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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <Platforms>x64</Platforms>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\TuringTrader.Simulator\TuringTrader.Simulator.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/More/FxMacroDataCalendar/Program.cs b/More/FxMacroDataCalendar/Program.cs
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+//==============================================================================
+// Project:     TuringTrader, FXMacroData calendar sample
+// Name:        Program.cs
+// Description: Sample strategy using FXMacroData macro-event blackout dates
+//==============================================================================
+
+#region libraries
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using TuringTrader.SimulatorV2;
+using TuringTrader.SimulatorV2.Indicators;
+#endregion
+
+namespace FxMacroDataCalendar
+{
+    internal sealed class MacroBlackoutSample : Algorithm
+    {
+        private const string AssetName = "$SPX";
+        private const string CalendarCurrency = "USD";
+        private const int FastTrendDays = 50;
+        private const int SlowTrendDays = 200;
+        private const string MarketTimeZoneId = "Eastern Standard Time";
+        private static readonly DateTime DefaultStartDate = DateTimeOffset
+            .Parse("2007-01-01T16:00:00-05:00", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
+            .DateTime;
+
+        private readonly ReleaseCalendarClient _calendarClient = new ReleaseCalendarClient();
+        private readonly TimeZoneInfo _marketTimeZone = FindMarketTimeZone();
+        private HashSet<DateTime> _blackoutDates = new HashSet<DateTime>();
+
+        public override string Name => "FXMacroData Macro Blackout Sample";
+
+        public override void Run()
+        {
+            StartDate = StartDate ?? DefaultStartDate;
+            EndDate = EndDate ?? TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(DateTimeOffset.UtcNow, _marketTimeZone)
+                .Date
+                .AddHours(16);
+            WarmupPeriod = TimeSpan.FromDays(365);
+
+            _blackoutDates = new HashSet<DateTime>(
+                _calendarClient.TopTierBlackoutDates(CalendarCurrency, this, _marketTimeZone));
+
+            SimLoop(() =>
+            {
+                var asset = Asset(AssetName);
+                var trendSignal = asset.Close.EMA(FastTrendDays)[0] > asset.Close.EMA(SlowTrendDays)[0];
+                var targetWeight = trendSignal ? 1.0 : 0.0;
+
+                if (IsMacroBlackout(SimDate))
+                    targetWeight = 0.0;
+
+                if (Math.Abs(asset.Position - targetWeight) > 0.05)
+                    asset.Allocate(targetWeight, OrderType.openNextBar);
+
+                if (!IsOptimizing)
+                {
+                    Plotter.SelectChart(Name, "Date");
+                    Plotter.SetX(SimDate);
+                    Plotter.Plot(Name, NetAssetValue);
+                    Plotter.Plot(AssetName, asset.Close[0]);
+                    Plotter.Plot("Macro blackout", IsMacroBlackout(SimDate) ? 1.0 : 0.0);
+                }
+            });
+
+            if (!IsOptimizing)
+            {
+                Plotter.AddTargetAllocation();
+                Plotter.AddHistoricalAllocations();
+                Plotter.AddTradeLog();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private bool IsMacroBlackout(DateTime simDate)
+        {
+            return _blackoutDates.Contains(simDate.Date);
+        }
+
+        private static TimeZoneInfo FindMarketTimeZone()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById(MarketTimeZoneId);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (ex is TimeZoneNotFoundException || ex is InvalidTimeZoneException)
+            {
+                return TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById("America/New_York");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal sealed class ReleaseCalendarClient
+    {
+        private const string AnnouncementsUrl = "https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/";
+        private const string CalendarUrl = "https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/calendar/";
+        private static readonly TimeSpan RequestTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
+        private static readonly string[] HistoricalTopTierIndicators =
+        {
+            "employment", "non_farm_payrolls", "unemployment", "inflation", "inflation_mom",
+            "core_inflation", "core_inflation_mom", "pce", "core_pce", "gdp", "retail_sales", "policy_rate",
+        };
+
+        public IReadOnlyList<DateTime> TopTierBlackoutDates(
+            string currency,
+            Algorithm parentAlgorithm,
+            TimeZoneInfo marketTimeZone)
+        {
+            if (parentAlgorithm.StartDate == null || parentAlgorithm.EndDate == null)
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("Set StartDate and EndDate before loading FXMacroData calendar events.");
+
+            var startDate = (DateTime)parentAlgorithm.StartDate;
+            var endDate = (DateTime)parentAlgorithm.EndDate;
+            var today = DateTime.UtcNow.Date;
+            var calendarEvents = new List<CalendarEvent>();
+
+            if (startDate.Date < today)
+                calendarEvents.AddRange(FetchHistoricalAnnouncements(currency, startDate, endDate < today ? endDate : today));
+            if (endDate.Date >= today)
+                calendarEvents.AddRange(FetchCalendar(currency, startDate > today ? startDate : today, endDate)
+                    .Where(IsTopTier));
+
+            return calendarEvents
+                .Select(item => LocalEventDate(item, marketTimeZone))
+                .Where(date => date != DateTime.MinValue)
+                .Distinct()
+                .OrderBy(date => date)
+                .ToArray();
+        }
+
+        private static IReadOnlyList<CalendarEvent> FetchCalendar(string currency, DateTime startDate, DateTime endDate)
