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Top 11 Forex Calendars in 2023

This guide is a 2023 update to our yearly review of Forex calendars. If you are familiar with our previous reviews, you might be interested in checking out the changes in this update (you can just skip it, of course):

  • Updated images for Myfxbook and Trading Economics.
  • Slightly changed the description of additional information provided by Dukascopy to indicate that only very few reports provide any information besides a historical chart.
  • Added "why does it matter", source name, and historical data in the section about additional information provided by FXStreet.
  • Added historic data to additional information provided by Myfxbook.
  • Removed the mention of historic charts in the additional information provided by Econodays.
  • Added mention that you need to register on BabyPips if you wish to keep your filter settings.
  • Removed RON from the currencies available in the filter on Dukascopy.
  • Removed Japan from the list of countries in the Econoday filter. Added Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Singapore, and Taiwan
  • You can no longer choose a custom period for a keyword search on FXStreet. The site added seven countries to the filter: Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.
  • Investing.com added nine counties to the list: Albania, Angola, Azerbaijan, Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Uzbekistan.
  • Now, you can use filters on Myfxbook without registration. Added the list of countries in the filter.
  • Trading Economics added events to its list of filtering options. Four entities were added to the country filter: G20, G7, IMF, and OPEC.
  • Updated the descriptions of time-browsing capabilities on FXStreet, Econoday, Investing.com, and Myfxbook.
  • Myfxbook now allows you to change (but not save) the time zone without registration.
  • Babypips.com allows you to browse between different weeks and years using the URL address.
  • Forex Factory does not have an apparent way to change the start of the week without registration.
  • Removed mention about the mobile Dukascopy app not having the same filtering options as the site.
  • Updated the image and description of the Econoday mobile website.
  • Slightly changed the section about the Forex Factory mobile app, as now it looks like several apps are claiming to be a Forex Factory calendar app.
  • Updated the images for FXStreet mobile site and app.
  • Updated the image for Investing.com mobile website.
  • Updated description of Tradays app.
  • Update the description and the image for the mobile version of Myfxbook website.
  • The mobile TeleTrader app is now properly listed as StockMarkets in the Google Play Store.
  • Updated image and description of the mobile version of the Trading Economics website. Updated the description of the app.
  • Updated information about alerts for DailyFX and Myfxbook.
  • Updated site loading speeds and added a bit more information about the settings for testing.
  • Updated the number of events.
  • Updated information about forecast accuracy.
  • Japanese replaced French as the fourth language on the DailyFX website.
  • Added mention that descriptions of events also are not translated on the Dukascopy website.
  • Updated the translation quality for various languages on Myfxbook.
  • Added a bit of information on TeleTrader translations.
  • Trading Economics reduced the number of languages available on the site and is no longer a website with the biggest number of available languages.
  • Myfxbook added tabs for interest rates and holidays.
  • Updated information about ads.
  • Added ICS to the list of export formats on Forex Factory.
  • Added a few advantages and drawbacks for some of the calendars.
  • Fixed some minor errors.
  • Mentioned a few delays in updates on Econoday and Dukascopy calendars.

If you are new to our reviews, this post will help you choose the best Forex calendar (or calendars) to use in your analysis and trade scheduling. I recommend reading the entire post in this case.

If you trade based on fundamental analysis or employ a news trading strategy, then an economic calendar is an indispensable tool for you. If you are a technical analysis trader or price action scalper, you can use economic calendars to your benefit for spotting the periods of the day when it is best to avoid trading due to periods of high uncertainty, which is usually connected to important macroeconomic announcements.

Even though modern trading platforms feature economic calendars right inside the trading terminal, it is much more convenient for traders to consult a web page calendar via their browsers — either on a desktop or using a mobile device. Also, while many Forex brokers offer a calendar on their website, the quality of broker-provided calendars is usually well below what you get at websites specializing in this sort of information.

The 11 Forex calendars presented below have proven to be the finest, both in form (easy to read, fast to browse, and pleasant to the eye) and in terms of content (lots of events, powerful filtering, additional features), and stand out from the hundreds available online nowadays. Despite lots of similarities, the calendars reviewed below have distinct traits that will make them more useful to some traders — it is in a trader's best interest to find one, two, or even three calendars that most fully suit his or her trading style.

The list

The 11 top calendars below are introduced in alphabetical order and then assessed according to their parameters and special features.

BabyPips.com

BabyPips.com Forex Calendar in 2021

DailyFX

DailyFX Forex Calendar in 2021

Dukascopy

Dukascopy Forex Calendar in 2021

Econoday

Econoday Global Economic Calendar in 2021

Forex Factory

Forex Factory Calendar in 2022

FXStreet

FXStreet Economic Calendar in 2022

Investing.com

Investing.com Economic Calendar in 2021

MQL5.com

MQL5.com Forex Calendar in 2021

Myfxbook

Myfxbook Economic Calendar in 2023

TeleTrader.com

TeleTrader.com Economic Calendar in 2021

Trading Economics

Trading Economics Economic Calendar in 2023

Interface

Appearance

Although the basic elements of the calendars are almost unchanged across all websites — the name of the event, its date and time, the country of origin, forecast, and previous and actual values — each calendar attempts to improve its data presentation using various methods of visualization and applying its own unique design and style.

Legend

To make the calendars more compact, the websites use various icons, images, codes, and abbreviations to display the list of events. A legend, similar to those used on maps, can accompany a calendar to describe such elements. However, not all the calendars provide a legend, and not all of them are equally helpful.

  • BabyPips.com provides no legend.
  • DailyFX provides a sort of legend via its event filtering menu.
  • Dukascopy provides no legend.
  • Econoday provides a complete legend for all icons used throughout the calendar.
  • Forex Factory has a very detailed legend with an explanation of icons and abbreviations used.
  • FXStreet doesn't have a legend per se but offers a textual description of the calendar, which will help you to understand how it works.
  • Investing.com has a brief legend for key elements used in the calendar.
  • MQL5.com has calendar filter settings that also pass for being a sort of a legend.
  • Myfxbook doesn't offer a legend for the calendar.
  • TeleTrader.com also describes most of the non-obvious stuff with its filtering options.
  • Trading Economics offers a rather poor legend, which is mostly a textual description and does not cover all the styling features used in the calendar.

