The News Plug-In is a brand new feature on the
FX Trading Station that provides real time news
and analysis from Thomson Financial’s IFR
Markets. News updates itself with the latest news
every time the user logs in. It continues to stream
news on a regular basis, updating in real time.
Clients can store news for up to 10 days or they
can choose to store it for a shorter period of
time to prevent the Plug-In from becoming too
cluttered. News gives clients vital FX information
that is both easy to access and to understand.
Menu
Consists of
three menu items: System, News, and Help
System
• Options – opens
“Options” dialog box. This box allows
the user to view the News in either a vertical
or horizontal format. Also allows user the time
parameter for how long news data is to be saved.
• Exit – exits the
application
News
• Go Back – returns
to the previously selected item in the Headlines
area.
• Save – opens “Save
As” dialog box and allows saving Contents
area to an HTML file.
• Print – opens “Printer”
dialog box and allows printing of Contents area.
Help
• Index – opens application
help file
• Terms and Conditions –
opens “Terms and Conditions” box
• About – opens
“About” box
Toolbar:
Consists of buttons that duplicate
the “News” submenu functions.
Headlines Area:
Contains a tree of news, available
for reading. News is filtered into related subfolders.
Squawk Box
24-hour scrolling headlines with
all the latest forex news and commentary.
Orders Board
This is a whispers and rumors
section on what big global foreign exchange
customers (major hedge funds and fortune 500
companies) are buying and selling, and where
they are placing their stops, etc.
Daily Features
The daily features section includes
focused reports for the opening of each of the
trading sessions: North America, Europe and
Asia.
Tech Levels and Analysis
This includes specific support
and resistance levels in 13 currency pairs with
accompanying commentary.
Trading Outlook Pages
Trading outlook offers commentary
on 7 specific currencies (including Yen, Euro,
Swiss Franc, and the British Pound), and their
movements versus other major currencies.
Options
This comprehensive options section
includes market commentary, with trading activity,
trading levels, and interests that are driving
the market.
Economic/Central Banks
A comprehensive global calendar
of all economic numbers that are coming out
around the world.
The content is combined into different groups
by singular topics. Every tree item (group or
news) has both a “Name” and “Last
change” heading. The “Name”
heading shows the name of the group or headline
of news. The “Last change” heading
shows the date and time (GMT) of the news.
If the group has subgroups or
news, it has a “plus” sign near
the icon and can be opened simply by clicking
on it. Empty groups have no signs near the icon
and thus cannot be opened. When a group is opened
all of its news and subgroups are shown. Subgroups
can also have sub-items. Opened groups have
“minus” signs near the icon. Clicking
the mouse on the “minus” sign closes
the opened groups.
Unread news is bold. When
the news is read, the font changes to a regular
font. A “folder” icon can identify
groups. The “notes” icon can identify
news. News can be static or dynamic. A “one
note” icon can identify static news and
a “two note” icon can identify dynamic
news. Static news is a simple news update that
is added to the group while dynamic news is
usually a certain kind of analysis that overwrites
the previous version.
Contents Area
The content area contains
the news when an article is selected and the list
of group items when a folder is selected.This
area displays the contents of groups or news depending
on the item selected in the Headlines area. When
the selected item is changed, the contents area
is automatically changed. When a list of group
items is shown, every item is shown as a reference.
The user can move to the referenced item by clicking
on it. The item will then be selected in the Headlines
area and its contents will be shown in the Contents
area.
Group “Special Studies”
is selected in Headlines area.
News can also be referenced to other news, which
can be accessed by clicking on that link. Referred
news will be shown in the Contents area. With
the help of the “Go Back” command,
the user can return to the previously selected
item, which will automatically be shown in the
Contents area.
News
is selected in “Headlines” area.
Status Bar:
Contains information on the connection,
current date, and time.
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News Software User Guide