Use the PPro8 News Reader to see news headlines for trending symbols.

1. On the PPro8 toolbar, click NewsReader.

2. The News Reader window appears with two options available, Symbol(s) and Continuous.

1. In the Symbol field, type a symbol.

2. Press Tab.

3. Type or click the symbol's market extension.

4. Press Enter.

5. A list of news headlines appears.

6. Click an embedded link to go to the source webpage of the news headline.

7. Double-click a headline to see detailed information in a new window, including:

• original message
• link to the source
• related companies
• originator information

New: you can now open as many Details windows as you like at the same time.

Note: you can copy and paste news message text from the News Reader to, for example, a translator app.

8. Right-click any news headline, select the Add Symbol To Symbol List menu item, and then select an existing symbol list to add the currently registered symbol to the list.

9. Read symbol news, be informed about market moves, and trade accordingly.

The autocomplete functionality is now available for the News Reader. To enable to this functionality, please take the following steps:

1. Right click on the News Reader and select “Customization Dialog.”

2. From the pop-up window, please “Symbols” from the right hand tabs, and then the “View” tab at the bottom of the window.

3. Select “Autocomplete Symbol”

4. Click “Apply” then “OK.”

1. In the Select a List menu, select a symbol list (lists can be created in Symbol List Editor).

2. The headlines for the symbol list appear.

1. At the top of the News Reader window, select the Continuous option.

2. The Continuous view appears, showing live streaming headlines as they come in through the feed.

3. You can double-click a row to see more information about each headline.

Powered by Refinitiv, offered exclusively by Real Trading, the News Reader now supports the powerful Regex Syntax in Column filter, which gives you unlimited potential to personalize your news feeds. Plus, we now offer 40 example filter rules that you can try today!

Because only about 40% of news stories on the web have a symbol associated with them, that means 60% percent or more of news stories never made it to Symbol view. Hence, it used to be that there were limited news available in News Reader.

Now, with the new Continuous View, traders can see 100% percent of the stories that matter to them. Every bit of news that the Refinitiv system generates gets passed right on through to the PPro8 client. We do not process or delete anything from the feed. It’s like having the entire Refinitiv news database at your fingertips. On the PPro8 client side, you can decide what you want to filter to assist you in your trading, and make your trading decisions right away.

In sum, the News Reader is a useful tool for managers, traders, office owners, and everyone who’s part of the Real Trading family. It loads news stories quickly; offers up-to-the-minute news in 32 languages; allows for copy-and-pasting into translator apps; and makes it easy to search and filter through the sea of news stories to find the most relevant information for your trading needs.

For more information, you can see the PPro8 News Reader Code Reference Guide: PDF or Excel.

Note: please ensure that you research your news sources well. Depending on the origin country, headlines will appear at different times of the day or week due to time zone and language differences.

Note: some headlines will appear faster or slower than others throughout the day, depending on the news agency or source, and whether or not there are many (or few) news-worthy stories that day.

Note: at this time, the copy-and-pasting function applies only to the news message contents, not the headline.

• AlrtID (Alert ID): a unique code to identify a given news alert
  • Note: the Alert ID stays the same if there are any updates or follow up headlines on a given news story
  • Examples:
    • nRTV4jnN6G
    • nBw8vX0yma
    • nL8N25B4TQ

• Date: the date of the news release
  • Examples:
    • 20200103 (for January 3, 2020)
    • 20200602 (for June 2, 2020)

• Prdc (Product Code): product codes identify which desktop news product(s) the news item belongs to; they are typically tailored to very specific audiences
  • Examples:
    • RBR, C, D, E, M, O, T, U
    • MTL, GRO, SOF, OIL, MNI, NAT
    • AEN, SP, DNP

• Hdln (Headline): the subject/headline text of the news item
  • Examples:
    • “Reuters Insider - CBS, Viacom warn merger to cause job losses, hint potential deals ahead: Alex Sherman”
    • “Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Announces Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results”
    • 国际油市：汽油裂解价差差承压，因供应充足

