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Blackout Periods: Protecting Your Strategy From Bad Trading Windows

Certain windows — major news releases, low-liquidity overnight sessions, market open — tend to produce erratic price action most strategies aren't designed for.

What a Blackout Period Does

A blackout period is a configurable window during which your strategy will not open new positions, regardless of signals.

Common Reasons to Use One

Major economic releases, market open volatility, low-liquidity overnight sessions, and firm-specific restricted windows.

Why This Matters More With Automation

A manual trader instinctively avoids trading before major news. An automated bot has no such instinct unless explicitly told.

Xiznit Bot supports configurable blackout periods per strategy.

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