Images/currency codes

Calendars use a currency ISO code, a country flag, or a country ISO code to show the origin of each of the listed events.

  • BabyPips.com utilizes country flags and 3-letter currency ISO codes.
  • DailyFX utilizes only country flags and names.
  • Dukascopy utilizes country flags and 3-letter currency ISO codes.
  • Econoday employs country flags and 2-letter country codes.
  • Forex Factory uses only 3-letter currency ISO codes.
  • FXStreet employs a country flag along with a 3-letter currency ISO code.
  • Investing.com uses a country flag along with a 3-letter currency ISO code.
  • MQL5.com uses a country flag and a 3-letter currency ISO code.
  • Myfxbook uses a country flag and a 3-letter currency ISO code.
  • TeleTrader.com displays info using country flags and names.
  • Trading Economics uses country flags along with 2-letter country codes.

Additional details

As mentioned before, the basic information provided by an economic calendar for each event is the following: date and time, country/currency, name of the indicator or event, and previous/forecast/actual values. All of the listed calendars also provide a news impact measure of some sort. Some calendars choose to augment this data with additional details.

  • BabyPips.com provides a detailed description of some events/indicators with a link to the source and the frequency of releases. The icon in the Details column indicates whether the report has a detailed description. To view the description, if it is available, you need to click on the icon.
  • DailyFX provides historical data, related news links, and a textual description.
  • Dukascopy provides for the vast majority of events only a historic chart, which includes forecasts, with a maximum lookback period of about ten years or slightly more. Select few reports also provide the basic explanation of important indicators, frequency of news release, name of the data source, and alternative name/significance of the event.
  • Econoday gives a detailed explanation of the indicators, release schedule, last released data, and an in-depth study of recently released data. There is also a quick link named Why Investors Care, which describes the importance of the indicator for the economy. The link provides additional details such as the frequency and approximate time of release, original data source without a link, revision methodology, and, finally, a period that the report covers.
  • Forex Factory shows an elaborate explanation of the indicator, a link to the official source page and the report itself, historic data and chart, related news articles, the next release date, an explanation of why it is important, and the indicator's full name and alternative names (if any).
  • FXStreet provides a definition of the indicator, a link to the official report, an explanation of why the indicator is important for traders, the source name, frequency of the release, the date of the next release, links to the related news, a historic chart with forecast and deviation plots, historic data, and elaborate market impact charts for major currency pairs (see the Extra features section below).
  • Investing.com offers a description of the indicator, a link to the official source page, and a very detailed historic data/chart spanning decades into the past.
  • MQL5.com provides a description of the event, a link to the official source page, the next release date, a reference to the previous release, a chart of the recent data vs. forecasts, a historic data chart, and a historic data table.
  • Myfxbook provides a link to the source page, a textual description of the event, the date of the next release, how many days to the next release are left, a historic chart of the data vs. forecast values, and historic data.
  • TeleTrader.com provides only a basic description of the indicator with a link to the official source page.
  • Trading Economics offers a detailed explanation of the indicator, a link to the official source page, a historic chart (with a quick chart view directly in the calendar table), a data table, and related news.

Charts

Historic data assists in the study and interpretation of the economic data announced recently. Most of the charts show some amount of historical data related to the concerned economic event. However, the level of interaction possible with the chart differs from calendar to calendar. This section makes an attempt to assess the quality of the charts provided by the economic calendars.

  • BabyPips.com does not offer charts.
  • DailyFX offers a small historic chart with about a year's worth of past data: DailyFX - Calendar Historic Chart in 2021
  • Dukascopy offers a scalable line chart providing the actual and forecast values for the past few years for a given indicator. Dukascopy - Calendar Historic Chart in 2021
  • Econoday doesn't offer any charts.
  • Forex Factory shows a scalable interactive histogram chart with all values — actual, forecast, and revised. The problem with the revised data representation on the chart is that its color (dark blue) mixes with the actual data presented in light blue. Forex Factory - Calendar Historic Chart in 2021
  • FXStreet provides a zoomable chart for historic data analysis with an option to add forecast and deviation values: FXStreet - Calendar Historic Chart in 2022 Three additional charts are available also (more on them in the Extra Features section below).
  • Investing.com offers a scalable chart with a period selector and a switch between line and area. The data (actual, forecast, and revision), along with the date of the announcement, is shown when the mouse pointer is moved over the chart. Investing.com - Calendar Historic Chart in 2021
  • MQL5.com provides a very simple historic line chart with forecast and actual values. Pointing the mouse cursor over will show the exact value. MQL5.com - Calendar Historic Chart in 2021
  • Myfxbook provides a zoomable historic line chart with forecast and actual values. Pointing the mouse cursor over will show the exact values: Myfxbook - Calendar Historic Chart in 2022
  • TeleTrader.com does not offer charts.
  • Trading Economics provides an interactive chart with a period selector and some basic charting tools: column, line, area, spline, spline area, candlestick, bars, trend, average, histogram, variance, mean, maximum, and minimum. Only actual values are plotted. The chart provides the facility for comparison with other countries and events. Trading Economics - Calendar Historic Chart in 2021

Revisions

Most of the actual announcement values are calculated by governments (or other reporting institutions) using partial data. Because some of the data gets updated or new data is coming later, the revised values are released with the next reports.

When new data is announced for an indicator, simultaneously, the revised value (corresponding to the previous period) for the same economic indicator is reported. Most economic calendars display such revised information in a different color. There are also calendars that provide both revised and unrevised values for the trader’s convenience. Approaches of different economic calendars to revised values are explained below.

