About Economic Calendar & News Risk
An economic-calendar and news-risk MCP server for futures traders. It tracks major releases and prop-firm restriction windows, with tools for event lookups, restriction checks, and current trading risk scores.
Key features
- 01Look up upcoming economic events
- 02Check prop-firm news restriction windows
- 03Filter high-impact events by instrument
- 04Calculate a current news risk score
Use cases
- 01Plan trades around major data releases
- 02Check whether a news blackout window is active
- 03Assess event risk for instruments this week
MCP support
Exposes tools to MCP clients for economic-event calendars, restriction-window checks, high-impact event lookups, and news risk scoring.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://econ-calendar-mcp.mcpize.run/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http tylerscomic-lab-econ-calendar https://econ-calendar-mcp.mcpize.run/mcp{"mcpServers":{"tylerscomic-lab-econ-calendar":{"type":"http","url":"https://econ-calendar-mcp.mcpize.run/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"tylerscomic-lab-econ-calendar":{"type":"http","url":"https://econ-calendar-mcp.mcpize.run/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"tylerscomic-lab-econ-calendar":{"type":"http","url":"https://econ-calendar-mcp.mcpize.run/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"tylerscomic-lab-econ-calendar":{"serverUrl":"https://econ-calendar-mcp.mcpize.run/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMEecon-calendar-mcp
An MCP server that tracks high-impact economic events (FOMC, NFP, CPI, PPI, GDP, ISM, EIA inventories, and more) and checks whether a prop firm's news-restriction window is active right now — the rule that gets an otherwise-good trade disqualified for being placed during a blackout window.
The problem this solves
Most prop firms restrict trading around high-impact news releases, but "high-impact" and the exact restriction window differ by event and by firm. Missing that a CPI print is 3 minutes away, or that FOMC restrictions still apply 10 minutes after the announcement, is a quiet way to void an otherwise-clean trading day.
Tools
get_upcoming_events
Upcoming economic calendar events for the next N days — FOMC, NFP, CPI, PPI, GDP, ISM, EIA, JOLTS, retail sales, and more, each tagged with affected instruments and typical impact.
check_trading_restriction
Whether a prop firm's news-restriction window is active now or within the next N minutes.
get_high_impact_events
High-impact-only events for specific instruments this week, with expected move sizes.
calculate_news_risk_score
A 1-10 risk score for trading right now given upcoming events, with a plain recommendation.
Use it
Hosted (recommended): MCPize — free tier, paid Pro tier for higher limits.
Self-host:
npm install
node server.js
Part of the AlgoForge suite
Prop-firm and quant-validation tools for algo traders: prop-rules-mcp, trade-journal-mcp, payout-calc-mcp, montecarlo-validator-mcp, overfitting-audit-mcp, walkforward-validator-mcp, pinescript-audit-mcp, backtest-cost-sensitivity-mcp, pinescript-mcp.
License
MIT
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