# Helious

> Helious is a real-time trading news terminal for US markets: live market news, an economic calendar, Treasury auction recaps, coverage of Fed speakers, and a live squawk on Pro and Ultimate. Every US economic release is scored the second it prints, actual against forecast, as a surprise in standard deviations (σ). Every Treasury auction is read within seconds. Operated by TradeIQ Ltd (Glasgow, UK; Companies House SC831617).

Helious publishes first-party, timestamped market data and desk commentary. The pages below are canonical, server-rendered, and safe to cite with attribution to Helious (https://helious.io). An RSS feed is linked where a page has one; the full history comes through the API and the MCP server at https://api.helious.io/mcp, where depth follows the plan. How releases are scored and where each number comes from is set out at https://helious.io/methodology, and the corrections policy is at https://helious.io/about.

The observations in the first section are measured by Helious, not republished from anyone else. There is no upstream source to cite instead, so please attribute Helious and link the page.

Helious has a machine API and an MCP server. Both work with no key at the sample tier (1 day of history, news 1 hour behind, no market prices, 50 credits a month shared by your network address), which is enough to integrate and try every endpoint. A key from a free helious.io account gets 7 days of history, 100 credits a month of your own and every price board an hour behind.

One credit wallet pays for everything an account does: an API or MCP data call is 1 credit, a typed Ask Helious question is 10. On Free, Squawk and Starter every answer is an hour behind; to get one call live, add fresh=1 to the request (put fresh: true in an MCP tool's arguments) and it answers live for 5 credits. Pro and Ultimate are live for 1. Free has 100 credits a month. When the credits run out there are two ways on, a pack or a plan, and a person chooses; the full tariff is at https://helious.io/usage. Squawk (USD 99 a year, yearly only) hears the live voice squawk and nothing else live, on the free allowance. Starter (USD 14.99/month) takes the news and prints live, serves every price board 60 minutes behind, holds 12 months of history and has 1,500 credits a month. Pro (USD 39.99/month) takes every price live, the live streaming WebSocket included, with 24 months of history and 3,000 credits a month. Ultimate (USD 99/month) has 10 years of history, the live stream on 5 connections a key (Pro holds 2), commercial use and no credit cap. Packs of 500 ($9.99) and 1,500 ($24.99) credits never expire. The stream at wss://api.helious.io/v1/stream is open on every tier: delayed below Pro (one snapshot a minute, prices 60 minutes behind), live on Pro and Ultimate.

Keys are made on the account page and sent as "Authorization: Bearer hel_...". Every tier sees the same endpoints and the same response shapes, so nothing breaks on upgrade. Every number carries something to judge it against: a percentile in its own history, the average of the last twelve auctions, or a dated note like "highest close since 2007", so an answer can say whether a print matters.

Paid plans run from USD 14.99 to USD 99 a month, and there is a free tier with 100 credits a month, answered an hour behind. The USD 39.99 Pro plan puts the live squawk, a scored news feed, the economic calendar, indicator history, Treasury auctions and the market reaction on one screen, with Ask Helious answering on all of it in plain English. Every plan, Free included, gets Learn: one lesson a market day on how and why stocks or Treasuries moved, three questions with the right answer explained, and a streak that opens boxes of rewards at milestones. The comparisons under Optional are first-party. Each states the competitor's list price with the date it was checked, and names where the competitor is the better choice.