  • BabyPips.com shows revised values, marking them with an asterisk. On mouseover, the 'revised from' value is displayed. Unfortunately, not all events get revisions displayed with this calendar.
  • DailyFX displays revised values. If the value was revised, it says Revised instead of Previous. You can see the original value in the Previous revised from section if you click on the report.
  • Dukascopy shows only original values.
  • Econoday shows both unrevised and revised values, but you have to click on an event to get to them unless you watch a daily view.
  • Forex Factory gives revised values alongside a small yellow triangle. Moving the mouse pointer over the triangle reveals the previous value.
  • FXStreet displays revised values alongside a small round gray bullet with the letter ‘i’ in the center. The previous value is revealed by placing the mouse pointer over the icon.
  • Investing.com shows revised values with a dotted line underneath. Placing the mouse pointer over the number reveals the previous unrevised value.
  • MQL5.com displays revised values with a dotted underline. The original values are displayed in a tooltip.
  • Myfxbook displays revised values with a dotted underline, while the tooltip reveals the original value.
  • TeleTrader.com displays only original values.
  • Trading Economics shows revised values and uses a circled ‘R’ symbol next to them. On mouseover, the original data is revealed.

Filters

Using a filter, a trader can prioritize the list of events to monitor as per personal need. Nearly all calendars offer these three basic filters:

  1. Countries/currencies
  2. Nature of event
  3. Impact

We shall look at the specific filters offered by each of the economic calendars taken here for assessment.

BabyPips.com allows filtering based on currency, impact, and session (London, New York, Tokyo, Sydney). The currency filter offers a selection of 9 currencies (AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, EUR, GBP, JPY, NZD, and USD). By default, all the currencies, news events, and sessions remain selected. Remember Filters option can be used to make the website remember your choice of filters, but you have to register if you wish to use this feature.

DailyFX supports only country and impact-based filtering. It does not offer an event-based filter. However, a keyword-based event search facility is provided. In total, 41 countries are available for selection in the filter list:

Expand the list of countries

Dukascopy offers country, currency, and impact filters. There is also a provision to perform a keyword search. In all, 20 currencies are listed in the currency filter. They are: AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, CZK, DKK, EUR, GBP, HUF, JPY, MXN, NOK, NZD, PLN, RUB, SEK, SGD, TRY, USD, and ZAR. The filtering can also be done using 31 countries:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

Econoday offers a filter to show events for one particular country of your choice from the following selection: Australia, Canada, China, Eurozone, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the USA.

Forex Factory offers currency, impact, and an event-based filter. There are nine currencies in the filter: AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, EUR, GBP, JPY, NZD, and USD.

FXStreet offers all three filters — country, impact, and event. The calendar also offers a keyword-based event search. You can also choose a period for which to show the filtered results, though you can no longer set a custom date but have to choose between the predetermined periods. While you can choose a custom period outside of filters, the keyword search will not work in that case.

There are 51 countries and one monetary union in the country filter:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, European Monetary Union, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam.

Investing.com offers all three kinds of basic filters — country, impact, and event. Furthermore, there is also a time-based filter to view the actual display time or the time remaining for the announcement. Event-based keyword search is also possible. There are 106 countries, territories, and monetary unions in the country filter:

Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Euro Zone, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

MQL5.com offers impact, currencies, and country filters. For currencies, there are: AUD, BRL, CAD, CHF, CNY, EUR, GBP, HKD, INR, JPY, KRW, MXN, NOK, NZD, SEK, SGD, USD, and ZAR. For countries, there are 22 entities in total. However, only a single country can be selected at a time:

Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.

Myfxbook provides impact and currency filters. Overall, 154 currencies are supported in the filter:

AED, AFN, ALL, AMD, ANG, AOA, ARS, AUD, AWG, AZN, BAM, BBD, BDT, BGN, BHD, BIF, BMD, BND, BOB, BRL, BSD. BTN, BWP, BYN, BZD, CAD, CDF, CHF, CLP, CNY, COP, CRC, CUC, CVE, CZK, DJF, DKK, DOP, DZD, EGP, ERN, ETB, EUR, FJD, FKP, GBP, GEL, GHS, GIP, GMD, GNF, GTQ, GYD, HKD, HNL, HRK, HTG, HUF, IDR, ILS, INR, IQD, IRR, ISK, JMD, JOD, JPY, KES, KGS, KHR, KMF, KPW, KRW, KWD, KYD, KZT, LAK, LBP, LKR, LRD, LSL, LYD, MAD, MDL, MGA, MKD, MMK, MNT, MOP, MRO, MUR, MVR, MWK, MXN, MYR, MZN, NAD, NGN, NIO, NOK, NPR, NZD, OMR, PAB, PEN, PGK, PHP, PKR, PLN, PYG, QAR, RON, RSD, RUB, RWF, SAR. SBD, SCR, SDG, SEK, SGD, SHP, SLL, SOS, SRD, SSP, STD, SYP, SZL, THB, TJS, TMT, TND, TOP, TRY, TTD, TWD, TZS, UAH, UGX, USD, UYU, UZS, VEF, VND, VUV, WST, XAF, XCD, XOF, XPF, YER, ZAR, and ZMW.

The filter contains the following 254 counties, regions, and monetary unions:

Afghanistan, Åland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African, Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos Keeling Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Euro Area, European Union, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, FS Micronesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Lucia, Saint Maarten, Saint Martin (French part), Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Pierre and Miquelon, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Isds, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

TeleTrader.com allows filtering based on event type, impact, region (North America, Europe, Asia, and Emerging Markets), and country. Overall, 52 countries and one monetary union (eurozone) are provided in the country filter:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Eurozone, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Trading Economics offers country, event-based, and impact-based filtering. In addition to selecting several countries one by one, it is possible to select All, Major, Africa, America, Asia, and Europe groups. The list of countries, territories, and monetary unions includes 14O entities:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Euro Area, Finland, France, Georgia, G20, G7, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, IMF, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, OPEC, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.

Time zone

A trader may or may not be located in the same time zone used by the economic calendar to display the schedule of economic announcements. Thus, it is a good idea for the Forex calendars to display their active time zone and to allow synchronization of the server time with the computer’s clock. The economic calendars tackle this issue in the following manner.

