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Introducing Calendar Live Data
June 22, 2023
For 19 years the Forex Factory Calendar has been your steadfast ally, delivering precise and prompt economic data while serving as the backbone of countless trading strategies. Today, we're pleased to announce the most notable upgrade to your Calendar experience since its inception: Live Data.
Live data on the Calendar significantly improves the speed and ease of data delivery, ensuring you'll receive accurate economic data as fast as it's made available and without any need to refresh the page. Simply watch the data appear in real time, with zero delay.
Goodbye refresh button! It's been an honor.
We love to hear your feedback – let us know what you think!
Live data on the Calendar significantly improves the speed and ease of data delivery, ensuring you'll receive accurate economic data as fast as it's made available and without any need to refresh the page. Simply watch the data appear in real time, with zero delay.
Goodbye refresh button! It's been an honor.
We love to hear your feedback – let us know what you think!
Alerting All Members
May 11, 2022
Forex Factory’s new alerting system better connects you to the markets, and to each other!
Alerts are initiated by clicking the Subscribe icons (), located throughout the site. Alerts are available for news, calendar events, and other members, to name a few.
You have full control over which alerts are sent to you. To edit the Alerts for a Subscription, click the icon a second time to access the settings.
To view your alerts in one place, click the bell icon located in the Forex Factory header.
Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Alerts are initiated by clicking the Subscribe icons (), located throughout the site. Alerts are available for news, calendar events, and other members, to name a few.
You have full control over which alerts are sent to you. To edit the Alerts for a Subscription, click the icon a second time to access the settings.
To view your alerts in one place, click the bell icon located in the Forex Factory header.
Give it a try and let us know what you think!
Like the good stuff
November 7, 2016
In our unrelenting pursuit to bring the best information to the forefront, we've integrated a 'liking' system into the Forum. Liking a post shows appreciation to the author (they get a profile notification), and helps other traders discover the post via the 'Most Liked' feed on the homepage and interior Forum pages. To like a post, just click the like icon () in it lower-right corner.
We also included a 'dislike' feature to minimize low-quality content. Clicking the dislike icon () collapses posts you don't want to see, and if a thread starter dislikes a post in their thread, it collapses it for everyone. This gives thread starters a lot more control over the quality of their thread.
The liking system is independent of the subscription system. Subscribing is for things that produce content (e.g., members, threads), and liking is for content that's static (e.g., replies, comments).
Liking is somewhat experimental at this stage – the effects will evolve as the feature is used more frequently, and we'll be adapting the system to ensure it remains an advocate for the discovery of high-quality content!
We also included a 'dislike' feature to minimize low-quality content. Clicking the dislike icon () collapses posts you don't want to see, and if a thread starter dislikes a post in their thread, it collapses it for everyone. This gives thread starters a lot more control over the quality of their thread.
The liking system is independent of the subscription system. Subscribing is for things that produce content (e.g., members, threads), and liking is for content that's static (e.g., replies, comments).
Liking is somewhat experimental at this stage – the effects will evolve as the feature is used more frequently, and we'll be adapting the system to ensure it remains an advocate for the discovery of high-quality content!
Emoji arrives
October 3, 2016
Emoji is sweeping the globe, and for good reason! It's specifically digital, facilitates expression, and breaks down language barriers. In other words, it's perfect for FF's global network of traders!
We've integrated emoji into Forum posts, Private Messages, and profile Shouts – emoji will work from either your phone's keyboard, or from the desktop-editor panel:
Have fun out there!
We've integrated emoji into Forum posts, Private Messages, and profile Shouts – emoji will work from either your phone's keyboard, or from the desktop-editor panel:
Have fun out there!
Mobile view completed
September 5, 2016
Today we completed the rollout of FF's mobile view. The entire website is now compatible with all smartphone viewports, and best of all, it's the same site no matter which device you're using! That means you don't have to learn a mobile interface, because everything you know from the desktop view translates to the mobile view. It also means everything from URLs to settings stays consistent and synced from your phone to your desktop.
Nearly all desktop features were retained in the mobile view. That's a lot of functionality packed into a mobile viewport, so it may require some exploration to find where things are tucked away. If you take what you know from the desktop view, it should help guide you to the feature on the mobile view.
We love to hear your feedback – let us know what you think!
Nearly all desktop features were retained in the mobile view. That's a lot of functionality packed into a mobile viewport, so it may require some exploration to find where things are tucked away. If you take what you know from the desktop view, it should help guide you to the feature on the mobile view.
We love to hear your feedback – let us know what you think!