## Observations that originate here

- [US Treasury curve regime](https://helious.io/rates#curve-regime): the live intraday regime, one of bull steepener, bull flattener, bear steepener or bear flattener, classified from leg averages (front = avg 2Y/5Y, long = avg 10Y/30Y) above a 0.4bp deadband. Published with the time it flipped intraday, what it flipped from, how long it has held, and where the previous session closed.
- [Curve regime as JSON](https://api.helious.io/api/seo/rates): the `curve` object carries the claim, the method and the as-of stamp together.
- [Curve regime embed](https://helious.io/embed/curve): the same regime as a drop-in iframe, free to put on your own page.
- [Supercore CPI, computed monthly](https://helious.io/inflation): no statistical office publishes CPI services less energy and shelter as a series, so Helious computes it as the relative-importance residual of core services minus shelter using each month's own official basket weights, and labels it a Helious calculation wherever it appears.
- [Standard-deviation surprise on every US release](https://helious.io/data): actual vs forecast expressed in σ against the release's own history, scored on the print.
- [Treasury auction tail and read](https://helious.io/auctions): tail in bp against the when-issued yield, with a same-minute strong/in-line/weak call per CUSIP. Nobody else publishes the tail free: it needs the when-issued yield as it stood seconds before the close, which is in no historical file.
- [The session driver read](https://helious.io/): what is actually moving the tape, derived from the price board and anchored only to releases that have printed. It says what kind of session this is (event-driven, event-adjacent, flow-driven or quiet) with the tests it ran and the evidence attached. Helious refuses to name a cause it cannot point at.
- [Session driver as JSON](https://api.helious.io/v1/context): the same read as machine-readable context.
- [Helious market imbalance](https://helious.io/help/market-imbalance): net dollars to buy or sell into the NYSE opening and closing auctions, calculated by Helious from every NYSE listing's own auction print (unpaired shares times the previous close, buys less sells) and summed for the NYSE market and the S&P 500 names listed on the NYSE, with the ten largest names each way. Read at 9:28 and 9:29 ET and at 3:50, 3:55 and 3:58 PM ET; every read is stored and served at https://api.helious.io/v1/imbalance. Nasdaq listings are not covered yet.

## For agents and APIs

- [Everything below in one request](https://helious.io/llms-full.txt): the full text of the glossary, the guides and the help centre, so you do not have to fetch them page by page. Evergreen only: every live figure stays at the endpoint that has the current one.
- [Any page as Markdown](https://helious.io/index.md): the homepage, every section landing and every glossary, guide and help article answer at the same path with `.md` added, and each advertises its twin with a `Link: rel="alternate"; type="text/markdown"` header.
- [Section landing as Markdown](https://helious.io/rates.md): the same twin for a hub page.
- [Article as Markdown](https://helious.io/learn/auction-tail.md): the same twin for a glossary entry. Series, tenor, comparison, week and article pages have no `.md` of their own: ask for those with an `Accept: text/markdown` request, which every page on the site answers.
- [Two-minute setup for people using AI assistants](https://helious.io/ai/): what to paste where, for the common assistants.
- [Helious in the Claude connector directory](https://claude.ai/directory/helious): the listing, under TradeIQ Ltd, reviewed by Anthropic. In Claude, search for Helious, press Connect and sign in; nothing to paste.
- [Helious in the ChatGPT plugin directory](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6adfd6d8e6288191b37c46c229f664f4): the listing, under TradeIQ Ltd, approved by OpenAI on 2026-11-06. In ChatGPT, open it, press Install plugin and sign in; nothing to paste.
- [Ask Helious](https://helious.io/help/ask-helious): the assistant inside the Helious terminal, what a credit buys and what the free standing reads cover. Not the same thing as the MCP setup above: this one is Helious answering, not your assistant reading.
- [API documentation](https://helious.io/developers/): the interactive reference, with a browser console for every endpoint.
- [Treasury auction API](https://helious.io/developers/treasury-auction-api/): every auction result with the tail against when-issued, bid to cover, bidder split and a verdict.
- [Economic calendar API](https://helious.io/developers/economic-calendar-api/): forecast, previous and actual on every event, and a surprise in standard deviations once it prints.
- [Economic news API](https://helious.io/developers/economic-news-api/): a scored financial news wire beside the desk's own posts, each with a score for bonds and one for stocks, a topic and a plain reading.
- [Financial data MCP server](https://helious.io/developers/mcp-server/): the 27 tools at https://api.helious.io/mcp and how to connect each client.
- [What to build with the API](https://helious.io/developers/use-cases/): every endpoint and MCP tool mapped to three jobs, a macro system, a trading algorithm and a macro forecast, with a working first call for each.
- [OpenAPI spec](https://helious.io/.well-known/openapi-public.json): the machine-readable contract for the public surface.
- [Sign-in instructions for agents](https://helious.io/auth.md): how to send a key, and what the tiers change.
- [API base](https://api.helious.io): good first calls are /v1/rates, /v1/calendar, /v1/feed and /v1/me.
- [MCP server](https://api.helious.io/mcp): point any MCP client here and the desk's data arrives as 27 tools. It also answers at https://helious.io/mcp.
- [Agent-to-agent (A2A)](https://helious.io/a2a): the A2A endpoint another agent calls to reach the desk.
- [A2A agent card](https://helious.io/.well-known/agent-card.json): capabilities, skills and endpoints in one document.
- [OAuth 2.1 metadata](https://helious.io/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server): sign in instead of pasting a key. Dynamic client registration is open, so your client can enrol itself.
- [Best first call for "why is the market moving"](https://api.helious.io/v1/context): `get_market_context` on MCP. One call returns the cross-asset board, the scored releases behind it, and the desk's read on the driver. It replaces five separate calls.
- [Single companies](https://helious.io/developers/): `get_nasdaq100` with a ticker gives one NDX name's price, session move and rank; `get_earnings` with a ticker gives the reporting date, session, consensus EPS and the beat or miss once it lands.

