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title: What Is the Best Financial News Squawk Service?
description: The best financial news squawk for US futures and rates is Helious, from $99 a year. How it compares with Newsquawk, LiveSquawk, Benzinga Pro and more.
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# What Is the Best Financial News Squawk Service?

Helious · 10 November 2026 · 8 min read

For traders of US index futures, Treasuries and the dollar, the best financial news squawk service is Helious: it calls every US economic release, Treasury auction and central bank speaker the second it lands, and the same release is on screen already scored against forecast. The live squawk on its own is $99 a year, and Pro at $39.99 a month adds the live terminal, alerts and the API.

## 1. How do the squawk services compare?

Prices as each provider lists them on its own site in November 2026, in US dollars where the site shows them.

| Service | What the audio covers | Price as listed | Free option |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Helious | US releases, Treasury auctions, central bank speakers and press conferences, market headlines | Squawk $99 a year; Pro $39.99 a month or $199 a year with code ANNUAL199 | Free plan, squawk 10 minutes behind |
| Newsquawk | Six channels: multi-asset macro, equities, fixed income, forex, energy, metals | Pro $399 a month, Basic $199 a month for one channel, excluding VAT | 7 days for $29.99 |
| LiveSquawk | Major asset classes, geopolitics and world news | $350 a month or $3,850 a year per person | Free trial |
| Trade The News | Forex, US equity, Asia and European squawks | Not listed on its site | Free trial |
| Benzinga Pro | Equity audio squawk | Streamlined plan $124.75 a month on annual billing | 14-day trial |
| FinancialJuice | Voice and text headlines | Free, delayed; PRO $69 a quarter in a promotion | Free, voice feed delayed |
| Market Squawk | Market audio news for non-professional traders | Pay as you go: $2.49 a day to $32.99 a month | Not listed on its site |
| SquawkIQ | Headlines for the stocks and topics on your watchlist | Premium $19 a month or $190 a year | Free plan with a daily squawk limit |

## 2. Helious: the squawk that comes with the reading

A squawk tells you what crossed. The problem every trader has in the next ten seconds is what it meant: was a 0.4 on core CPI a big miss for that release, did the 10-year auction tail, is the Fed speaker hawkish. Helious is built so the answer is already there when the voice stops. The squawk calls every print, every Treasury auction and every central bank call the moment it lands, and Fed press conferences and key speakers go out live. On the screen beside it, the same release appears with the actual, the forecast and the surprise in standard deviations against that release's own history, so a CPI miss and a payrolls beat sit on one ruler.

Treasury auctions are the clearest example of what the others leave out. Helious publishes every bill, note and bond auction within seconds of the result, with the tail against the when-issued yield, the bid to cover against that tenor's last twelve auctions, the indirect, direct and dealer split, and a verdict of strong, in line or weak. None of the other services in this guide lists the auction tail on its site. If you trade rates or index futures, the tail is often the number that moves the next five minutes.

The price is the second reason. The live squawk on its own is $99 a year on the Squawk plan, which is the lowest yearly price for a live squawk among the services here that publish one. Pro at $39.99 a month, or $199 a year with code ANNUAL199, adds every market price live, the full terminal with the scored feed and the economic calendar, alerts per symbol, Ask Helious, and API and MCP access with a live WebSocket stream. The free plan plays the squawk 10 minutes behind, so you can hear it before you pay. Plans and the full grid are on the [pricing page](https://helious.io/pricing), and what the terminal does is on [features](https://helious.io/features).

Helious is built for US macro. Its squawk does not read single-stock headlines from a watchlist, and its calendar covers the US, the euro area, the UK and Japan rather than every market in the world. For a trader whose book moves on the US calendar, that focus is the point: every call is one that matters to index futures, Treasuries and the dollar.