  • BabyPips.com — detects local time and uses it to display the schedule of events. The local time settings can be changed using the drop-down menu but cannot be saved permanently.
  • DailyFX — detects your time zone. The settings can be changed using the drop-down menu and will be remembered via cookies.
  • Dukascopy — detects and uses your local time to display the schedule of event announcements. You can toggle between Local and GMT. There is no way to save the choice, and it is impossible to select any other time zones.
  • Econoday — uses EST/EDT as the default time settings. However, it offers a provision to change the time zone as you want and save it in a cookie file.
  • Forex Factory — detects your local time zone by default. You can manage the time settings with or without registration. The calendar uses cookies (for unregistered users) and member profiles (for registered users) to remember the time zone.
  • FXStreet — uses GMT as the default. Time zone can be changed (including to autodetect) both for registered and unregistered users. The website will remember the choice regardless of your registration status.
  • Investing.com — default time zone is EST/EDT. The time zone can be changed but not saved without registration.
  • MQL5.com — by default, detects the time zone via your browser. It can be changed and saved even without registration.
  • Myfxbook — by default, detects the time zone via your browser. You can change your time zone without registration, but to save it, you have to open a free account with Myfxbook and save the time zone in your account settings.
  • TeleTrader.com — automatically detects local time and uses it to display the event announcement schedule. If the time settings are changed using the drop-down menu, then the latest setting (saved in cookies) is used when opening the economic calendar during the next visit.
  • Trading Economics — automatically detects your time zone settings and applies them to the economic calendar. You can also set an arbitrary time zone, and it will be saved for your next visit even if you do not register.

Time browsing

Forex traders might need to browse through past economic data or look at the future schedule of events for a variety of reasons. Thus, every economic calendar strives to offer such a facility, albeit each in its own way.

  • BabyPips.com — you can choose to browse either by day or by week. The actual browsing is done by a kind of page flipping or by selecting a particular week from a drop-down list, though to see the list, you have to narrow the browser window. You can also set a week and a year you want in the browser's URL address. BabyPips Calendar - Time Browsing
  • DailyFX — you can view the events using five time presets: last seven days, yesterday, today, tomorrow, and next seven days. Additionally, you can select one specific day via a calendar, but you cannot set a date range: DailyFX Calendar - Time Browsing
  • Dukascopy — you can browse through dates, months, and years. However, the maximum listing range is 60 days. There is also a provision to manually enter the beginning and end date. As usual, there are quick links for viewing the events scheduled for today, tomorrow, this week, and next week. Dukascopy Calendar - Time Browsing
  • Econoday — follows a very simple approach to facilitate calendar browsing. At the top of the event table, four quick links for browsing monthly, weekly, daily, and today's data are provided. Beneath the quick links, two rows containing sequential dates and months of a calendar year are displayed. Unfortunately, the links work only for the current year. To see the last year's reports, a direct link is required. For example, to view US non-farm payrolls in 2022, one can go to the May 2021 NFP report and change the fid parameter up or down by 1 to see the next or the previous report. It is a very inconvenient method by itself but also makes it almost impossible to guess the necessary fid figure without having a direct link to the event you need or at least to a similar event the same year. For example, here is a link to the May 2023 NFP report. The fid figure is almost completely different, and there is no apparent way to know how much you need to subtract or add to it if you wish to see a similar report (let alone a completely different one) for a different year. Econoday Calendar - Time Browsing
  • Forex Factory — provides an easy and flexible calendar-based browsing facility. It is possible to browse through dates, months, and even years. The default week can be set and saved. For quick reference, there are links to visit the week and month that just ended. Similarly, there are quick links to visit the event schedule for the week and month that are about to come. Forex Factory Calendar - Time Browsing
  • FXStreet — a calendar browsing facility is available. There are also quick buttons to jump to Recent & Next, Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday, This week, This month, Next week, Next month, Previous week, and Previous month events. It is possible to set the date manually, with 2007 being the earliest year available. A bit of a problem is the fact that the event dates lack any indicator of the year they belong to, so it can be confusing if your range includes several years. FXStreet Calendar - Time Browsing
  • Investing.com — you can show Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, This Week, and Next Week. Alternatively, you can set a date range using a calendar, which lets you get some announcement data from decades ago. In fact, the calendar does not seem to have a limit to what date you can set, allowing you to choose ridiculous dates like past centuries. But in reality, the earliest date the calendar can provide starts in 1970. Investing.com Calendar - Time Browsing
  • MQL5.com — lets you flip through the weeks back and forward. You can also choose current, previous, or next week as well as current, previous, or next month. A calendar selection is available where you can choose a period of up to 90 days long. MQL5.com Calendar - Time Browsing
  • Myfxbook — has Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, This Week, and Next Week buttons. You can also use the pop-up calendar facility to set a date range, and its start and end fields can also be edited manually. The time range cannot be longer than three months. Myfxbook Calendar - Time Browsing
  • TeleTrader.com — the time scale allows a quick selection of data pertaining to the previous day, the current day, and the next three days. Additionally, a tab to view the entire list of events during the current and next week is available. Using the input box in the custom search facility, a trader can choose the period of interest for studying the economic data. The pop-up calendar in the custom search facility allows flipping through months but not years. A drawback, which we came across while using the custom search facility, is that the number of events that gets listed is restricted to 500 despite increasing the time period of the search. For example, if we are studying the events in the month of April 2022, only the first 500 events are getting listed. Once we reach the twentieth page of events, we have to input the new dates to study the rest of the data. A tiny green-colored square box within each calendar date in the time scale provides the number of anticipated events for that particular day. TeleTrader.com Calendar - Time Browsing
  • Trading Economics — calendar browsing facility is not available. However, there is a drop-down menu named Dates, which provides a quick link to view the event schedule for today, tomorrow, last week, next week, and next month. There is also a facility to manually enter the starting and ending dates of the event schedule. Trading Economics Calendar - Time Browsing

Week beginning

Four of the 11 economic calendars use Monday as the starting day of the week. They are DailyFX, Econoday, MQL5.com, and Trading Economics. In the case of Forex Factory, you can set the first day of the week according to your choice in the profile manager if you are registered. The rest of the researched websites use Sunday as the first day of the week. Investing.com and TeleTrader.com are somewhat special in the sense that, while the calendars show Sunday as the first day of a week, a week starts with Monday in the custom dates setting of those calendars.

