Fast forward to the 4:30 point to see the news indicator discussed.
Anyone who trades the E-Mini can tell you about the sudden havoc a news event can produce. It’s not the kind of thing you can be prepared for by watching business news either. The only way (prior to the big reveal below) before was to load up a site like Forex Factory or the Bloomberg Economic Calendar. This was a pain, as it reduces the amount of screen space one can devote to trading. Wouldn’t it be ideal if you could see news events on your chart in real-time? Now you can…
Day Trade to Win, made popular for its many Emini trading courses, has released a free news indicator for NinjaTrader 7. By downloading and installing the indicator .zip file, you can see news events automatically on your chart with the priority (high, medium and low). For Emini trading, we recommend setting the announcements to US-only (a configurable parameter) and paying attention to the high priority events (red color).