+        {
+            var url = CalendarUrl
+                + Uri.EscapeDataString(currency.ToUpperInvariant())
+                + "?start_date="
+                + Uri.EscapeDataString(startDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
+                + "&end_date="
+                + Uri.EscapeDataString(endDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+
+            using var client = new HttpClient { Timeout = RequestTimeout };
+            var json = client.GetStringAsync(url).Result;
+            var payload = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<CalendarResponse>(json);
+            return payload?.Data ?? new List<CalendarEvent>();
+        }
+
+        private static IReadOnlyList<CalendarEvent> FetchHistoricalAnnouncements(
+            string currency,
+            DateTime startDate,
+            DateTime endDate)
+        {
+            var events = new List<CalendarEvent>();
+            using var client = new HttpClient { Timeout = RequestTimeout };
+
+            foreach (var indicator in HistoricalTopTierIndicators)
+            {
+                var offset = 0;
+                while (true)
+                {
+                    var url = AnnouncementsUrl
+                        + Uri.EscapeDataString(currency.ToUpperInvariant())
+                        + "/"
+                        + Uri.EscapeDataString(indicator)
+                        + "?start_date="
+                        + Uri.EscapeDataString(startDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
+                        + "&end_date="
+                        + Uri.EscapeDataString(endDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
+                        + "&limit=100&offset="
+                        + offset.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+                    using var response = client.GetAsync(url).Result;
+                    if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
+                        break;
+                    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+                    var payload = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AnnouncementResponse>(response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);
+                    var rows = payload?.Data ?? new List<CalendarEvent>();
+                    events.AddRange(rows);
+
+                    if (payload?.Pagination?.HasMore != true || rows.Count == 0)
+                        break;
+                    offset += rows.Count;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return events;
+        }
+
+        private static bool IsTopTier(CalendarEvent item)
+        {
+            return item.TopTierForCurrency || item.MarketTier == 1;
+        }
+
+        private static DateTime LocalEventDate(CalendarEvent item, TimeZoneInfo marketTimeZone)
+        {
+            if (item.AnnouncementDatetime is long unixTimestamp)
+                return TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(DateTimeOffset.FromUnixTimeSeconds(unixTimestamp), marketTimeZone).Date;
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(item.AnnouncementDatetimeUtc)
+                && DateTimeOffset.TryParse(
+                    item.AnnouncementDatetimeUtc,
+                    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
+                    DateTimeStyles.AssumeUniversal | DateTimeStyles.AdjustToUniversal,
+                    out var utcTimestamp))
+            {
+                return TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(utcTimestamp, marketTimeZone).Date;
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(item.Date)
+                && DateTime.TryParse(
+                    item.Date,
+                    CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
+                    DateTimeStyles.AssumeLocal,
+                    out var date))
+            {
+                return date.Date;
+            }
+
+            return DateTime.MinValue;
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal sealed class CalendarResponse
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("data")]
+        public List<CalendarEvent> Data { get; set; } = new List<CalendarEvent>();
+    }
+
+    internal sealed class AnnouncementResponse
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("data")]
+        public List<CalendarEvent> Data { get; set; } = new List<CalendarEvent>();
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("pagination")]
+        public Pagination Pagination { get; set; } = new Pagination();
+    }
+
+    internal sealed class Pagination
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("has_more")]
+        public bool HasMore { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    internal sealed class CalendarEvent
+    {
+        [JsonPropertyName("name")]
+        public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("date")]
+        public string Date { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("announcement_datetime_utc")]
+        public string AnnouncementDatetimeUtc { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("announcement_datetime")]
+        public long? AnnouncementDatetime { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("market_tier")]
+        public int MarketTier { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonPropertyName("top_tier_for_currency")]
+        public bool TopTierForCurrency { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    internal static class Program
+    {
+        private static void Main()
+        {
+            var algo = new MacroBlackoutSample();
+            algo.Run();
+
+            Console.WriteLine(
+                "{0}: {1} bars, {2} trades.",
+                algo.Name,
+                algo.EquityCurve.Count,
+                algo.Account.TradeLog.Count);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+//==============================================================================
+// end of file