High-impact economic events — FOMC, CPI, NFP, ECB — move futures harder than any technical setup. Get caught long into a Fed announcement and your stop is irrelevant. Futures News Indicator pulls the upcoming calendar straight from ForexFactory, filters it to the events that move ES, NQ, CL, GC and rates, and shows you what's coming with a live countdown to each release. Optional vertical lines mark event times directly on your chart. Configurable two-stage audio alerts fire ahead of high-impact releases — never get blindsided again. 12 timezone presets handle international traders without manual math. Free, fully audited, and built by a trader who watches them daily.
"Was looking for a news indicator for years and most of the options were either expensive Bloomberg integrations or unreliable scripts that broke every other week. This one pulls from ForexFactory directly, has a clean panel that doesn't take up half the chart, and the two-stage alerts saved me from holding a position through CPI last week. The instrument-group filtering means I only see events for ES and CL — exactly what I trade. Worth way more than free."
"Set the alerts to fire 10 min and 3 min before high-impact events. Caught a Fed speaker last week before I'd noticed it on the calendar. Clean and works."
"Solid indicator. Would love a custom timezone option that handles foreign sessions automatically but for a free tool the base set is excellent. The Eastern preset works fine for me when I'm watching US releases from London."
"Been using ForexFactory's web calendar for years and finally have it on the chart. The vertical lines at event times are exactly what I wanted — a visual marker so I know to back off positions ahead of FOMC, CPI, NFP. The live countdown column is gold during the morning when I'm split between watching the panel and the tape. Replaced a $40/month news feed and didn't lose anything."
"Set it up in 5 minutes, works exactly as described. The 12 timezone options are why I picked this — most US-built indicators only do Eastern. Highly recommend."
