Phantom News Shield

One NFP can wipe a month of profits in 30 seconds.

You know the feeling. You had a great week. Positions are in profit, the setup was clean, execution was solid. Then the NFP number drops and in the time it takes to reach your keyboard, your stop loss is triggered, your spread is 40 pips, and the month is gone.

It's not a strategy problem. Your strategy was right. It's a news problem — and news is predictable.

PHANTOM News Shield reads the economic calendar before you need to and protects your trades automatically. Every scheduled high-impact event covered. No internet API needed. No subscription. No configuration headache.

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### What PHANTOM News Shield Does

PHANTOM News Shield is a MetaTrader 5 utility that reads the MT5 built-in Economic Calendar and automatically triggers protective actions before scheduled news events. It runs continuously in the background — monitoring upcoming events, calculating countdown timers, and executing your chosen protection action at the exact buffer time you define.

When the event window passes, News Shield resumes normal operation automatically. You don't have to remember. You don't have to watch the clock. Shield handles it.

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### Who This Is For

- Any MT5 trader who has been caught off-guard by high-impact news
- Prop firm traders where news spikes can violate daily loss limits in seconds
- EA users whose automated strategies have no built-in news awareness
- Swing traders who hold positions overnight or over weekends near major events
- Account managers handling multiple accounts who can't monitor every event manually

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### How It Works

1. Shield reads the MT5 Economic Calendar — no external API, no internet, all data is already in your terminal
2. Upcoming events are detected based on your impact filter and currency settings
3. At your defined buffer time before the event (e.g., 5 minutes before NFP), Shield triggers your chosen action
4. Protection action executes — Close All, Tighten SL, or Pause EAs
5. After the event window, Shield automatically resumes normal state and restores EA operation

The entire cycle is automatic. Events covered every week, every month.

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### Protection Actions

Choose one action that executes automatically at each covered news event:

Close All
Closes all open positions before the event. Maximum protection. Recommended for prop firm traders and volatile news like NFP, FOMC decisions, and surprise rate changes.

Tighten SL
Moves stop losses to break even or a defined tight distance behind price. Keeps you in the trade but caps downside. Good for swing traders who want to ride post-news momentum without full exposure.

Pause EAs
Disables automated expert advisors during the news window. They resume automatically after. Ideal for algorithmic traders whose EAs would otherwise trade straight through high-volatility periods.

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### Full Feature List

Event Detection
- MT5 built-in Economic Calendar (no external API required)
- Impact filter: High / Medium / Low (choose which events to react to)
- Currency filter: select specific currencies to monitor (USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, etc.)
- Buffer minutes: define how many minutes before an event Shield activates (1–60 min)
- Post-event resume delay: how long after the event before Shield deactivates

Protection Actions
- Close All — full position closure before event
- Tighten SL — moves SL to break even or defined distance
- Pause EAs — disables expert advisors during event window

Trade Filtering
- Magic number filter — apply Shield to specific EAs only, or all positions
- Symbol filter — monitor specific instruments only if desired

Modes
- Easy Mode — select action, set buffer, go
- Advanced Mode — granular control over every detection and action parameter

Notifications
- Telegram alerts for upcoming events and triggered actions
- On-screen countdown to next shielded event
- MT5 push notifications for mobile

Compatibility
- Works with any Expert Advisor
- Works with manual trading
- No internet connection required
- No subscription, no API calls, no external server
- Any broker that provides MT5 Economic Calendar data

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### What You Get

- Automatic news protection — no more scrambling when the clock hits 2:30 PM EST
- Consistency — every covered event handled the same way, every time
- EA compatibility — your automated strategies stay protected without modification
- Prop firm safety — stop letting scheduled events blow daily loss limits
- Set it and forget it — runs in the background indefinitely

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### Good to Know

News Shield only protects against scheduled economic calendar events. It cannot predict surprise announcements, emergency central bank decisions, geopolitical events, or any unscheduled market-moving news. Plan your position sizing accordingly for tail-risk events.

MT5 Economic Calendar data depends on your broker's feed. Most major MT5 brokers provide complete calendar data. Verify your broker includes this before relying on Shield.

The Tighten SL action will not create a stop loss where none exists. If a trade has no SL set, Shield will not add one — it will only modify existing stop losses. Set SLs on all positions for full protection.

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### Setup in 3 Steps

1. Drag PHANTOM News Shield onto any chart (runs account-wide)
2. Choose your protection action (Close All / Tighten SL / Pause EAs) and set buffer minutes
3. Done — Shield monitors all upcoming events from that moment forward

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### System Requirements

- MetaTrader 5 (Build 4000+)
- Broker must provide MT5 Economic Calendar data
- No internet connection required beyond standard MT5 feed
- Any account type (hedging or netting)
- Compatible with any Expert Advisor

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Part of the PHANTOM Trading Suite:
- Phantom News Shield — Automatic news protection
- Phantom Trail Pro — Smart trailing stop manager
- Phantom Guardian — Prop firm risk management
- Phantom Copier — Smart trade copier
- Phantom Airbag — AI trade filter for any EA
- Phantom Trader DSS — Autonomous AI trader

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