One more thing i think it's crucial in this strategy - watch 1H candles to figure out what is the trend and then it's less possible to get into counter-trend position. I'm doing this and using mentioned above pivots. It "purified" my trades

I tried this system and i think that simply daily pivots can help in recognizing not really profitable moves. Just look how the price dances between pivots and take this information to account. If You have found better way to find false signals I ...

I'd rather say it really depends on the news and your system. If U are intraday trader u should watch it but in long term it usually doesn't matter. But of course there are news which shouldn't be ignored - i.e. changing interes rates or ...