diff --git a/openbb_terminal/economy/economy_controller.py b/openbb_terminal/economy/economy_controller.py
index cc325d3545a2..533cecdd0e01 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/economy/economy_controller.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/economy/economy_controller.py
@@ -679,6 +679,10 @@ def call_fred(self, other_args: List[str]):
             dest="parameter",
             default="",
             help="Series ID of the Macro Economic data from FRED",
+            required="-h" not in other_args
+            and "--help" not in other_args
+            and "-q" not in other_args
+            and "--query" not in other_args,
         )
         parser.add_argument(
             "-s",
@@ -704,6 +708,10 @@ def call_fred(self, other_args: List[str]):
             nargs="+",
             dest="query",
             help="Query the FRED database to obtain Series IDs given the query search term.",
+            required="-h" not in other_args
+            and "--help" not in other_args
+            and "-p" not in other_args
+            and "--parameter" not in other_args,
         )
         if other_args and "-" not in other_args[0][0]:
             other_args.insert(0, "-p")
diff --git a/tests/openbb_terminal/economy/test_economy_controller.py b/tests/openbb_terminal/economy/test_economy_controller.py
index 1089fc01ee3a..930d8734bbdd 100644
--- a/tests/openbb_terminal/economy/test_economy_controller.py
+++ b/tests/openbb_terminal/economy/test_economy_controller.py
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ def test_call_fred_query(mocker):
     "other_args, mocked_func, called_args, called_kwargs",
     [
         (
-            ["--parameter=dgs2,dgs5"],
+            ["--parameter", "dgs2,dgs5"],
             "fred_view.display_fred_series",
             [],
             dict(
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ def test_call_fred_query(mocker):
             ),
         ),
         (
-            ["--parameter=DgS2,dgs5", "--export=csv", "--raw"],
+            ["--parameter", "DgS2,dgs5", "--export=csv", "--raw"],
             "fred_view.display_fred_series",
             [],
             dict(
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ def test_call_fred_query(mocker):
             ),
         ),
         (
-            ["--parameter=DgS2,dgs5", "--export=csv", "--start=2022-10-10"],
+            ["--parameter", "DgS2,dgs5", "--export=csv", "--start=2022-10-10"],
             "fred_view.display_fred_series",
             [],
             dict(