News services via IB ?

Discussion in 'Interactive Brokers' started by Q.E.D., May 8, 2023.

  1. Q.E.D.

    Q.E.D.

    Any suggestions for a news service that IB offers, either for free, or monthly charge?

    I am looking for mostly timely macro economic news, as I mostly trade futures, EFTs, rarely individual stocks, although sometimes major corp events / earnings will impact the entire market.

    "Timely" refers to U.S. & foreign reports, press conferences, etc.

    CNBC is always 1 - 3 minutes behind, & poor coverage as well.

    Dow Jones ?
    Bloomberg?

    For many years I used the audio service from Trade The News (TNN) but hard to justify the current I think $350 monthly fee (pretty much 24/5 days) for that, especially since I do not use all the individual stock info.
     
  2. huab1992

    huab1992

    1) I'm looking for ratings news (credit ratings, price target change and upgrades/downgrades), does reuters news feed cover this type of news?
    2) Are their news only from reuters sources or they include news from other sources (like MTnewswire, globenewswire,PR, benzinga, dowjones, CFRA...etc) ?
     
  3. ZBZB

    ZBZB

    Dow Jones news is avaialble from esignal from $155 a month on a yearly contract.
     
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  4. Q.E.D.

    Q.E.D.

    I've tried about 6 different FREE news services via IB. "Hot News,"
    "Economic News,"
    "Company News"
    Reuters Headlines
    Dow Jones

    Basically, the above coverage is good.

    HOWEVER, in the approx 5 days I've used above, the various pages are NOT working, more than 50% of the time.

    Incredible that IB is unable to maintain these services.

    I will go with a separate, probably browser, rather than audio real-time news service.
     
  5. Do you mean very slow to update (minutes) or not updating al all?
     
  6. Q.E.D.

    Q.E.D.

    Not updating at all. When updating, they are fast, & I would be satisfied to use for macro trading -- i.e., I mostly trade SP futures & options, rarely individual stocks. But based on a week, it is not dependable.