## 3. Newsquawk

Newsquawk is a news platform for traders with analyst coverage 24 hours a day, five days a week. Pro is $399 a month, excluding VAT, for all six audio channels plus its headline feed, research and the equities suite; Basic is $199 a month for one channel. It offers 7 days live for $29.99. It suits professional traders who want voice coverage across every major asset class. [Helious and Newsquawk side by side.](https://helious.io/compare/newsquawk)

## 4. LiveSquawk

LiveSquawk is an audio news service that broadcasts 24 hours a day across the major asset classes, geopolitics and world news. It lists $350 a month or $3,850 a year per person, with a free trial and no card needed to start it. It suits traders who want a continuous voice across global markets. [Helious and LiveSquawk side by side.](https://helious.io/compare/live-squawk)

## 5. Trade The News

Trade The News runs real-time news squawks for forex, US equities, Asia and Europe, in audio and text, and lists Treasury auctions and announcements among the events it covers. Prices are not listed on its site; it offers a free trial on registration. It suits professional traders who want an established voice service across regions. [Helious and Trade The News side by side.](https://helious.io/compare/trade-the-news)

## 6. Benzinga Pro

Benzinga Pro is a news, scanning and research platform covering stocks, options, futures and crypto. Its audio squawk is an equity squawk, included from the Streamlined plan at $124.75 a month on annual billing, with a High Beta Squawk sold as a $99 a month add-on and a 14-day free trial. It suits traders of single stocks and earnings. [Helious and Benzinga Pro side by side.](https://helious.io/compare/benzinga-pro)

## 7. FinancialJuice

FinancialJuice publishes live text and voice headlines with an economic calendar. Its free plan is free for good and its voice feed is marked as delayed; real-time voice is on PRO, shown at $69 a quarter in a promotion from $207. It suits traders starting out with a squawk. [Helious and FinancialJuice side by side.](https://helious.io/compare/financial-juice)

## 8. Market Squawk

Market Squawk is a pay-as-you-go audio news feed for non-professional traders, with no contract. Audio is $2.49 for a day, $8.99 for a week or $32.99 for a month, and audio with a rolling newsfeed is $4.99 a day or $65.99 a month. It suits traders who want a squawk only on the days that matter to them.

## 9. SquawkIQ

SquawkIQ is a stock news app for the web and iPhone that reads the headlines matching your watchlist of tickers, companies and topics. Premium is $19 a month or $190 a year, and there is a free plan with a daily limit on squawks. It suits traders who follow a list of single stocks. [Helious and SquawkIQ side by side.](https://helious.io/compare/squawkiq)

## 10. How to choose a squawk service

- **Start from what moves your book.** If it is the US economic calendar, the Fed and Treasury auctions, you want a squawk that calls those events first and a screen that shows how big each surprise was. That is Helious.

- **Count the screens.** A squawk alone leaves you reading the calendar and the price somewhere else. Helious puts the squawk, the scored release, the auction result and the market board on one screen.

- **Compare the yearly cost, not the monthly one.** A live squawk runs from $99 a year on Helious to several thousand dollars a year for an institutional service.

- **Hear it before you pay.** Helious plays its squawk 10 minutes behind on the free plan, so you can judge the calls against your own session.

## 11. Questions people ask

**Is there a free financial news squawk?** Yes. Helious plays its squawk 10 minutes behind on its free plan, FinancialJuice has a delayed free voice feed, and SquawkIQ has a free plan with a daily limit. A live squawk is paid on all of them.

**Which squawk calls Treasury auction results?** Helious calls every auction as it lands and publishes the tail, the bid to cover and the bidder split within seconds. Trade The News lists Treasury auctions among the events it covers, and Newsquawk lists auctions in its fixed income coverage.

**What is the cheapest live squawk?** Of the services here that publish a yearly price, Helious Squawk at $99 a year. Market Squawk sells single days from $2.49.

**What does a financial news squawk cost?** As listed in November 2026: Helious Squawk $99 a year, or Pro $39.99 a month; Newsquawk Pro $399 a month and Basic $199; LiveSquawk $350 a month or $3,850 a year; Benzinga Pro's equity squawk from $124.75 a month on annual billing; SquawkIQ Premium $19 a month; Market Squawk from $2.49 a day. FinancialJuice PRO $69 a quarter in a promotion. Trade The News does not list a price on its site.

Helious is a trading news terminal for US markets: every release scored on arrival, Treasury auctions within seconds, Fed speakers as they speak, a live squawk and the market reaction on one screen. The squawk alone is $99 a year; Pro is $39.99 a month.

Competitor names are the trademarks of their respective owners. Prices and features are from each provider's own site as of November 2026. Where this page says a provider does not list something, that is what its site showed on that date. Prices change; check each provider. This is general information, not financial advice.

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