its smart to remove positions before nfp. I removed my shorts, took 1 tick. The environment looks bleak. Once NFP comes out, I have buy stops at 1433, sell stops at 1417.
If buy stops get hit first, and price moves below 1433, the position is exited, and shorts are placed. If price chops in the 1433 range within 1 point, I have a stop loss on the amount of chop. And will wait till 15:30 to trade again or if price moves out of chop zone.
Those with tradestation or any autotrade platform, I'll describe it more through a PM. Its a crucial technique I use.