News Calendar Updates

• 09/03/2020 at 3:15 PM #143304
  ESCapedTestSubject

  This thread is where you will find the updates of the News Calendar Indicator as I can not add files to the actual Indicator post itself.

   

  I will try to update these Quarterly unless there are issues with the calendar.

  Some modifications since the originally posted calendar:

  • Left alignment of the event name
  • Same font and size
  • Abbreviations used for common words (GDP, PPI, PCI etc) so the words are not as long and to keep it tidy

   

  ProrealTime News Indicator
  2020-09-03
  Free to use “As is” – No guarantees. No warranties. No requests.

  What is this:
  A calendar indicator for ProrealTime based on version 10.3. The data is scraped via Excel and formatted to PRT code.

  Future updates:
  Will be released based on free time and interest from the community.

  How to install:

  1. Download and install the indicator. If you copy and paste you will miss out the settings options menu.
  2. Indicator name: NEWS-2008-09 means full month 08 (August) of 2020 and half the month of month 09 (September).
  3. Next indicator: NEWS-2009-10 will have a full month of month 09 (September) and half the month of month 10 (October) etc.
  4. You can install multiple news indicators beforehand and use NewsOn checkbox to disable / enable each of them as they are of interest.
  5. You may want to set FirstRow and ShownRows in each indicator as invisible if it causes problems.
  6. Consider UNLINKING the chart where you place the indicator so it doesn’t have to update every time you change security.
  7. Consider using a security that has 24 hour update and starts early on weekdays (EUR/USD) or DJIA or similar.

  How to setup:

  1. Set the Timeframe to DAILY.
  2. Set the number of units to 6 (x) units. This will display best in a small narrow window.
  3. Change the ShowRows to compact or space out the number of shown rows and the distance between rows depending on the size of the window.
  4. Set your UTC time zone to your own region in the settings – this will change the time of the event accordingly.
  5. A +/- next to date tells you if the event occurs +1 or -1 from this date depending on your UTC zone.

  Features:

  • StartTodayOn checked will show the dates from today and forwards, or the timeframe you choose.
  • Date entries StartDate and Endate filters specific dates if StarTodayOn is unchecked. Dateformat YYMMDD. Sorry imperialists – US & UK standards are no good in programming and conflicting even between systems.
  • Filter settings based on News Impact level:
    Impact0 – Holidays
    Impact1 – Not used as there are far too many entries of little to no importance and for coding reasons.
    Impact2 – For News Impact level 2
    Impact2 – For News Impact level 3
  • Filter news based on country / region by disabling or enbabling check-boxes. I have no plans to incorporate further regions at this time.

   

  Disclaimer: Events and timestamps listed in this indicator are scraped off the internet. No guarantees that data is accurate.

   

  Good Hunting!

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  09/09/2020 at 4:47 PM #143769
  Seabiscuit

  Hi! Thanks for an awesome indicator! Is there any way of including crude releases?

  

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