prices to fluctuate rapidly. Just like retail
traders, large liquidity providers do not know the outcome of news
events prior to their release! Because of this, they look to offset some
of their risk by widening spreads.
Above is an example of spreads during the January NFP employment number release. Notice how spreads on the Major Forex pairs widened. Even though this was a temporary event, until the market normalizes traders will have to endure wider costs of trading.
Dealing with the Spread
It is important to remember that spreads are variable, meaning they will
not always remain the same and will change as liquidity providers
change their pricing. Above we can see how quickly spreads normalize
after the news. In 5 minutes, the spreads on the EURUSD moved from 6.4
pips back to 1.4 pips. So where does that leave traders wanting to
execute orders around the news?
Traders should always consider the risk of trading volatile markets. One
of the options for trading news events is to immediately execute orders
at market in hopes that the market volatility covers the increased
spread cost. Or, traders can wait for markets to normalize and then take
advantage of added liquidity once market activity subsides.
this script do not work for me, ! can you please check it?
By runing it , i get this:
its compiled without any error or warning,
maney times ago i use this script and was ok, but now doesnt work! . do you now whats the problem ?
You must first add the news on the chart. Then run the script.
:-)
thx.
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News VLine:
The script adds vertical lines on the chart at the news events.
This script doesn't replace the calendar events, it just outine them using the vertical lines. The news description (event name and time) is added to the line tooltips. To see how does it work it is necessary to add news on the chart ("Calendar" tab in the Toolbox window).
The lines width and color can be specified in the input parameters of the script.
Author: Nikolay Demko