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Anyone done this before? Need help!

Hello fellow readers, I have developed my own algorithmic trading strategy. The strategy is basically this. It constantly scans the websites for certain keywords I have researched. I.e, "firm a buys firm b" " firm a acquires firm b" ...., and then make a trade on this immediately. However, because news releases are always published outside regular trading hours, sometimes even outside pre market and after market hours, my program is not able to make a trade even though it has scanned the news due to no bid and ask or just zero volume. Any ideas on how to make this work ? Please feel free to recommend any new ideas. Thanks a lot!