TradeCopier's built-in News Filter automatically pauses trade copying before scheduled high-impact economic events — including NFP, FOMC, CPI, ECB, and BOE announcements — then resumes copying once volatility subsides. No manual intervention required.
Elevated volatility risk.
A Forex News Filter is an automated tool that detects upcoming high-impact economic calendar events and temporarily suspends trade copying activity during the defined pre- and post-event window.
This prevents new positions from being opened or copied during periods of extreme market volatility, protecting your account from unpredictable price spikes.
TradeCopier integrates directly with global economic calendars to detect events rated as High-Impact automatically — no manual calendar monitoring needed.
The News Filter automatically detects and applies protection windows around all major scheduled economic events, including:
Central bank speeches from officials such as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, ECB President Christine Lagarde, and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey regularly trigger sharp, sudden movements across all markets.
TradeCopier's News Filter integrates with global economic calendars to automatically identify High-Impact central bank speeches before they occur. Copying is paused ahead of the scheduled speech start time and automatically resumes after the event window closes.
Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) is released on the first Friday of every month at 8:30 AM EST and consistently produces some of the largest single-candle moves in the forex market — often 50-150+ pips within seconds.
TradeCopier visualizes the "Kill Zone" — the high-risk window immediately surrounding an NFP event — and ensures no new copy trades are opened during this period. The system handles it automatically, every month.
Understanding exactly how the News Filter operates helps you configure it with confidence. Here is the complete step-by-step process:
TradeCopier connects to a live global economic calendar and continuously monitors for upcoming High-Impact events across all major currency pairs.
When a qualifying event (NFP, FOMC, CPI, etc.) is detected within your configured lead time window, the system flags it automatically.
Copying is paused a configurable number of minutes before the event. No new trades will be opened on slave accounts during this window.
During the active event window, all copy activity remains suspended regardless of signals sent from the master account.
After the event and the post-event buffer period expires, copying resumes automatically. No manual re-enabling required.
You receive an alert via email or dashboard notification confirming the filter activation and deactivation for full transparency.
Enable the News Filter today and ensure your accounts are automatically protected before every NFP, FOMC, CPI, and central bank event — without lifting a finger.
A News Filter in copy trading is an automated feature that pauses the copying of trades before and during scheduled high-impact economic events such as NFP, FOMC, or CPI releases. It prevents slave accounts from opening new positions during periods of extreme market volatility, protecting equity from unpredictable news-driven price spikes.
By default, the News Filter pauses new trade copying but does not automatically close existing open positions. However, TradeCopier offers an optional Close Before News setting that allows you to automatically close or flatten all open trades on slave accounts before the event window begins. This is configurable per account.
The News Filter supports all High-Impact events in the global economic calendar, including NFP, FOMC meetings and minutes, CPI releases, ECB and BOE rate decisions, GDP releases, and scheduled central bank governor speeches. You can also configure it to trigger on Medium-Impact events if desired.
The pre-event pause window is fully customizable. The default recommended setting is 15 minutes before the event, with copying resuming 30 minutes after the event. You can adjust these windows to any timeframe that suits your strategy, from 5 minutes to several hours.
Yes. TradeCopier's News Filter works across all supported platforms, including MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5), and cTrader. The filter applies at the cloud level, meaning it works regardless of which platform your master or slave accounts are running on.