BadBuddha's News Tools Lite Pack for NinjaTrader® 8

News Tools Lite Pack for NinjaTrader® 8
See today’s market-moving headlines right on your chart — and fetch them in one click.
 
What’s in the pack
News Markers Lite (Indicator) — Plots today’s High (red) and Medium (orange) impact events at the exact minute on any intraday chart. Shows the country flag and an optional vertical guide line you can toggle.
News Downloader Lite (Utility Indicator) — Grabs the latest calendar and saves it to your NinjaTrader Documents folder for the Markers to use. No browser, no copy-paste.
Update alerting service
 
Why traders like it
Trade the chart, not a calendar tab — Flags + colors tell you what’s coming at a glance.
Clean by design — Today only, High/Medium only. Zero visual clutter.
One-click updates — Pull fresh data from inside NinjaTrader.
Lightweight & smooth — Optimized for Minute/Second/Tick/Renko.
 
How it works (quick)
Import the Lite Pack (.zip) into NinjaTrader: Tools → Import → NinjaScript Add-On.
Drop the included flag PNGs into Documents\NinjaTrader 8\Flags_FX.
Apply News Downloader Lite to any chart and press Download (or your update button).
Apply News Markers Lite to your intraday chart.
(Optional) Toggle “Show Vertical Line” if you want a guide line at each event time.
 
Key features (Lite)
High/Medium events only (red/orange)
Country flags rendered at event time
Vertical guide line (on/off toggle)
Local time conversion (no manual offsets)
Intraday only (Minute/Second/Tick/Renko)
 
What’s intentionally limited
Today’s session only (no historical plotting)
No low/holiday filters or advanced styling
Minimal settings for speed and simplicity
 
Requirements
NinjaTrader 8 (Windows 10/11, 64-bit)
Intraday data series
Read/write access to Documents\NinjaTrader 8
 
Troubleshooting quickies
Flags not showing? Confirm PNG names (e.g., US.png, EU.png, GB.png) live in Documents\NinjaTrader 8\Flags_FX.
No events plotting? Run News Downloader Lite first to refresh the CSV; ensure your chart is intraday.
Times look off? Verify your Windows time zone and that “Convert CSV Time → Local” is on.