How to Use AlgoWay Red News Filter in Webhook Settings

AlgoWay Red News Filter lets you pause automated trading signals around high-impact news events directly from webhook settings. When creating or editing a webhook, you can enable the filter, define how many minutes to block signals before and after news, select the red-news categories, and save the webhook configuration.

This guide explains how to use the AlgoWay news filter during webhook creation for automated trading setups based on TradingView alerts, Telegram trading signals, AI-parsed signals, MetaTrader 5 execution, crypto exchange routing, and prop firm trading rules.

The basic route is:

TradingView or Telegram signal → AlgoWay webhook → Red News Filter check → execution platform

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Why Red News Filtering Matters for Algo Traders

Many prop firms restrict trading during major economic news. A manual trader can check the calendar and avoid opening a trade. An automated setup can behave differently: a TradingView strategy may send an alert, a Telegram channel may publish a signal, or an MT5 Expert Advisor may receive an execution command while a restricted news window is active.

That creates a practical problem for algo traders. The strategy may be technically valid, but the timing can still violate a prop firm news rule or expose the account to unstable market conditions.

AlgoWay solves this at the webhook level. Before the signal is routed to the execution platform, the Red News Filter checks whether the signal arrives during a selected high-impact news window.

What the AlgoWay Red News Filter Does

The Red News Filter can automatically block trading signals around selected news categories. The filter is controlled from the webhook configuration screen.

You can configure:

• Enable red news filter: turn the filter on or off for the webhook.
• Before news, min: how many minutes before the event signals should be blocked.
• After news, min: how many minutes after the event signals should be blocked.
• Red news categories: which high-impact event types should activate the filter.

This allows you to control the rhythm of automated trading without rewriting the strategy, disabling a Telegram channel, or changing the execution platform.

Step 1. Create or Edit a Webhook in AlgoWay

Log in to the AlgoWay dashboard and open the webhook form.

1. Click Add Trial Webhook or Add Main Webhook when creating a new webhook.
2. Open an existing webhook if you want to add news filtering to an already configured route.
3. Select the signal source, such as TradingView or Telegram.
4. Select the execution platform, such as MetaTrader 5, TradeLocker, cTrader, Bybit, Binance, OKX, or another supported destination.

For MetaTrader 5 webhooks, many execution-side settings are controlled inside the Expert Advisor. The News Filter remains a webhook-level control in AlgoWay, so it can stop risky signals before they reach MT5.

Step 2. Enable the Red News Filter

Find the News Filter section in the webhook settings. In the field Enable red news filter, select Yes.

When the filter is enabled, AlgoWay starts checking incoming signals against the selected high-impact news categories and the configured blocked time window.

Step 3. Set the Blocked Time Before and After News

Use the two minute fields to define the protection window:

• Before news, min: blocks signals before the news release.
• After news, min: blocks signals after the news release.

A common starting setup is:

Before news, min: 30
After news, min: 30

With this configuration, a signal that arrives 30 minutes before the selected event or 30 minutes after the event can be blocked by AlgoWay before execution.

Step 4. Select Red News Categories

Select the categories that should activate the filter. The available categories include:

Category	Typical market impact
CPI	Inflation data that can move USD, gold, indices, and crypto.
PCE	Federal Reserve inflation measure that can affect rate expectations.
PPI	Producer inflation data that can trigger volatility before CPI-style repricing.
GDP	Growth data that can affect currency, index, and macro sentiment.
Employment	Jobs data, including NFP-style events, that can create fast USD movement.
FOMC/FED	Federal Reserve decisions and statements that can affect USD, gold, and risk assets.
Central Banks	Policy decisions and statements from major central banks.
Interest Rates	Rate decisions that can create immediate repricing across FX, gold, and indices.
PMI	Business activity data that can affect currencies and indices.
Retail Sales	Consumer spending data that can affect USD and index sentiment.

If you trade prop firm accounts, start with the categories that your firm treats as restricted. If you trade your own account, select the categories that create unacceptable volatility for your strategy.