Automatic updates

The auto-update feature lets you avoid the need to manually refresh a web page to view the latest announcements. The following economic calendars offer automatic on-page updates:

  • DailyFX
  • FXStreet
  • Investing.com
  • MQL5.com
  • Myfxbook
  • Trading Economics

Other calendars require explicit reloading to see the changes, which is not a big problem itself, but it certainly makes working with announcements tedious.

Mobile-friendly

Nowadays, when lots of traders prefer to use their mobile phones to analyze charts, access news, and even submit orders, it is crucial for a calendar to have a mobile-friendly view. In addition, calendars can offer stand-alone apps that can offer their own features and be even better than web-based calendars. Below we assess how mobile-friendly are the top Forex calendars in our list.

BabyPips.com

BabyPips.com has a responsive mobile-friendly website. The mobile version provides the same information and nearly identical interface features as the desktop version of the calendar. In fact, it looks like they developed the calendar with mobile as their first priority and then expanded it somewhat for a desktop view.

BabyPips Calendar - Mobile View

There is no mobile phone app for the BabyPips.com calendar.

DailyFX

Offers a mobile-friendly website that does a great job of providing nearly the same information as the desktop version of the calendar.

DailyFX Calendar - Mobile View

The iOS and Android apps are available for the DailyFX calendar. It has a slightly different design but offers almost the same information as the mobile web browser version, except for the former not showing any details about announcements.

DailyFX Calendar App

Dukascopy

Dukascopy's calendar is not mobile-friendly at all. It retains all the main features of the desktop view, but it seems that you cannot even scroll horizontally even though the site does not fit the browser window horizontally.

Dukascopy Calendar - Mobile View

Dukascopy's calendar is available in an app called Swiss Forex (published by Dukascopy). The calendar in the app is more user-friendly, and it includes the same filtering options as the website.

Dukascopy Calendar App - Swiss Forex

Econoday

It is a relatively mobile-friendly website. Unfortunately, it lacks a weekly view. Furthermore, it lacks any filtering options. Additionally, while browsing through the days of the current month is easy, browsing between different months does not seem to work, even though the links to months are present.

Econoday Calendar - Mobile View

Currently, Econoday does not offer a calendar app for mobile devices.

Forex Factory

This calendar could be a great example of a mobile-friendly website. Still, despite having lots of interface features transferred at a top-notch quality level, it only shows the Actual values for all announcements in the event list. You have to click on the specific announcement to view the Previous and Forecast values. And you cannot see the pre-revision value, though you can still tell if the Previous value has been revised.

Forex Factory Calendar - Mobile View

No official Forex Factory calendar app is available for your phones. There are unofficial apps that look very bad and are not worth a detailed review.

FXStreet

Offers a mobile version of the website, which is almost on par with the desktop one. You can use the same filtering options as in the desktop web calendar, even allowing you to set custom date ranges. Unfortunately, revisions aren't even shown.

FXStreet Calendar — Mobile View

The app offered by FXStreet features a calendar with a simple layout but, for the most part, suffers from the same issues as the webpage for mobile browsers. It has the impact filter but lacks the event type filter. You cannot switch the dates only to today, tomorrow, and the next week. Time zone settings are either your local or GMT. Same as the mobile web version, the app doesn't show any revisions — only pre-revision values are displayed.

FXStreet Calendar App

Investing.com

The mobile version of the calendar is ridden with ads but is built to be rather convenient. Unfortunately, browsing through the past weeks is not possible. Revisions are marked, and pre-revision values are available in the history tab after clicking on a report.

Investing.com Calendar - Mobile View

The app for mobile devices offers only one improvement over the browser-based calendar — a search feature that lets you find any particular economic indicator and see its release history. However, the app lacks the event category filter.

Investing.com Calendar App

MQL5.com

MQL5.com calendar flawlessly transfers all the features from the desktop web version to the mobile web version. You can even set date ranges! Everything is displayed in a clear and concise way. The revisions and pre-revision values are shown.

MQL5.com Calendar - Mobile View

The MQL5.com mobile app is called Tradays. It performs the basic functions but is far from ideal. Time-browsing is performed by either scrolling the event list to the necessary date or by scrolling the dates list to the required week and tapping the necessary date. Filtering can be done by importance and country but not by currency. Revisions are not shown and not even indicated. To see an unrevised value, you need to choose the event you want and then go to the History tab.

MQL5.com Calendar App - Tradays

Myfxbook

Myfxbook is very mobile-friendly, having largely the same features as the desktop web version, even allowing you to set custom date ranges in the filtering options and search events by keywords, which can include an event name, currency, country, and impact. The mobile version does not show a specific time for releases, the same as the desktop version. If you wish to learn when exactly the next release will happen, you need to choose the event and look at the Next Release section.

Myfxbook Calendar - Mobile View

The Myfxbook mobile app is available for Android and iOS mobile platforms. It has slightly crippled functionality — you cannot set arbitrary date ranges for time browsing. Also, revised previous values aren't shown.

Myfxbook Calendar App

TeleTrader.com

TeleTrader.com is not a mobile-friendly site. To browse through it, you have to endure lots of scrolling and tight tapping. On the bright side, all the desktop features are retained in the mobile version.

TeleTrader.com Calendar - Mobile View

TeleTrader.com offers a mobile app called StockMarkets. In addition to multiple other things, it offers an economic calendar, which is much easier to use than the mobile web version. Time browsing is rather limited, and there and only two filters are available — impact and country. Revisions are completely ignored.

TeleTrader.com Calendar App - StockMarkets

Trading Economics

The calendar is relatively mobile-friendly but not convenient to use at all. All interface features are there, including advanced ones, like charts and alerts. But the calendar does not show any data in the list of events, requiring you to choose an event to learn all the information.

