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Frequently Asked Questions

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What is a real-time financial news terminal?

A financial news terminal aggregates breaking market-moving news from many institutional sources into a single live feed. Unlike a generic news reader, a trading terminal is tuned for speed and signal density — it surfaces what actually moves prices, classifies impact, and integrates with related tools like the economic calendar and live market data.

Trading News Terminal aggregates 300+ institutional sources, classifies each headline by impact and asset, and delivers updates in real time to the browser, mobile (PWA) and Telegram.

What is an economic calendar and why does it matter?

An economic calendar is a scheduled list of upcoming macroeconomic data releases (CPI, NFP, GDP, central bank decisions, etc.) and events. Each entry shows the date/time, country, forecast and previous reading, then the actual figure once published.

It matters because these releases routinely cause the largest intraday moves in FX, equities and bonds. Traders use the calendar to manage exposure around volatile events, prepare directional thesis ahead of releases, and react when the actual prints beat or miss consensus.

What does HIGH, MEDIUM and LOW impact news mean?

Impact tagging classifies how much a piece of news historically moves markets. HIGH = top-tier events that consistently cause large moves (Fed/ECB rate decisions, NFP, CPI, GDP, geopolitical shocks). MEDIUM = secondary releases that move markets in specific contexts (PMI, retail sales, earnings of major caps). LOW = minor data or context news with limited price impact.

Filtering by HIGH-only is a common workflow for active traders who only want signal, not noise.

How fast does news need to be for active trading?

It depends on your timeframe. Scalpers (M1–M5) need sub-second latency — a 10-second delay on a Fed surprise can be the difference between catching a 20-pip move and missing it entirely. Day traders (15m–1h) can usually work with a few seconds of delay. Swing/position traders (4h+) are not latency-sensitive — context matters more than speed.

The retail-vs-institutional gap: Bloomberg Terminal and direct wire services deliver in under 1 second; quality retail terminals like Trading News Terminal sit in the 1–3 second range; free tools often have minutes of delay.

What is a news squawk box?

A squawk is a hands-free voice-reading service that announces breaking headlines aloud as they arrive — historically the audio system used on professional trading floors so traders could keep their eyes on charts while still hearing news. Modern retail equivalents use text-to-speech to read headlines in real time.

Squawk lets you stay focused on price action while still catching market-moving headlines — useful for traders who watch charts full-screen.

How do central bank announcements affect markets?

Central banks (Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ) set short-term interest rates which directly drive currency strength, bond yields and equity valuations. A more hawkish (rate-hiking) stance typically strengthens that currency, raises bond yields and pressures equities. A more dovish (rate-cutting) stance does the opposite.

Beyond the rate decision itself, traders parse the accompanying statement, press conference and dot-plot for forward guidance — that's often where the real move happens.

What's the difference between primary sources, wire services and aggregators?

Primary sources publish original content (Fed, ECB, Treasury, regulatory filings, company press releases). Wire services (Reuters, Bloomberg, AP) employ journalists to break and verify news — these tend to be the fastest and most authoritative. Aggregators consolidate multiple sources into a unified feed and add value through filtering, classification, translation or integration with other tools.

For active traders, a good workflow combines a wire service or aggregator (for breadth and speed) with direct primary sources (for the actual statement text).

How do macro news affect crypto compared to traditional markets?

Crypto has become increasingly correlated with risk assets — Bitcoin and major altcoins typically move with equities on macro shocks (Fed hawkishness pressures both, dovish surprises help both). The correlation is strongest during high-volatility events.

Crypto-specific news (regulation, ETF flows, large on-chain moves) creates additional moves that don't affect traditional markets. Watching both macro and crypto-native flow is required for crypto traders.

What's the difference between Basic and Pro?

Basic (free): HIGH-impact news feed, 24/7 multi-source aggregation, asset filters, economic calendar in 6 languages, Telegram DM alerts.

Pro (€40/month): everything in Basic plus sub-second real-time feed, AI Daily Playbook (3–5 educational scenarios with current price grounding), AI directional arrows on every headline (USD ▲ / EUR ▼), 1-click asset filter with deep history (2,000 results vs 500), 7 embedded live financial TV channels, Live Squawk (hands-free voice reading), web push notifications.

How does the 7-day Pro trial work?

When you start the trial, you get full Pro access for 7 days. Card details are required upfront so the subscription auto-converts to paid on Day 7. If you cancel before Day 7 from your billing settings, you won't be charged.

To cancel: open the terminal → click your name (top right) → Manage Subscription → Cancel.

How do I cancel my Pro subscription?

Click your name in the top-right corner → "Manage Subscription" → the Stripe customer portal opens → "Cancel subscription". Pro access continues until the end of your current billing period, then auto-downgrades to Basic.