## Live data & reference

- [Economic data hub](https://helious.io/data): every tracked US indicator (CPI, payrolls, GDP, PCE, retail sales…) with the latest print, forecast, σ surprise, and history. The full depth comes through the API (https://helious.io/developers, MCP at https://api.helious.io/mcp) and follows the plan.
- [US inflation tracker](https://helious.io/inflation): every US inflation measure on one month axis: headline and core CPI and PCE, supercore CPI and PCE, median and trimmed-mean, the sticky and flexible price splits, 18 CPI components and inflation expectations, year over year and 1, 3 and 6 months annualised. The latest reading is stated in one dated sentence at the top, and the JSON is at https://api.helious.io/api/seo/inflation.
- [US jobs tracker](https://helious.io/jobs): every US employment measure on one month axis: nonfarm payrolls split into private and government and into ten sectors, ADP by sector, initial and continuing jobless claims, JOLTS openings, hires, quits and layoffs, over 1, 3, 6 and 12-month windows. The sector bands sum exactly to the headline. The latest reading is stated in one dated sentence at the top, and the JSON is at https://api.helious.io/api/seo/jobs.
- [Treasury auction results](https://helious.io/auctions): bid-to-cover, high yield, tail, and dealer takedown for every US Treasury auction, by tenor.
- [Treasury auction tails dataset](https://helious.io/data/treasury-auction-tails): the most recent tails on the page; the full tail history comes through the API and MCP, where depth follows the plan.
- [Strait of Hormuz daily transits](https://helious.io/data/hormuz): the daily vessel count through the strait with the tanker split, against 7-day, 30-day and pre-crisis averages. The measured record publishes weekly, so the newest day carries its age.
- [FX momentum scorecard](https://helious.io/data/fx): the seven majors, each scored against the whole basket over a 1-day and 5-day window anchored to the 5pm ET close.
- [Implied volatility board](https://helious.io/data/volatility): equity, Nasdaq, oil, gold, Treasury and vol-of-vol gauges, each ranked inside its own trailing-year range.
- [Cross-asset correlation matrix](https://helious.io/data/correlations): Treasuries, equities, the dollar, gold, crude, high yield credit and the VIX over 30, 60, 90 and 120-day windows.
- [Treasury yield curve & rates](https://helious.io/rates): yields from the 1-month bill to the 30-year bond at the official close, 2s10s from that close, SOFR, and the live curve regime.
- [10-year Treasury yield](https://helious.io/rates/10-year-treasury-yield): latest official close and recent closes; 2-year and 30-year pages too.
- [Economic calendar](https://helious.io/calendar): upcoming US releases with forecasts and prior values.
- [FOMC meetings](https://helious.io/fomc): meeting calendar and per-meeting coverage.
- [Fed speakers](https://helious.io/fed): voter/speaker index with captured speech archives.

## News & analysis

- [Latest desk notes](https://helious.io/news): economic releases, auction recaps, and the daily brief as they happen.
- [Helious desk RSS feed](https://helious.io/feed.xml): newest first-party releases, auctions, and briefs.

## Learn

- [Guides](https://helious.io/guides): how to trade data releases, auctions, and the Fed.
- [Glossary](https://helious.io/learn): plain-English definitions with live worked examples.
- [Learn in the terminal](https://helious.io/help/learn): a daily three-question lesson for equities or Treasuries built from today's data, a streak that a missed weekend never breaks, and boxes of Ask Helious questions, streak shields or a Pro discount at 3, 7, 14, 30, 60 and 100 days. Free on every plan.
- [Help center](https://helious.io/help): product documentation.