Trading Economics Calendar - Mobile View

The calendar is available via the official Trading Economics app. It is much easier to use compared with the web version of the calendar as it shows all the information necessary in the list of events. On the downside, the app lacks a custom date range selection tool. But it offers a watchlist to track events. Revisions are shown, but unrevised values are unavailable.

Trading Economics Calendar App - Trading Economics Calendar

Delays

For the most part, the calendars have been updating actual values in a timely manner. But we noticed a few exceptions with the events released late during the trading session. An update to US Consumer Credit for March was delayed by half an hour on Dukascopy and for almost a whole hour on Econoday. US Monthly Budget Statement was not updated at all on Dukascopy. In fact, the event was removed from the mobile version of the calendar about two hours after the report was released, while the desktop version just kept the event without any data.

Notification

Notifications can alert you about a news event with sound or other means, even when you aren't watching the calendar. Here is how different calendars from our top 11 work with notifications:

  • BabyPips.com — none.
  • DailyFX — alerts can be created by downloading a file that adds the event to your email calendar.
  • Dukascopy — none.
  • Econoday — none.
  • Forex Factory — alerts are available for every event. You can turn on or off the options for notifications in the browser and the email. You can also choose when to be notified: with a 2-hour, 1-hour, and 10-minute warning, as well as when the data is released.
  • FXStreet — offers sound notifications for all events, which are turned off by default. You can also add alerts to Google calendar automatically or by downloading a file and adding the event to a calendar of your choosing.
  • Investing.com — provides an in-depth notification engine with a choice of recurring/one-time alerts, reminders (before notification), and a choice of delivery method (website popups on desktop or push notification to a mobile device).
  • MQL5.com — none.
  • Myfxbook — offers email notifications, though the feature works only for registered members. Also allows to add events to Apple, Outlook, Outlook Online, Google, and Yahoo calendars.
  • TeleTrader.com — none.
  • Trading Economics — provides email and desktop alerts and reminders but only for registered users.

Loading speed

For many traders, an economic calendar has value only if it loads quickly. In this regard, the performance of all the ten researched websites is assessed using the service of WebPageTest. The websites were tested using six different geographical locations: US East Coast (Virginia EC2, USA), US West Coast (California EC2, USA), South America (Sao Paolo EC2, Brazil), Europe (London EC2, UK), Asia (Tokyo EC2, Japan), and Oceania (Sydney EC2, Australia). The browser was set to desktop Chrome with the default Desktop Browser Dimensions, a Cable connection, and the median of three first loads has been measured for each calendar from each of the six locations. Then the average load time has also been calculated. The results are presented in the table below.

Website/Location US East Coast US West Coast South America Europe Asia Oceania Average
BabyPips.com 5.68 5.00 4.28 6.17 5.36 6.10 5.43
DailyFX 3.81 3.98 5.56 4.14 5.12 5.02 4.60
Dukascopy 6.30 7.38 7.77 5.49 8.90 10.35 7.70
Econoday 2.81 2.85 4.21 3.62 4.61 4.68 3.80
Forex Factory 4.65 3.96 3.54 5.35 4.11 4.42 4.34
FXStreet 5.35 6.14 4.87 5.05 5.36 5.66 5.41
Investing.com 16.28 37.13 16.70 5.66 13.97 35.47 20.87
MQL5.com 2.41 2.41 2.42 1.63 3.28 3.96 2.68
Myfxbook 1.90 1.91 2.05 2.02 2.42 1.58 1.98
TeleTrader.com 5.25 6.33 7.98 4.11 8.20 9.31 6.86
Trading Economics 1.34 1.61 1.86 1.71 2.06 2.45 1.84

There were not many changes this year compared with the previous. Some calendars became slightly faster, while others were somewhat slower, but the changes were not big. Despite that, there were some changes in the ranking of the calendars. Trading Economics overtook Myfxbook as the fastest calendar overall this year as well as the fastest calendar in the South American region, though the difference was minuscule. At the same time, Trading Economics lost its place as the fastest calendar in Europe to MQL5.com. Investing.com was the slowest of the bunch overall, as well as in most regions, with the exception of Europe, where BabyPips.com kept its highest loading time (which was even higher than last year). Note: The results listed in the table should not be directly compared with the results of the previous years, as the previous year's results were erroneously showing average values for each region, not median. That does not change the overall conclusions, though.

Number of events

A Forex trader who needs to stay informed about all the events related to the currencies he or she trades would be naturally inclined to look for a calendar that offers the maximum number of events. While the economic calendars do not miss out on any major currency, they curtail the number of news events listed in their economic calendar. Since there is no way to add a custom news event to an economic calendar, it is important to select an economic calendar that offers as many relevant news events as possible. We have calculated the number of events provided by the 11 calendars for the four major currencies (EUR, GBP, JPY, and USD). In the calendars that don't support currency filters, a country filter has been applied to include Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and all the countries of the eurozone. The calendar month used for assessing the completeness of an economic calendar was April 2023.

  • BabyPips.com — 602
  • DailyFX — 776
  • Dukascopy — 518
  • Econoday — 267
  • Forex Factory — 263
  • FXStreet — 579
  • Investing.com — 910
  • MQL5.com — 722
  • Myfxbook — 920
  • TeleTrader.com — 588
  • Trading Economics — 891

Investing.com is a clear leader in terms of providing the maximum number of economic data items related to the four most traded currencies. Trading Economics, Myfxbook, MQL5.com, and DailyFX are also quite heavy on the number of economic reports. On the other hand, Econoday and Forex Factory would be more helpful to traders who are less interested in minor events and variations of the major ones.

Forecast accuracy and similarities

Quite often, a trader will come across differences in the forecast values offered by different calendars. The use of different primary data sources contributes to the difference in forecast values. Are forecasts provided in one calendar consistently better than forecasts offered by other calendars?

To assess the forecast accuracy of economic calendars, we used the ‘US Non-Farm Payrolls’ data, a popular high-impact fundamental indicator, to calculate the standard error of forecasts for the period of 12 months, starting with the report released in June 2022 and ending with the report released in May 2023.

