Hi guys, I made rather simple but probably useful tool (wrote for myself actually) might be worth sharing , for people who trade news, or who consider news an important factor for trading. Even if you don't want trade around news, you might need to check red news hours to make your strategy more robust, or to understand unexpected(!) spikes etc
This tool basically draws economic calendar on your Windows wallpaper. So that you will always see and notice news hours easily on your desktop with a glance. It also lets you take some notes like a post-it (or to-do list) the same way on your desktop wallpaper (Easy to reach and see all the time)
Although it is quite simple, any ideas or suggestions are welcome.
- Tested on Windows 10 and 7. Not sure about Windows 8 but it should also work there.
- You don't need Metatrader for this. It works independent from any trading platform.
- Give it a few seconds during first launch, so that it can gather news, it will update news every 4 hours (you can change the interval)
- Window is mimized to tray when you close the app. You can use "quit when closed" function, if you don't want it working at the background, but you would need to manually launch it every time in order to update news.
- Make sure you change your wallpapers through this application, so that it will take care of those transparent boxes automatically. (Included a few wallpapers to your taste and you can use your own picture files, keep in mind that they will be stretched to the size of screen*)
- It currently gets the news from investing.com but I'm plannning to add forexfactory calendar as a source and maybe beyond that some other sites and economy related flash news from google. Maybe as similar transparent boxes in parallel.
- Much appreciated any feedback.
- Feel free to enjoy & utilize! Both economic calendar and post-it note feature.
It is a freeware.
Download:
http://tepesoft.com/?ddownload=198
I'm still working on it, more info will be here (mostly about its post-it note-taking feature)
http://tepesoft.com/wallnotes/
Attached screenshots
This tool basically draws economic calendar on your Windows wallpaper. So that you will always see and notice news hours easily on your desktop with a glance. It also lets you take some notes like a post-it (or to-do list) the same way on your desktop wallpaper (Easy to reach and see all the time)
Although it is quite simple, any ideas or suggestions are welcome.
- Tested on Windows 10 and 7. Not sure about Windows 8 but it should also work there.
- You don't need Metatrader for this. It works independent from any trading platform.
- Give it a few seconds during first launch, so that it can gather news, it will update news every 4 hours (you can change the interval)
- Window is mimized to tray when you close the app. You can use "quit when closed" function, if you don't want it working at the background, but you would need to manually launch it every time in order to update news.
- Make sure you change your wallpapers through this application, so that it will take care of those transparent boxes automatically. (Included a few wallpapers to your taste and you can use your own picture files, keep in mind that they will be stretched to the size of screen*)
- It currently gets the news from investing.com but I'm plannning to add forexfactory calendar as a source and maybe beyond that some other sites and economy related flash news from google. Maybe as similar transparent boxes in parallel.
- Much appreciated any feedback.
- Feel free to enjoy & utilize! Both economic calendar and post-it note feature.
It is a freeware.
Download:
http://tepesoft.com/?ddownload=198
I'm still working on it, more info will be here (mostly about its post-it note-taking feature)
http://tepesoft.com/wallnotes/
Attached screenshots
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