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Viewing News

The News window enables you to view the most up-to-date stories available from Dow Jones news and all major news wires. This kind of information is vital to all investors. Access to this information is free to ScottradeELITE customers. View Graphic View Graphic

To view news:

On the ScottradeELITE main toolbar, click the News button. The News window appears. Headlines affecting the market scroll up the window. Any headline associated with a symbol in your layout appears in yellow. View Graphic View Graphic

To view the full news story:

To view the detailed news story, click the headline in the Streaming News window. The complete story displays below the News Headlines.

Filtering News Headline Lists

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The options in the News window enable you to refine the list of the news headlines.

Filtering News Feeds

By default, Dow Jones is the news feed that shows the headlines. To view a different news feed, select a news feed from the Source list. View Graphic View Graphic

The following news feeds are available:

  • Dow Jones
  • Comtex
  • Comtex General
  • Comtex International
  • Comtex Public
  • Comtex Sports
  • Comtex Weather
  • All Sources

The News Tool Bar Buttons

Setting up News Alerts

You can view news alerts in pop-up windows. You can enable this feature using Alerts Manager. Click the Alerts button from the main toolbar, and then click Alerts Manager. View Graphic View Graphic


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