• Pattr (Pattern Code): pattern codes, also known as recurring report codes, identify news items that follow a pattern. Items sharing the same code cover periodic updates to the same subject matter and often have very similar headlines
  • Note: not all news items have this code
  • Examples:
    • 133, 1259, 10070
    • 4780, US/RETAIL1
    • 1785, LDIS/ACN

• Lnge (Language): language code
  • Examples:
    • en (for English)
    • ru (for Russian)
    • zh (for Chinese)

• Src (Source): identifier for the source that provided the news item
  • Examples:
    • RCNBC (for Reuters Insider CNBC Content)
    • BSW (Business Wire)
    • RTRS (Reuters)

• RltSym (Related Symbols): company identifiers that relate to this news item.
  • Note: if the prefix is S, the symbol is in the PPro8 system
  • Note: if the prefix is R, it is a Reuters symbol that is not in the PPro8 system
  • Examples:
    • S:{RKR.VN} ← this symbol is in the system and available to trade
    • R:{PRN.TO} ← this symbol is not in our system, and a manager has to submit a mojo to request to add it

• Sbjcts (Subjects): subject codes and company identifiers that relate to this news item
  • Examples:
    • A:{4} (for news about the commodities markets)
    • E:{1,40,44} (for news about corporate events, products/services, and commercial contract wins/terminations)

• Tm (Time): the timestamp for when the alert was received (in Coordinated Universal Time, i.e., UTC)
  • Example: 20:21:51

For more information on what each code means, you can see the PPro8 News Reader Code Reference Guide: PDF or Excel.

Here are the steps for making the most of the News Reader tool’s Continuous view mode.

1. Open the News Reader tool, and then select the Continuous view option

2. A continuous stream of news headlines and associated data will populate the News Reader window

3. Right-click anywhere in the News Reader to open the News Reader Customization Window

4. In the Continuous pane, select the Related Symbols and the Subjects items in the Unselected Items list, and then click the > arrow to move them to the Selected Items list, one by one

Note: the Headline and Time columns cannot be unselected/hidden from Continuous view.

5. Click the Font sub-tab to open the Font pane

6. In the Font pane, click the Set Font button

7. In the Select Font window, under Size, you can select a larger font size for easier readability, and adjust other font settings according to your preferences (for example, Arial, Bold, 11)

8. Click OK

9. The new columns and the new font size appear in the News Reader tool

Tips:

• You can resize the News Reader window by clicking and dragging its corners; or
• Drag the horizontal scroll bar to see more; or
• Double-click the vertical line between any two column headings to resize each column to its full width

10. Right-click on a column heading to open the Alfa Regular Expression Filter window, for example, Lnge (Language)

• Note: you can filter the following columns only: Prdc, Pattr, Lnge, Src, RltSym, Sbjcts

11. In the Alfa Regular Expression Filter window, click ActivateFilter For “Language”

12. The filter options appear. Type a Language code in the Regular Expression field (for example, zh for Chinese), ensure the show menu option is selected, and then click OK

• Note: the Regular Expressions field is case-sensitive
• Note: a Regular Expression is a sequence of characters that defines a search pattern. To learn more, you can see this site: https://cs.lmu.edu/~ray/notes/regex/
  • To hide a column filter by name, select the check box for the name under the Hide column (for example, de for German), and then click OK
• Under the FilterMode column in the Alfa window, the following options are available for selection:
  • ShowMatchingRowOnly
  • HideMatchingRows
  • HighlightRowOnly
  • HighlightCellOnly

13. The Continuous View populates with headlines

14. Double-click a headline row to open the Detailed Information window for the news item

15. Read news messages and trade accordingly

16. To turn off a column filter, open the Alfa Regular Expression Filter window for the column, and then click DisableFilter For “Language”

17. The filter is disabled and news stories stream in, unfiltered

Note: you can have multiple column filters activated at once, or you can set one filter to be active at a time. Remember to disable any extra filters if they’re not needed, as they may interfere with each other, or lead to limited news results appearing.

