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Economic Calendar Guard

Heads up — high impact in 15 minutes

Traders frequently cite getting blindsided by volatility around major economic releases. This recipe checks a calendar and enforces a pause window around high-impact events.

House RecipePersonal6 min setup

INGREDIENTS

🔎Web Search🔔Notifications

PROMPT

Create "Economic Calendar Guard". Use web-search to pull today's high-impact economic events. Alert me 15 minutes before each event and pause new entries until 10 minutes after release.

Pain point

News-driven volatility can invalidate normal stops and create slippage.

Triggers

  • High-impact event within eventLeadMinutes
  • High-impact event just occurred (eventLagMinutes)

Conditions

  • Only for instruments affected by the event (user-select)
  • Optional: allow "news strategy mode" if explicitly enabled

Actions

  • Alert with event name and countdown
  • Pause new trades during lead/lag window
  • Suggest tightening exposure (reduce size; avoid adding)

Parameters (defaults)

  • eventLeadMinutes: 15
  • eventLagMinutes: 10
  • impactLevel: "high"
  • pauseNewEntries: true

Examples

  • 15 minutes before CPI/FOMC: pause new entries and warn about slippage.
  • After event release: wait 10 minutes before resuming normal strategy.
Tags:#trading#news#volatility#risk-management