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title: "Trade The News Alternative: More Than a Squawk | Helious"
description: "A Trade The News alternative at $39.99 a month: the live squawk plus scored releases, Treasury auctions, indicator history and the market reaction."
source: Helious
canonical: "https://helious.io/compare/trade-the-news"
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Helious vs Trade The News


# A Trade The News alternative that covers more than the headlines

    Trade The News is an institutional headline stream with an audio squawk on its higher tiers, and it tells you what crossed. It does not measure the surprise, read the auction or show you what the market did about it.


      The short answer
      Trade The News sells headlines, in text on the standard tiers and audio on the Pro ones. Helious covers the same ground and then what comes after it. Every US release is scored on print in standard deviation surprise terms, every Treasury auction is read within seconds with the tail and bidder split, and there is full indicator history, the yield curve, Fed speaker tracking and the market reaction beside the headline. That is $39.99 a month against roughly $185 to $350 for the audio tiers.





## Side by side




      Helious
      Trade The News


      Monthly price
      $39.99 / month
      About $185 for macro and FX audio, about $350 for equity

      Cost per year
      About $480
      About $2,220 to $4,200

      Free tier
      Yes, no card required
      Free trial, then paid

      Live audio squawk
      Yes, on Pro
      Yes, on the Pro audio tiers

      Written news feed
      Yes, every item scored as it lands
      Yes, headline stream

      Standard deviation surprise scoring
      Yes, every US release scored on print
      Not offered

      Treasury auction results
      Yes, tail, bid to cover and bidder split in seconds
      Not covered

      Full indicator history and downloads
      Yes, per-series CSV and JSON
      Not offered

      Yield curve and spread board
      Yes, 2s, 5s, 10s, 30s, 2s10s and curve regime
      Not offered

      Fed speaker tracking with a hawk or dove read
      Yes, flagged as they speak
      Not offered

      Market reaction beside the headline
      Yes, price and yields on the same screen
      Not shown

      Economic calendar
      Yes, forecast, prior and the live result
      Yes




## What each one is for



    What Trade The News is good for


- The equity and macro headline coverage is institutional, across a wider tape than a US rates and equities product runs.
- There is a live research desk you can put questions to, which is a different product from anything automated.


    Where Helious wins


- Every US release is scored on print in standard deviation surprise terms, so the size of the surprise is measured rather than described.
- Treasury auctions are read within seconds, with the tail, the bid to cover, the bidder split and a verdict of strong, in line or weak.
- The full indicator history is downloadable per series, so the context is there when you want to check something yourself.
- There is a live yield curve and spread board, with the curve regime and where the move is being led from.
- The market reaction sits beside the headline, so you can see whether the tape agreed with the number.
- It is about $480 a year against roughly $2,220 to $4,200 for the tiers that carry audio.





## Which should you choose

    **Go with Trade The News** if you want an institutional headline stream across equities and macro, and access to a research desk, on a budget that supports it.

    **Go with Helious** if you trade around US data and rates, and you want the release scored, the auction read and the reaction visible without assembling it yourself.



## FAQ

### What is the best Trade The News alternative?

For a straight audio squawk, Newsquawk and Live Squawk are the institutional equivalents at roughly $199 to $399 and $350 a month. If you want the squawk plus scored releases, Treasury auctions, indicator history, the yield curve and the market reaction in one place, Helious is $39.99 a month with a free tier so you can look first.

### How much does Trade The News cost?

Trade The News does not publish pricing publicly. Third-party reviews report roughly $85 a month for the standard macro and FX text tier and about $185 for the Pro macro and FX audio tier, with equity tiers around $150 text and $350 for the Pro squawk, as of August 2026. Contact the vendor for current pricing.

### What does Helious add over a headline stream?

A headline tells you a number printed. Helious tells you how far it missed consensus in standard deviation terms, what the Treasury auction did, what the curve is doing, and how price reacted, all on the same screen.

### Is there a free way to try Helious?

Yes. There is a free tier with no card required, covering the news feed and its filters, the economic calendar, market data and the yield curve, so you can judge it before paying for anything.

    [Try the free tier →](https://helious.io/)
    There is a longer piece on [what is the best financial news source](https://helious.news/blog/what-is-the-best-financial-news-source) if you want the whole category.
      Or go and look at the live [news feed](https://helious.io/news), the
      [economic calendar](https://helious.io/calendar) and the
      [Treasury auction results](https://helious.io/auctions).


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  prices as of August 2026 and change without notice. Check each provider for current pricing.
  This is our own view of the market, offered as general information and not financial advice.