I don't want to sound too opinionated here. But, depended on your trading style determines just how dangerous trading the NFP can be. If you are the type of trader that uses tight stops, then there is no way you want to trade the NFP. If you're like me, and don't care about stops (That's my style, not saying it is right for everyone.), then the NFP can be a snoozer. My LT--MT platform shot up around 600 additional pips during the 1st 10 minutes, and now it has given it all back---zzzz.
News events only create spikes in the markets, but price action is confined to the technical elements. As an example, news can do nothing about the candle for the EUR/USD entering the daily cloud, which, as a rule, and if it closes the day above 1.2400, then price is headed to circa 1.2900.
I've also been following the GBP/AUD of late. The news could do nothing to the pair as it still has been confined around the YP at 1.8005. Draw a hrizontal line at that point, and the last 2 days looks like it has been hanging out the laundry. What GBP/AUD is trying to make a decision on is, "Should I make the minimum bounce to 1.7409, or tease these guys and head to 1.8373.
Just so you know I haven't lost it, I do not sit around all day and talk to the candles.