Can I switch between monthly and annual Pro?

Yes. From the billing settings you can switch monthly (€40/mo) ↔ annual (€360/yr — saves €120/year vs monthly). Stripe applies a proration credit automatically for any unused days on the previous plan.

Do you offer refunds?

The 7-day Pro trial is the refund mechanism — cancel within 7 days at no cost. For longer billing cycles, refunds are evaluated case-by-case. Email [email protected] with your specific situation.

What is the AI Daily Playbook?

An educational scenario generator that runs 3 times per day (early Europe, US open, late US). For each major asset (USD, EUR, GOLD, SPX, BTC, oil), it produces 3–5 if-this-then-that scenarios grounded on the current price + recent news flow.

The Playbook is educational only — not financial advice. Setups are framed as learning material to help you think about market structure, not as trade signals.

What is the 1-Click Asset Filter?

Every headline shows asset chips (USD, EUR, GOLD, SPX, BTC, etc.) on the right side. Click any chip and the feed filters to only show news affecting that asset. Click the same chip again to remove the filter.

On Pro, the filter triggers a deep-history fetch (2,000 results) so you see weeks of context, not just today. Basic users see the last 500 cached items.

What are the AI directional arrows (USD ▲ / EUR ▼)?

For every headline with HIGH or MEDIUM impact, an AI model tags which assets are affected and the direction (▲ bullish / ▼ bearish). For example, "Fed signals more aggressive rate path" might show USD ▲ / SPX ▼ / GOLD ▼.

This is a tagging layer — not a recommendation. Use it as a quick filter to focus on headlines that move your assets.

What is Live Squawk?

Hands-free voice reading of every breaking headline the moment it arrives — like a professional trading desk squawk. Pro-only. Toggle from the squawk button in the header. Voice + speed + asset filter are configurable.

How fast is the news feed?

Pro users: sub-second delivery on premium wire sources. Average latency 1–3 seconds from source publication.

Basic users: several-minute delay on the feed.

What sources do you aggregate?

300+ institutional sources covering global wire services, regulatory filings, central bank announcements, financial press, equity-focused feeds and crypto news.

Every headline inside the terminal shows source attribution so you can verify provenance per item.

What does the "TNT Wire" label mean on Pro?

"TNT Wire" is the badge shown on Pro accounts for headlines arriving through our lowest-latency real-time delivery path — public newswire-style channels we aggregate and surface sub-second. It indicates the delivery channel, not proprietary TNT-authored content.

The original publisher of each individual headline remains traceable internally. Pro users can request the upstream channel name for any specific item by contacting support.

What languages does the Economic Calendar support?

EN · PT · ES · FR · DE · IT. 150+ macro indicators translated by hand (not machine-translated). Switch language from the EN/PT/ES/FR/DE/IT toggle in the header.

How do I enable Telegram DM alerts?

Open the sidebar → "Connect Telegram" → click the link → press Start in the Telegram bot. Your alerts are now linked. Configure which keywords / assets / impact levels to receive in the Alerts settings.

Pro gets up to 250 DMs/day. Basic gets HIGH-impact alerts with a several-minute delay.

How do I enable web push notifications?

Click the bell icon in the header → "Enable push". Your browser will ask for permission. Once granted, you receive browser notifications even when the tab is closed. Works on iOS (16.4+) when added to home screen as PWA. Pro-only feature.

Why am I not receiving Telegram alerts?

Check: (1) your Telegram bot is connected (sidebar → "Connect Telegram"); (2) your alert keywords match recent headlines; (3) you haven't muted the bot in Telegram; (4) you're not on Basic with all impact levels disabled.

If still not working, email [email protected] with your account email — we'll diagnose.

How do I change my password?

Log out. On the login page click "Forgot password". Enter your email — you'll receive a reset link valid for 1 hour.

I'm not receiving the verification email after signup.

Check spam/promotions folder. The email is from [email protected]. If it's not there after 5 minutes: log in (the verification flow allows a fresh resend) or email [email protected].

The terminal shows "Connecting…" and never loads. What do I do?

Try: (1) hard refresh — Cmd+Shift+R (Mac) / Ctrl+Shift+R (Win); (2) clear cache for tradingnewsterminal.com; (3) check the status banner at the top of the page — if it's red/yellow, we're aware and working on it.

Still stuck after 5 minutes? Email us — include your browser + OS.

Does it work on mobile?

Yes. The terminal is fully responsive. For the best experience on iOS, open app.tradingnewsterminal.com in Safari → Share → Add to Home Screen. This installs it as a PWA with full-screen mode + push notifications.

Is my data private?

We don't sell, share or rent user data. Your email, name and trading preferences are stored only for your own use. Payment data is handled by Stripe (PCI-compliant) — we never see your card details. Read more in our Privacy Policy.

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