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| license: mit |
| language: |
| - en |
| task_categories: |
| - time-series-forecasting |
| - tabular-classification |
| - tabular-regression |
| tags: |
| - forex |
| - economic-calendar |
| - financial-data |
| - macro-economics |
| - trading-strategy |
| - time-series |
| - market-events |
| - selenium |
| - pandas |
| - scraper |
| pretty_name: Forex Factory Economic Calendar (2007–2025) |
| size_categories: |
| - 10K<n<100K |
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| |
| # 📅 Forex Factory Economic Calendar Dataset (2007-01-01 to 2025-04-07) |
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| This dataset contains a comprehensive archive of macroeconomic calendar events sourced from [Forex Factory](https://www.forexfactory.com/calendar), spanning from **January 1, 2007** to **April 7, 2025**. |
| Each row captures a specific event with detailed metadata including currency, event type, market impact level, reported values, and descriptive context. |
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| ## 📦 Dataset Summary |
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| - **Total timespan:** 2007-01-01 → 2025-04-07 |
| - **Format:** CSV (UTF-8) |
| - **Timezone:** Asia/Tehran |
| - **Detailed fields included** |
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| ## 🧾 Columns |
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| | Column | Description | |
| |-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |
| | `DateTime` | Date and time of the event in ISO 8601 format | |
| | `Currency` | Currency affected by the event (e.g., USD, EUR, GBP) | |
| | `Impact` | Impact level: Low, Medium, or High Impact Expected | |
| | `Event` | Name of the economic event | |
| | `Actual` | Reported value of the indicator (if available) | |
| | `Forecast` | Forecasted value | |
| | `Previous` | Previously reported value | |
| | `Detail` | Rich description including source, frequency, and why it matters to traders | |
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| ## 🔍 Example |
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| ```csv |
| 2007-01-01T04:30:00+03:30,CNY,High Impact Expected,Manufacturing PMI,54.8,,55.3,"Source: CFLP (latest release) | Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers..." |
| ``` |
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| ## 💼 Use Cases |
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| - Financial time series forecasting |
| - Event-driven backtesting in algorithmic trading |
| - Economic policy impact analysis |
| - Macro indicators modeling for global trends |
| - Educational purposes in finance and economics |
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| ## ⚙️ How It Was Built |
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| The data was collected using a custom Python scraper using: |
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| - [Selenium](https://pypi.org/project/selenium/) (via `undetected-chromedriver`) |
| - [pandas](https://pandas.pydata.org/) for CSV export and manipulation |
| - Incremental scraping and detailed event parsing |
| - Timezone-aware timestamping |
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| GitHub repository (scraper code): [🔗 Link to repository](https://github.com/ehsanrs2/forexfactory-scraper) |
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| ## 🛡 Disclaimer |
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| This dataset is intended for **educational and research purposes only**. |
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| Data was collected from [Forex Factory](https://www.forexfactory.com/) using publicly accessible web content. |
| This project is **not affiliated, endorsed, or sponsored by Forex Factory** in any way. |
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| Please respect [Forex Factory’s Terms of Use](https://www.forexfactory.com/notices). Do not use this dataset for commercial purposes or redistribution without checking the original source's policies. |
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| ## 📚 Citation |
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| If you use this dataset in your work, please cite it as: |
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|
| ``` |
| @misc{forexcalendar2025, |
| title={Forex Factory Economic Calendar Dataset (2007–2025)}, |
| author={Ehsan}, |
| year={2025}, |
| howpublished={\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/yourusername/forex-factory-calendar}}, |
| note={Accessed: YYYY-MM-DD} |
| } |
| ``` |
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| ## 🏷 Tags |
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| `forex` `financial-data` `economic-calendar` `macro-economics` |
| `time-series` `trading-strategy` `pandas` `selenium` `market-events` |
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| ``` |
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