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How-To Guides 2026-04-16

Backtesting the Gold Macro Scorecard: Does the Signal Deliver?

A systematic backtest of the gold macro scorecard signal against daily LBMA gold prices — measuring whether real yield, breakeven inflation, Fed policy, money supply, and the trade-weighted dollar actually predict gold's direction.

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Quick Start Guides 2026-04-16

How to Build a Macro Dashboard in Python with pandas & Plotly

Step-by-step guide to fetching FXMacroData indicators via Python, reshaping time series with pandas, and assembling an interactive multi-panel dashboard with Plotly.

How-To Guides 2026-04-16

How to Use COT Data to Filter FX Trade Entries

Step-by-step guide to pulling CFTC Commitments of Traders positioning data from the FXMacroData API, computing net positioning metrics, and building a directional filter that aligns trade entries with institutional flow.

How-To Guides 2026-04-16

How to Embed a Live Macro Widget on Your Trading Blog

Paste a single iframe snippet into WordPress, Notion, Ghost, or any blog platform and serve real-time FXMacroData indicator charts that update automatically with every new release — no backend required.

Quick Start Guides 2026-04-16

How to Analyse Macro Data with R

A practical guide to fetching, tidying, and visualising FXMacroData indicator time series in R using httr2, jsonlite, and ggplot2 — from API call to publication-ready chart in under 50 lines of code.

How-To Guides 2026-04-16

How to Build a Release Calendar Alert Bot (Telegram / Discord)

Build a Python bot that polls the FXMacroData release calendar, fires second-precise alerts to Telegram or Discord before each high-impact macro announcement, and keeps your trading desk ahead of every data release.

How-To Guides 2026-04-16

How to Build a Yield Spread Pair Trading Strategy with FXMacroData

A complete Python walkthrough for building a rule-based FX strategy driven by government bond yield differentials — from fetching 10-year yields via the FXMacroData API to backtesting spread signals on EUR/USD.

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Product Updates 2026-04-16

Introducing the Bond Yields Endpoint

Government bond yield curves are now live across eight major currencies. Pull every tenor — from the 1-year bill to the 40-year ultra-long — in a single API call, with second-level announcement timestamps on every data point.

Product Updates 2026-04-16

Introducing the COT Positioning Endpoint

The CFTC Commitments of Traders positioning endpoint is now live. Query weekly non-commercial long, short, and net contract counts for eight major currency futures in a single API call — with full historical depth back to 2006.

Product Updates 2026-04-16

Introducing the FX Dashboard

The FXMacroData dashboard puts every macro signal a trader needs in one place — real-time indicator charts, a live release calendar, COT positioning, bond yields, precious-metals prices, and more — without switching between five different tools.

Product Updates 2026-04-16

Introducing the FX Sessions Dashboard

The FXMacroData FX Sessions Dashboard gives traders a live view of every major trading session — Sydney, Tokyo, London, and New York — showing open/close times, overlap windows, and the most active pairs at any hour of the day.

Product Updates 2026-04-16

Introducing the FXMacroData GraphQL API

The FXMacroData GraphQL API is now live. Query indicator time series, data catalogues, and release calendars across multiple currencies in a single typed request — the same data, the same precision, one new endpoint.

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