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NewsTracker to control EAs around newstime
I've developed an include file that can be added to any EA that works on the shorter timeframes (eg 1M, 5M and 15M) to give them the opportunity to be out of the market during news events. It has a detailed explanation of how it works included in the file, including the following suggestion on
NewsTracker to control EAs around newstime
I've developed an include file that can be added to any EA that works on the shorter timeframes (eg 1M, 5M and 15M) to give them the opportunity to be out of the market during news events. It has a detailed explanation of how it works included in the file, including the following suggestion on
AvoidTheNews.mqh for short term systems
No, it doesn't exist yet, but I thought I would create it if no-one else has. The idea is this: any automatic system using 1M, 5M and 15M timeframes is ambushed by news events. If your system typically takes only 5 pips then its stoploss will be trampled by a 100 pip adverse move from payrolls! A