News

The program includes a news window where you can select and display news from several sources and filter the news in different ways. The news sources available varies from country to country. For more information about sources please contact your vendor. Each news source is continuously updated and can be presented in text-, html or other standard formats.

•To open the main news window select File | New - News. A list of countries with available sources appear. To pick from the list of sources, click on the + to open the list. Click on the sources you want displayed, then press OK. If you want to select all sources, click on the country node.

Select News Services

The News Window will display the latest news story on top. To read a news story, double-click on the news headline and a new window will appear.

News in HTML format can be displayed in a browser within the program or in an external browser (i.e Internet Explorer).

The top panel in the news window displays a drop-down list with chosen sources. To select one source only, mark the source in the list. To edit the list, click the Edit News Services button or right-click in the News Window and select ”Edit News Services”. Click on the sources you want displayed/removed and press OK.

Filter News

How to filter news stories: Click the button "Filter News..." or right click and choose "Filter News...". Set conditions to filter the stories so that only stories that satisfied the conditions you have set, are included in the list.

•Text in headline - type a filter expression string that must appear as part of the news headline matches will appear in bold

•Symbol tickers - type a list of comma separated symbol ticker codes that the news item must be linked to

•Classifications - Check one or more classifications that the news must belong to

•Geographical areas - Check one or more geographical areas the news must be tag with

Press the Advanced button to see more options. The following four options are controlled on and off using check boxes:

Finally you can filter by news source specific Category, Industry, Country and Topic codes. Most of the time, it is easier just to use the Classifications and Geographical areas filters above.

When the filter is active, details about it is included in the News window caption.

The text input lines in the filter and alerts dialogs accept filter expression strings. The supported rules are:

•Two words separated with a plus sign (+) or a pipe sign (|) is an OR filter (either word must occur).

•A word prefixed with a minus sign (-) is a NOT filter (the word must not occur).

Filter	Explanation
OIL	Field must contain "OIL"
OIL GAS	Field must contains "OIL" AND "GAS"
OIL+GAS	Field must contain "OIL" OR "GAS"
-OIL-GAS	Field must NOT contain neither "OIL" nor "GAS"

News alerts

Historical News

The News window has now been extended and lets you view news items from yesterday or any other day in the past.

In addition to the news source drop down, there is now a new date drop down where you select what date it should show news for. The default Today shows all today’s news and update with new news items in real time. The other options let you see yesterday’s news or any other date in the last week. You can select a specific date in the past with the Select date option. Note that historical news is not available from all news services.

In the news list window there are new available columns for Category, Country, Industry, Language and Topic. These columns are used in news feeds such as AFX and Dow Jones.

In addition there is a new FeedSymbols column that shows the explicit feed and symbol reference of each news item. It is mostly useful when tracking down issues with the news to symbol links.

The Time column has been extended to show seconds in addition to hours and minutes. This will give you more accurate timestamp information for the news (note that not all news feeds carry second resolution timestamps). The width of the time column in existing workspaces will be converted (widened) when loaded into the new version.

A headline in the news list that is longer than the width of the column now has an ellipsis (...) at the end of the line. If you hover the mouse over the text, a hint pops up with the complete headline.

When you read an integrated (not web-based) news article, the date and time of the news item will now be included with the name of the news vendor at the top of the news story window.

For some news feeds (such as Dow Jones and AFX), a (red) flash news item might have a body, and a normal (black) news item might only have a headline. The client now supports these states.

Flash News

Flash news are colored red in the Composite window, the Symbol window and in the My List page of the Market window.

Select background color

By right clicking on a column it is possible to select a unique background color per news source.

Edit columns

To edit columns displayed right-click on one of the existing columns and select Select Columns.

TIP: You can "filter" and set conditions for the news stories you want to display in the program.

TIP: You will be informed about any new news sources that become available in the program. To add new sources to the existing news window, select Edit News Services as described under Main News Window.

TIP: News on a quote can be displayed in the Trade Chart (today’s news) and History Chart (historical news) in the Quote Overview Window. Right-click and select ”Show News in Chart”.

TIP: To add a news alert on a quote right click in the Quote Window and select ”Add Alert” then ”Alert me if” and then ”News” .