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News Trader is a semi-automatic expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 designed to execute trades around high-volatility economic announcements. Users manually input the scheduled news release time, and the robot opens positions a specified number of seconds before the event. It supports single-direction trad
News trading · MT5
News Calendar EA
The News Calendar EA for MetaTrader 5 is an automated tool designed to execute or manage trades based on economic events.
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Last update2 months ago1 Jul 2026
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Overview
News Calendar EA features a canvas-based dashboard and utilizes an SQLite database to store and track calendar data. The system allows users to enter trades before or after news releases or pause activity during high volatility. It includes functionality to download news data for offline backtesting and offers adjustable offset timing for trade execution. Risk is managed via fixed lot sizing, though the provided parameters lack default stop loss or take profit settings.
- Canvas-based economic news dashboard
- SQLite database for news event management
- Configurable trade offsets for news events
- Support for offline news data downloading
- Adjustable news monitoring time windows
Details
Author
mahfujchowdhury on GitHub
Type
News trading
Platform
MetaTrader 5 (MQL5)
Strategy
News
Markets
Any symbol
Timeframes
Any timeframe
Risk profile
- Trades without a fixed stop loss
EA files
Input parameters
Read from MQL5 News Calendar EA.mq5. Defaults are the author's; change them in the EA's Inputs tab.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
start_time | ENUM_TIMEFRAMES | PERIOD_H12 | Past time window for live mode |
end_time | ENUM_TIMEFRAMES | PERIOD_H12 | Future time window for live mode |
range_time | ENUM_TIMEFRAMES | PERIOD_H8 | Time filter range from now |
updateServerTime | bool | true | Update server clock on header |
debugLogging | bool | false | Print debug info to journal |
inp_DownloadDataInLive | bool | false | Download NEWS data for offline testing? |
inp_DownloadStartDate | datetime | D'2026.01.01' | Download range: START date |
inp_DownloadEndDate | datetime | D'2026.05.12' | Download range: END date |
StartDate | datetime | D'2026.01.01' | Backtest window: START date |
EndDate | datetime | D'2026.05.12' | Backtest window: END date |
tradeMode | ENewsTradeMode | NEWS_TRADE_BEFORE | Trade mode |
tradeOffsetHours | int | 0 | Trade offset hours |
Show all 15 inputs
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
tradeOffsetMinutes | int | 5 | Trade offset minutes |
tradeOffsetSeconds | int | 0 | Trade offset seconds |
tradeLotSize | double | 0.01 | Trade lot size |
How to install it
- 1Download the sourceUse "Download source (.zip)" above, or clone mahfujchowdhury/Calender-EA from GitHub, and unzip it.
- 2Open the data folderIn MetaTrader choose File, then Open Data Folder, and go to MQL5/Experts.
- 3Copy the filesCopy the .mq5 file into Experts, and any .mqh files into the Include folder the code expects.
- 4Compile in MetaEditorOpen the file in MetaEditor and press Compile. Fix any missing includes the compiler reports.
- 5Test before you tradeRun it in the Strategy Tester, then attach it to a demo chart and allow algorithmic trading.
Third-party code. ForexR did not write, test or endorse this EA, and the summary above was generated automatically from its README and code. ForexR lists only repositories with readable source code and never hosts files. Read the code, backtest it and use a demo account first; automated trading can lose money quickly.
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