Note: to quickly see if a column filter is activated or not, you can move your mouse cursor over a column heading (for example, Prdc), and if a filter is active, a small tooltip message will appear:

Note: you can open up to four (4) instances of the News Reader window at the same time. This is useful when you want to track multiple markets.

For more examples of formulas you can use, see the PPro8 News Reader Code Reference Guide: PDF or Excel.

1. Click the Freeze button to freeze the news feed and catch the headlines you want to read before they scroll too far down.

2. The news feed freezes and the News Reader counts how many frozen news headlines are not displayed in real time.

3. To unfreeze the news feed, click the UnFreeze button.

4. The live feed continues and the frozen news headlines display.

To make changes to the News Reader settings, right-click anywhere in the News Reader to open the News Reader Customization window.

This window displays three tabs on the left: Symbols, Continuous, and Sounds.

Use the Symbols window to adjust the display settings for the News Reader.

• Click the Symbols tab to open the Symbols window.

The Symbols window contains three sub-tabs: Color, Font, and GroupLink.

Use the Color window to adjust color settings for the News Reader.

1. Click the Color sub-tab in the Symbols window.

2. The Color window appears.

3. In the Data Color Options section, double-click the color box for either of two options: Background Color or Text.

4. The Color Selector window appears. Click a color, and then click OK.

5. In the Customization window, click OK.

6. The data color is set.

Use the Font window to set the overall font for the News Reader window.

1. Click the Font sub-tab.

2. The Font window appears.

3. Click the Set Font button.

4. The Select Font window appears.

5. Click the font, font style, size, effects, and writing system you want to set.

6. Click OK.

7. In the Customization window, click OK.

8. The font is set.

1. Select the Link Window to Group Number check box.

2. Type the number of the window you would like to link the News Reader window to.

3. Click OK.

4. The link is set. A symbol change in a linked window (for example, the Stock Window), will load the latest news headlines for the symbol in the News Reader.

Use the Continuous window to adjust the settings for the Continuous view.

• Click the Continuous tab to open the Continuous window.

The Continuous window contains four sub-tabs: Columns, Color, Font, and Display.

Use the Columns window to show, hide, or sort the following columns:

• Alert ID
• Date
• Product
• Headline – cannot be hidden
• Patterns
• Language
• Source
• Time – cannot be hidden
• Related Symbols
• Subjects

1. To show a column, click an item in the Unselected items list.

2. Click the right arrow to move the item to the Selected items list.

3. Click OK.

4. The column appears in the News Reader window.

5. To hide a column, click an item in the Selected items list.

6. Click the left arrow to move the item to the Unselected items list.

7. Click OK.

8. The column is hidden from the News Reader window.

Use the Color window to adjust color settings.

1. Click the Color sub-tab.

2. The Color window appears.

3. In the Data Color Options or the Header Color Options sections, double-click a color box.

4. The Color Selector window appears. Click a color, and then click OK.

5. In the Customization window, click OK.

6. The color option is set.

Use the Font window to set the overall font.

1. Click the Font sub-tab.

2. The Font window appears.

3. Click the Set Font button.

4. The Select Font window appears.

5. Click the font, font style, size, effects, and writing system you want to set.

6. Click OK.

7. In the Customization window, click OK.

8. The font is set.

Use the Display window to set grid lines.

1. Click the Display sub-tab.

2. Select the Show Grid Lines check box.

3. Click OK.

4. The grid lines are set.

Use the Sounds window to configure sound alerts by symbol.

• Click the Sounds tab to open the Sounds window, which shows the Sound configurations table.

1. To configure a sound alert, click New.

2. A new row appears in the Sound configurations table.

3. Under the Symbol column heading, type the symbol and market extension of the symbol you wish to hear a sound alert for.

4. Under the Sound File column heading, click the three dots . . . to browse your computer for a sound file. Only WAV format is supported, with a file size limit of 200 KB.

5. Click OK.

6. The sound alert is configured. When news about the symbol appear, the alert will sound.