News Blocker

This Expert Advisor is designed to help you manage trading around high-impact news events, fetched from

the Forex Factory economic calendar in XML format.

It includes real-time monitoring of upcoming news and can automate trading operations before and after

important economic releases.

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🌐 1. XML News Source

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- The EA fetches news from:

https://nfs.faireconomy.media/ff_calendar_thisweek.xml

- The XML is saved locally as "ff_calendar_thisweek.xml".

- The file is refreshed every Sunday automatically.

- The calendar is based on London time (UK).

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🛠 2. Core Features

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✅ Filter news by:

- Impact: HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW, HOLIDAY

- Currency: USD, EUR, JPY, GBP, AUD, NZD, or Others

✅ Real-time countdown:

- Shows the next filtered news and time remaining (on-chart via Comment)

✅ Pre-news automated actions (each with its own timer):

- ❌ Auto-close all positions

- 🔐 Force a BreakEven SL attempt on all open trades

✅ Safety:

- News events are parsed and stored in memory once.

- Each function executes only once per news item.

- EA has an expiration date for usage control.

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⚙ 3. Input Parameters

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📁 News Source

- `UK_to_UTC_offset_hours`: Offset of Broker time to UTC (usually 0 or 1)

📊 News Filtering

- `Show_High`, `Show_Medium`, `Show_Low`, `Show_Holiday`: Filter by impact

- `Show_USD`, `Show_EUR`, ..., `Show_Other`: Filter by currency

🔒 Auto Close Positions

- `EnableAutoClose`: Enable or disable auto-close

- `MinutesBeforeClose`: How many minutes before news to close positions

🔐 BreakEven by News

- `EnableBreakEvenPerNews`: Enable forced SL-to-break-even logic

- `MinutesBeforeBreakEven`: Minutes before news to attempt SL adjustment

- `BreakEvenOffsetPoints`: Offset from entry price in points (e.g., 2 points)------------------------------

💡 4. How It Works

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Every tick (`OnTick`):

- The EA checks the time against upcoming news in memory

- For each news item, it checks if any timer thresholds are reached:

→ If yes, the corresponding action is executed (once)

- Shows the next event and countdown on-screen via `Comment`

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🔧 5. Usage Tips

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- Attach the EA to a chart (e.g., H1, M15)

- Allow WebRequest for: `https://nfs.faireconomy.media`

- Adjust time offsets if your broker is not aligned with Broker time