- Source
- Live economic calendar (auto-fetch)
- Refresh
- Adjustable interval
- Look-ahead
- Set hours forward
- Past events
- Dimmed lookback window
- Max events
- Capped to your choice
- Groups
- ES/NQ/YM · CL/NG · GC/SI · ZN/ZB
- Impact
- High · Medium · Low (or high-only)
- Relevance
- News that moves your instrument
- Vertical lines
- Mark event times on the chart
- Line
- Width + opacity
- Event label
- On the line, top or bottom
- Columns
- Countdown · time · day · impact · session
- Session
- PRE · RTH · AH (Eastern)
- Time
- 12-hour or 24-hour
- Spacing
- Compact → Wide presets
- Alerts
- Two-stage (first + second)
- Timing
- Minutes before, your choice
- Panel
- Any corner, transparent or table
- Timezone
- Display TZ, session-aware
- Platform
- NinjaTrader 8
- License
- One-time — per purchaser
- Version
- 1.0 — 24 Jun 2026
More traders get caught out by a scheduled news release than by almost anything else. CPI, FOMC, jobs, crude inventories — the market can move a full day's range in seconds, and if you're in a trade without knowing it's coming, that's not a setup, it's a coin flip.
Futures News Indicator puts the economic calendar right on your chart. It auto-fetches the week's events, shows a live countdown to the next one, and marks release times with vertical lines — so you're never blindsided.
Not every release matters for what you trade. It groups events by instrument — ES/NQ/YM for the macro numbers, CL/NG for energy (EIA, OPEC), GC/SI for metals, ZN/ZB for Treasury auctions — and filters by impact, so you only see what can actually move your chart.
A clean panel shows the countdown, time, day, impact and session (pre-market, RTH or after-hours), and two-stage alerts warn you minutes before so you can flatten, hedge or stand aside.
Flipping to a browser to check the calendar mid-session is how trades get missed. We wanted it on the chart — auto-updating, filtered, and impossible to ignore — with the event times drawn right where price will react to them.
Let's be honest: no tool can tell you which way the number will break — nothing can. What this one does is make sure a scheduled release never takes you by surprise again. Free data feed, no API key, no subscription. Built and used on a live ES chart every session by a working futures trader.
The first alert fires minutes before the number. Flatten, reduce size or tighten stops on your terms — instead of watching a spike do it for you.
High-impact release in ten minutes? No fresh entries. The countdown keeps you out of the window where spreads blow out and stops get run.
The vertical line marks exactly where the release hit the chart. Let the first spike burn off, then trade the reaction with the event bar clearly marked.
One glance at the panel at the open shows the whole day's schedule — when the volatility windows land, and when the quiet chop in between is all you'll get.
None of this predicts the market — it makes sure the market's schedule never surprises you. The trade decisions are still yours.
New to trading the news? Read our full guide — How to show economic news on your chart →
Futures News Indicator is built to be set up once and left alone. The instrument filter, columns, panel, lines and alerts are all yours to control — below is the actual settings panel: numbered groups, plain-English names, no cryptic abbreviations.
After checkout, download the Futures News Indicator .zip — it's on the confirmation page, and in your email receipt.
In NinjaTrader 8: Tools → Import → NinjaScript Add-On, then select the .zip.
Right-click any chart → Indicators, add Futures News Indicator, and adjust settings to taste.
- File
- FuturesNewsIndicator_v1.0.zip
- Size
- 194 KB — lean, no bloat
- Format
- NinjaScript add-on (.zip import)
- Delivery
- Instant — checkout page + email
NinjaTrader 8 (latest version recommended)
An internet connection — the calendar auto-fetches live
Free calendar feed — no API key, no subscription
Every chart type · any instrument · any data provider
Lifetime license — one-time purchase
Free updates — always current
Step-by-step installation guide
Email support from a working trader
Most traders are up and running in under a minute. Stuck on anything? Email us — we're traders too, and we answer.
Complete your setup
The economic calendar on your chart — live countdown, event lines and pre-release alerts, filtered to what moves your market.
Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Futures News Indicator is an informational and decision-support tool only — it is not a trade signal, recommendation, or financial advice. Economic calendar data is provided by a third party and may be subject to change or delay. Past performance is not indicative of future results.