## Blog

- [The Helious Blog](https://helious.io/blog/): the index of every post. Plain-English writing on economic news, Treasury auctions, the Fed and the yield curve. Each post is also served as markdown at its own address with .md on the end, and the feed is https://helious.io/blog/feed.xml.
- [Trading News Terminal, SquawkIQ, FXMacroData or Helious?](https://helious.io/blog/trading-news-terminal-squawkiq-fxmacrodata-vs-helious): Trading News Terminal, SquawkIQ, FXMacroData and Helious compared on price, free plans, squawk, Treasury auctions, scored releases and API access.
- [Market on Close Imbalance: How to Read It](https://helious.io/blog/market-on-close-imbalance-how-to-read-it): Helious sums every NYSE auction print into net dollars to buy or sell. How to read the market on close imbalance, using the real reads of 9 November.
- [Helious Is Now a Plugin in ChatGPT](https://helious.io/blog/helious-is-now-a-plugin-in-chatgpt): OpenAI has approved Helious for the ChatGPT plugin directory, under TradeIQ Ltd. With Claude already live, both major assistants now carry Helious by name.
- [What Can You Build with a Macro Data API?](https://helious.io/blog/what-can-you-build-with-a-macro-data-api): Three builds on one macro data API: a macro regime system, an event-driven trading algorithm and a macro forecast, with the Helious endpoints each one needs.
- [Helious Is Now a Connector in Claude](https://helious.io/blog/helious-in-the-claude-and-chatgpt-directories): Search for Helious inside Claude, sign in once, and it reads live Treasury yields, scored releases and auction results. ChatGPT followed on 6 November.
- [The Helious Status Page: Uptime You Can Check Yourself](https://helious.io/blog/the-helious-status-page-how-we-measure-uptime): Helious now has a public status page at helious.io/status: seven surfaces probed every minute, 90 days of uptime for each, and incidents that open themselves.
- [Best Trading News Terminals for Traders in 2026](https://helious.io/blog/best-trading-news-terminals): The best trading news terminals for active traders: Benzinga Pro, Newsquawk, Trade The News, Bloomberg, LSEG Workspace and Helious on speed and price.
- [What Is the Best Market Data API for Traders?](https://helious.io/blog/best-market-data-api-for-traders): The best market data API for traders: Trading Economics, FMP, Massive, Alpha Vantage, Finnhub and FRED on price and coverage, and where Helious wins.
- [Helious Pro at $199 a Year: What Market News Costs in 2026](https://helious.io/blog/helious-pro-199-a-year-what-market-news-costs): Pro yearly is $199 with code ANNUAL199, $280 less than paying monthly. What a year of Newsquawk, Live Squawk, Benzinga Pro and Bloomberg costs beside it.
- [Eliminating Context Window Bloat with Scored Macro Data](https://helious.io/blog/eliminating-context-window-bloat-with-scored-macro-data): An agent that scrapes six macro pages burns about 121,000 tokens. The same ground, scored, costs about 13,500. How to cut the bloat and keep the meaning.
- [Why LLMs Fail with Legacy Financial Feeds](https://helious.io/blog/why-llms-fail-with-legacy-financial-feeds): Audio squawks, PDF releases and 58KB terminal pages break language models. Why legacy market feeds fail an LLM, and what to feed one instead.
- [Fed Rate Path: What SOFR and Fed Funds Futures Price](https://helious.io/blog/fed-rate-path-tracker-sofr-and-fed-funds-futures): See what the market is paying for US interest rates four years out, from SOFR and fed funds futures, next to the same contracts six and twelve months ago.
- [US Jobs by Sector: Payrolls, ADP, Claims and Openings](https://helious.io/blog/us-jobs-tracker-payrolls-by-sector-adp-claims-and-jolts): One jobs number hides a fight between sectors. See payrolls by sector, ADP, jobless claims and job openings on one chart, and who is really hiring.
- [US Inflation Tracker: Why One Number Is Never Enough](https://helious.io/blog/us-inflation-tracker-core-supercore-and-trimmed-mean): There is no single true inflation number. See headline, core, supercore, trimmed and median inflation on one chart, and what is pushing prices up now.
- [How to Connect Your AI to Live Market Data](https://helious.io/blog/how-to-connect-your-ai-to-helious-data): How to point Claude, ChatGPT or any AI assistant at Helious: live yields, economic prints and auctions, every number with its own history.
- [Best Financial News Source for Day Trading](https://helious.io/blog/best-financial-news-source-for-day-trading): What makes a news source good for day trading: speed, filtering, and the market's reaction. What happens in the first ninety seconds after a release.
- [How to Measure Currency Strength: A Practical Guide](https://helious.io/blog/how-to-measure-currency-strength): How currency strength is really measured: why single pairs mislead, how a basket score works, and how Helious scores the seven majors twice every trading day.