The following table provides the difference between the forecast and the actual values in thousands for the given month and calendar. For example, if the forecast value was 177k and the actual value was 75k, the difference recorded in the table is positive 102k; if the forecast value was 181k and the actual value was 263k, the negative difference -82k is recorded. The final column is the absolute value of the average difference for the sample of 12 observations for the given calendar:

Website/Month Jun
22
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan
23
Feb Mar Apr May Avg.
BabyPips.com -70 -72 -238 -5 27 -21 -53 -3 -357 -101 14 -63 85
DailyFX -65 -104 -278 -15 -13 -61 -63 -23 -332 -106 3 -73 95
Dukascopy 1 -601 -412 -342 -352 -560 426 -514 160 327 340 -12 337
Econoday -65 -102 -278 -22 -13 -51 -63 -23 -332 -88 4 -75 93
Forex Factory -65 -112 -278 -20 -15 -64 -63 -23 -324 -87 -8 -72 94
FXStreet -65 -104 -278 -15 -13 -61 -63 -23 -332 -106 4 -74 95
Investing.com -65 -104 -278 -15 -13 -61 -63 -23 -332 -106 3 -73 95
MQL5.com -409 -601 -547 -159 -230 -358 -293 -166 -501 -346 -244 -230 340
Myfxbook -65 -104 -278 -15 -13 -61 -63 -23 -332 -106 3 -73 95
TeleTrader.com -65 -104 -278 -15 -13 -61 -63 -23 -332 -106 4 -74 95
Trading Economics -70 -72 -238 -5 27 -21 -53 -3 -327 -101 14 -63 83

This year, the accuracy of forecasts improved significantly for almost all calendars, except for Dukascopy, which managed to make its already bad forecasts in 2022 even worse in 2023. MQL5 managed to improve its forecasts significantly, but that did not prevent it from remaining the least precise calendar with its predictions, with Dukascopy being almost as bad. Trading Economics became a winner this year, though most other calendars.

The calendars of DailyFX, FXStreet, Investing.com, Myfxbook, and TeleTrader continued to use the same source for their forecasts. It is interesting to note, though, that those calendars had a minuscule discrepancy in their forecasts for April and May 2023.

Translations

All the top 11 Forex calendars are available in English. However, for the majority of FX traders, English is a foreign language, so it might be preferable for them to access the economic calendar in their native language. The calendars reviewed here approach this issue in different ways:

  • BabyPips.com does not offer its calendar in any language other than English.
  • DailyFX offers its service in Chinese (both simplified and traditional) and Japanese. Almost everything in both Chinese versions, as well as the Japanese version, is translated.
  • Dukascopy doesn't offer many translations of its economic calendar despite the fact that the website itself is available in a number of foreign languages. The only translation available is in Japanese, and even then, it is only partial, with names of countries in the filter and the names of events and their descriptions remaining in English.
  • Econoday does not provide any translations of its calendar.
  • Forex Factory offers web site only in English.
  • FXStreet offers its website and the economic calendar in 14 languages apart from English. The languages are Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese. The translations are very professional and thorough.
  • Investing.com offers high-quality translations of its website and calendar in the following 23 languages: Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindu, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
  • MQL5.com calendars in non-English languages are well done. You can use it in Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.
  • Myfxbook offers its calendar in 20 languages (in addition to English). For French, German, Hindi, Malaysian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese, the translations are very good, with only minor interface elements left untranslated. Conversely, for Chinese (both traditional and simple), Czech, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Slovak, almost nothing is translated.
  • TeleTrader.com offers its website and calendar in German, Hungarian, and Polish translations. For the German version, everything is translated, while for the Hungarian and Polish versions only the interface is translated, whereas the names and descriptions of events remain in English.
  • Trading Economics provides services in 17 languages in addition to English: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. The event details can be read in the listed languages. However, the description is not provided.

Trading Economics lost first place among sites with the biggest number of languages as now it lags behind Investing.com and Myfxbook. Still, it and FXStreet provide a reasonable number of options for traders who want a calendar in languages other than English. BabyPips.com, Dukascopy, Econoday, and Forex Factory will be of little use to traders with a poor understanding of English.

Extra features

Some calendars offer extra features which deserve to be mentioned. The list compiles the additional features, if any, in each of the calendars being researched:

Forex Factory — displays the major central bank interest rates in a sub-window for quick reference.

Forex Factory - Central Banks

FXStreet — offers a special dashboard for each news event. This dashboard, in addition to the abovementioned amazing historic chart, features three volatility charts that show how a chosen currency pair (you can select from EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, AUD/UDS, and USD/CAD) behaved statistically following the given news announcement. The first chart is the True Range one with 15-minute and 4-hour true ranges (plus average true ranges) plotted for several years of historic releases:

FXStreet - True Range Chart

The second chart is the Volatility Ratio one with 15-minute and 4-hour VRs (plus average VRs) plotted for several years of historic releases:

FXStreet - Volatility Ratio

The third chart is the most interesting one — True Range vs. Deviation. It plots the 15-minute and 4-hour true range against the deviation of the actual value from the forecast. As a result, you can see how the currency pair volatility correlates with larger news surprises. For example, here is the True Range vs. Deviation chart for EUR/USD and ISM services PMI:

FXStreet - True Range vs. Deviation

Investing.com — displays the time remaining for the upcoming news releases. There is also a handy link to the holiday calendar. Also, the central bank rates are available on the right sidebar:

Investing.com Forex Calendar - Central Bank Rates

Myfxbook — in addition to the date and time of each event, the calendar displays the time remaining till each event. This might come in handy to quickly assess the remaining time. The calendar also has tabs that show interest rates and holidays.