Step 5. Save the Webhook

After enabling the filter, setting the minute window, and selecting the categories, click Save Changes.

From that point, the webhook can check incoming signals against the Red News Filter before routing them to the selected execution platform.

What Happens When a Signal Arrives During Red News

When a TradingView alert, Telegram signal, or other webhook message reaches AlgoWay, the platform checks the webhook settings before execution.

1. AlgoWay receives the signal.
2. The webhook settings are loaded.
3. The Red News Filter checks whether the current time falls inside a blocked news window.
4. If the signal is outside the blocked window, normal routing continues.
5. If the signal is inside the blocked window, AlgoWay blocks the signal before execution.

This keeps the control layer between the signal source and the execution platform.

Example 1. FOMC, USD, Gold, and Crypto

Assume a trader runs automated strategies for XAUUSD and BTCUSD. The webhook receives TradingView alerts and sends them to the selected execution platform.

On an FOMC day, the trader enables these settings:

Enable red news filter: Yes
Before news, min: 30
After news, min: 30
Selected category: FOMC/FED

If an alert arrives during that 60-minute blocked window, AlgoWay can stop it before execution. This is useful because an FOMC decision can move the US dollar first, then trigger sharp reactions in gold, indices, and crypto assets.

Example 2. Employment Data and Prop Firm Rules

Assume a trader uses a Telegram signal channel for forex entries and the prop firm restricts trading around major employment releases.

The trader can enable the Red News Filter and select Employment. If the Telegram signal arrives during the configured blocked window, AlgoWay can prevent the signal from reaching the trading account.

The Telegram channel does not need to understand the prop firm rule. The TradingView strategy does not need to be rewritten. The control happens at the AlgoWay webhook layer.

Recommended Starting Settings

For many prop firm and high-volatility setups, a practical first configuration is:

Setting	Suggested value
Enable red news filter	Yes
Before news, min	30
After news, min	30
Main categories	CPI, PCE, Employment, FOMC/FED, Central Banks, Interest Rates

You can adjust these values according to the trading account, prop firm rules, signal source, and market type.

Where the Red News Filter Fits in AlgoWay Automation

The Red News Filter is not a trading strategy. It is a timing and execution-control layer inside the webhook route.

It is useful when your signals come from:

• TradingView strategies and alerts;
• Telegram trading signal channels;
• AI Telegram signal parsing;
• custom JSON webhook payloads;
• manual webhook commands;
• external bots and alert systems.

And it can protect routes going to:

• MetaTrader 5;
• TradeLocker;
• cTrader;
• Match-Trader;
• DXtrade;
• crypto exchanges;
• other AlgoWay-supported execution destinations.

Common Setup Mistakes

Leaving the Filter Disabled

If Enable red news filter is set to No, the selected categories and minute fields will not protect the webhook route.

Selecting Too Few Categories

If your prop firm restricts CPI, FOMC, NFP, and rate decisions, select all relevant categories. Selecting only one category will not cover the others.

Using a Window That Is Too Short

A 5-minute window may be too narrow for some prop firm rules or market conditions. If the rule says 30 minutes before and after news, configure the webhook with that timing.

Changing the Strategy Instead of the Execution Layer

You do not need to rewrite every TradingView strategy or Telegram signal parser just to pause during news. Keep the news restriction in the AlgoWay webhook when the goal is execution control.

Related AlgoWay Guides

These guides help complete the webhook automation workflow:

• How to create a webhook in TradingView
• AlgoWay JSON schema for automated trading webhooks
• AI Telegram signal parsing with AlgoWay
• TradingView to MetaTrader 5 automation setup
• TradingView webhook alerts and automation basics
• AlgoWay webhook pricing guide

Key Takeaway

The AlgoWay Red News Filter adds a news-context control layer to webhook automation. Instead of relying only on the strategy, Telegram channel, or trading bot, the webhook itself can pause signals around high-impact events.

When creating a webhook in AlgoWay, enable the Red News Filter, set the before-and-after news window, select the relevant red-news categories, and save the webhook before running automated trading during major market events.