# News Trading

> Trade volatility around economic news and corporate events. Use deviation-from-consensus scoring to gauge expected move magnitude. Use when capitalizing on market-moving news, trading earnings, or positioning for scheduled events.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-ske-labs-agent-trading-skills-news-trading`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [SKE-Labs](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ske-labs)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Finance & Payments](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/finance-and-payments)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [SKE-Labs](https://github.com/SKE-Labs)
- **Source:** https://github.com/SKE-Labs/agent-trading-skills/tree/main/skills/day-trading/news-trading

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-ske-labs-agent-trading-skills-news-trading
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# News Trading Strategy

Trade volatility from scheduled economic events using deviation-from-consensus scoring.

## Setup Conditions

### High-Impact Events

| Event | Impact | Typical Move |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FOMC/Fed Rate | Very High | 100+ pips |
| NFP (Jobs) | Very High | 50-100 pips |
| CPI (Inflation) | High | 50-80 pips |
| GDP | High | 30-50 pips |

### Deviation-from-Consensus Scoring

```
Deviation Score = (Actual - Forecast) / Forecast x 100
```

| Event | Small (skip/minimal) | Moderate (tradeable) | Large (high conviction) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NFP | +/-25K | +/-50K | +/-100K+ |
| CPI | +/-0.1% | +/-0.2% | +/-0.3%+ |
| GDP | +/-0.2% | +/-0.5% | +/-1.0%+ |

Meeting consensus rarely produces tradeable moves -- the deviation drives the trade.

### Post-Event Wait Periods

| Event Impact | Wait Time |
| --- | --- |
| Very High (FOMC, NFP) | 30-45 min |
| High (CPI, GDP) | 15-30 min |
| Medium (Retail Sales, PMI) | 5-15 min |

## Workflow

### 1. Check Economic Calendar

```
get_economics_calendar(from_date=, to_date=, impact="high")
```

Identify upcoming high-impact events. Note dates, times, affected markets.

### 2. Research Consensus

```
get_financial_news(topic=" forecast consensus  ", max_results=15)
```

Find current consensus forecast and range of analyst estimates for each event.

### 3. Plan Scenarios

For each event, pre-plan: **Beat** (direction + entry trigger), **Miss** (opposite direction), **Meet** (no trade).

### 4. Post-Release Entry

After the event, apply the wait period above. Then:

- Observe initial reaction (1-5 min)
- Wait for consolidation (per wait table)
- Enter breakout of post-news consolidation
- Use wider stops (volatility is elevated)
- Target next key level

### 5. Event Clustering

When multiple events release in the same window: increase wait time by 50%, wait for ALL numbers before entering. If data points conflict, skip the trade.

### 6. Report to Orchestrator

Event details, consensus vs actual, deviation score, recommended action, conviction level.

## Key Rules

- NEVER enter during the first 60 seconds after release -- whipsaws dominate
- NEVER hold positions through a high-impact event without a deliberate pre-news plan
- NEVER trade full size on news -- reduce position size by 50-75% to account for volatility
- When clustered events produce conflicting signals, skip the trade entirely
- Always account for widened spreads around news releases

## Related Skills

- **breakout-trading** -- post-news consolidation breakouts follow breakout principles
- **gap-trading** -- news events often produce gap opens

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [SKE-Labs](https://github.com/SKE-Labs)
- **Source:** [SKE-Labs/agent-trading-skills](https://github.com/SKE-Labs/agent-trading-skills)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-ske-labs-agent-trading-skills-news-trading
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ske-labs
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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