Trading Economics — provides a chart-based comparison of economic indicators. For example, you can compare the US non-farm payrolls with the Canadian employment change:

Trading Economics Calendar - Historic Chart Comparison of US Nonfarm Payrolls vs. Canadian Employment Change

Advertisements

Most calendars use advertising as their main source of revenue. This allows them to provide free data services to all traders but cripples the calendar's usability. Some calendars use advertisements sparsely, while others can be overloaded with ads. Here, we review the situation with advertisements on Forex calendar websites:

  • BabyPips.com — has one banner above the calendar and two banners below it. They don't distract from browsing at all.
  • DailyFX — the calendar belongs to the IG broker, so its banner can be seen just below the event list. It is easy to ignore the banner.
  • Dukascopy — the calendar is on the broker's website, so there are no ads at all.
  • Forex Factory — has a sliding side banner and a bottom banner. The former can be somewhat distracting.
  • Econoday — doesn't show any ads.
  • FXStreet — opens with a full-screen ad that you have to close to continue using the site. Features a banner at the top of the calendar, a full-page background banner, a pop-up bottom banner, and a sliding sidebar with a table of brokers' spreads. The ads are very distracting.
  • Investing.com — has a banner above the calendar, multiple normal right-side banners, and a list of brokers below the calendar.
  • MQL5.com — features one top banner. It is easily ignored.
  • Myfxbook — has an interstitial ad, a top banner, and a list of brokers below the calendar. It can also show a pop-up bottom banner but seems to do so only when your browser window is not maximized.
  • TeleTrader.com — has no ads on the calendar page.
  • Trading Economics — has no ads to distract you.

Exporting and printing

Printing calendar events allows traders to work on their trading plan away from the keyboard, which can be useful sometimes. Exporting to printer-friendly formats or spreadsheets lets further processing of the economic calendar data. Unfortunately, not all calendars allow such manipulations.

  • BabyPips.com — none.
  • DailyFX — lets you print out the calendar.
  • Dukascopy — none.
  • Econoday — none.
  • Forex Factory — lets you export the current week as ICS, CSV, JSON, and XML.
  • FXStreet — allows exporting the calendar in CSV and ICS format. You can first apply filters and the date range, and the export function will respect those settings.
  • Investing.com — has a printer-friendly view of its economic calendar. Unfortunately, the function has some serious glitches. Users also report being able to manipulate calendar data through the calendar's embedding feature.
  • MQL5.com — doesn't allow exporting or printing but allows accessing the calendar events via its MetaTrader 5 platform.
  • Myfxbook — lets you export your filtered view in CSV and XML formats.
  • TeleTrader.com — none.
  • Trading Economics — offers data export and API access to paid subscribers only.

Summary

Use BabyPips.com if:

  • You are looking for a simple calendar with basic features.
  • You are looking for a calendar that doesn't look congested and flashy.
  • You don't need an event-type filter.
  • Printing or exporting the macroeconomic data is not your priority.
  • You can read and understand English very well.

Use DailyFX if:

  • You would use a keyword search to find events.
  • You want distraction-free browsing with a sleek modern interface.
  • You often need to look back to a particular date to check past events.
  • You wish to quickly know the number of scheduled announcements for a day.
  • You don't need to read about news events in non-English languages.

Use Dukascopy if:

  • You wish to know the frequency of an announcement.
  • You wish to view the historic chart with actual and forecast values.
  • You aren't interested in the revised values.
  • You don't want to print or export the calendar.
  • You are not bothered by a rather lackluster mobile version of the calendar.
  • You don't mind a long loading time.
  • You are fine with having only an English version of the calendar.

Use Econoday if:

  • You want the best forecast accuracy.
  • You want a simple, distraction-free calendar.
  • You wish to have a detailed description of events.
  • You would like to monitor only the most important events.
  • You want a calendar that loads really fast.
  • You don't want to see any ads.
  • You don't want to print or export the calendar.
  • You aren't looking for an auto-update feature.
  • You want to go through hell to browse past year's events.
  • English version of the calendar is the only version you need.

Use Forex Factory if:

  • You want a detailed explanation of the indicators.
  • You regularly use historic graphs/data.
  • You are looking for a well-organized and clean-looking calendar.
  • You prefer accurate and timely reporting with clear revision marking and annotation.
  • You need a fast-loading calculator.
  • You would like to have various options for exporting the calendar.
  • You can read and understand English very well.
  • You don't want to stare at a long list of events.

Use FXStreet if:

  • You need the auto-update feature.
  • You want to filter events simultaneously with keywords and custom dates.
  • You prefer an in-depth study of the economic data.
  • You want to export the calendar to CSV or ICS.
  • You want to use event notifications.
  • You don't mind an abundance of ads.

Use Investing.com if:

  • You prefer detailed explanations.
  • You wish the calendar page to auto-update and show the latest values.
  • You want to be able to search events by keyword.
  • You have a need for a calendar of market holidays in a lot of countries.
  • You aren't bothered by too many ads occupying the calendar page.
  • You don't mind waiting for the calendar to load.

Use MQL5.com if:

  • You prefer an uncongested lean calendar.
  • You wish the calendar page to auto-update and show the latest values.
  • You want nice historic charts of the macroeconomic indicators' values.
  • You like browsing your calendar on mobile.
  • You want to be able to load calendar data via MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5 platform.
  • You don't use event notifications.
  • You aren't bothered by poor forecast accuracy.

Use Myfxbook if:

  • You want to set custom date ranges easily.
  • You want to export the calendar in CSV or XML formats.
  • You want to get email notifications of upcoming announcements.
  • You want your calendar to load really fast.
  • You don't need historic charts of past indicator values.

Use TeleTrader.com if:

  • You wish to study data based on specific events, such as central bank interest rates.
  • You wish to quickly know the number of scheduled announcements for a day.
  • You prefer an ad-free experience.
  • You aren't particular about printing or exporting the calendar.
  • You are OK with a small number of languages the calendar is available in.
  • The poorly done mobile web version and mediocre mobile app experience don't bother you.

Use Trading Economics if:

  • You wish to monitor nearly all the economic data of a country.
  • You want to compare two events on the chart.
  • You want the event values to auto-update.
  • You do not want any ads to bother you.
  • You prefer to use a calendar with a fast loading speed.
  • You don't mind registering to create a watch list and portfolio and for real-time economic news.

That is all for our 2023 review of the top economic calendars. The research will help you in choosing the right Forex calendar for your analytical needs. Of course, you can always use not just one but several calendars that fit your requirements.

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