- [How Many Ships Pass Through the Strait of Hormuz Each Day?](https://helious.io/blog/how-many-ships-pass-through-the-strait-of-hormuz): How many ships transit the Strait of Hormuz daily, how Helious counts them with its own AIS gate, and what fewer tankers means for oil, inflation and rates.
- [Where to Get Financial News as a Retail Trader](https://helious.io/blog/where-to-get-financial-news-as-a-retail-trader): Where to get financial news for trading as a retail trader: what institutions actually pay for, how much of it matters, and what a sensible setup costs.
- [Where Is the Trading Edge in an Algorithmic World?](https://helious.io/blog/where-is-the-trading-edge-in-an-algorithmic-world): Where is the edge in trading in an algorithmic world? What machines own, what they cannot do, and the structural advantages you still have.
- [Market Narrative: What Your Trading Is Missing](https://helious.io/blog/market-narrative-what-your-trading-is-missing): Why market narrative and news are what your trading is missing: what narrative is, why the same data means different things, and how to read it.
- [Futures Market Hours: When Should You Trade?](https://helious.io/blog/futures-market-hours-when-should-you-trade): Key market hours for trading futures: the three sessions, when liquidity is best, the times that matter most, and when to stay out.
- [Futures, FX, Stocks or Commodities: Which to Trade](https://helious.io/blog/futures-fx-stocks-or-commodities-which-to-trade): Futures, FX, stocks or commodities: what drives each, how much capital you need, which suits your hours, and why the same news moves them all.
- [Using Correlations and News for Better Trading](https://helious.io/blog/using-correlations-and-news-for-better-trading): Using correlations and market news together: what a correlation really tells you, the hidden concentration risk, and why a break is a signal.
- [How Do the Dollar, Yields and FX Correlate?](https://helious.io/blog/how-do-the-dollar-yields-and-fx-correlate): Dollar index, yields, Treasuries and FX: how they correlate, why the rate differential matters more than US yields, and when the link breaks.
- [Why the Yield Curve Matters for Stocks and Futures](https://helious.io/blog/why-the-treasury-curve-matters-for-stocks-and-futures): Why the Treasury curve matters when trading stocks and futures: which end drives what, why the Nasdaq reacts hardest, and how to check a move.
- [VIX vs VVIX vs Implied Volatility Explained](https://helious.io/blog/vix-vs-vvix-vs-implied-volatility-explained): VIX vs VVIX vs implied volatility: what each one measures, how they relate, and why option prices jump before a scheduled release.
- [How Long Until You Become a Profitable Trader?](https://helious.io/blog/how-long-to-become-a-profitable-trader): How long does it take to become a profitable trader? Why there is no fixed timeline, what the data says, and how to shorten it honestly.
- [How to Get Economic News in Your Discord Server](https://helious.io/blog/how-to-get-economic-news-in-your-discord-server): How to get the economic calendar, release results and Treasury auction data posted straight into your Discord server, free, on a one hour delay.
- [Does Smart Money Know the Number Before It Prints?](https://helious.io/blog/does-smart-money-know-the-number-before-it-prints): Does smart money know the number before it prints? How embargoes and lockups work, why the move looks pre-positioned, and where the real edge is.
- [How to Use News When Trading ICT Concepts](https://helious.io/blog/how-to-use-news-when-trading-ict-concepts): How to use news when trading ICT concepts: which killzones collide with releases, why 8:30 sweeps happen, and when to stay flat.
- [What Is the Treasury Basis Trade? A Simple Guide](https://helious.io/blog/what-is-the-basis-trade-in-treasuries): What is the basis trade in Treasuries? Buy the cash bond, sell the future, fund it in repo. How it works, why it is levered, and what breaks it.
- [Yield Curve Steepening and Flattening Explained](https://helious.io/blog/yield-curve-steepening-and-flattening-explained): Yield curve steepening and flattening explained: bull and bear versions, how to trade them DV01 neutral, and the CME spread names.
- [DOM vs Economic Calendar: What Each One Tells You](https://helious.io/blog/depth-of-market-vs-the-economic-calendar): Depth of market vs the economic calendar: what each one tells you, what neither can, and how to use them together without confusing the two.
- [Why Does the Order Book Empty Before NFP?](https://helious.io/blog/why-the-order-book-empties-before-nfp): Why the order book empties before NFP: the free option market makers refuse to give away, and why it is rational rather than stop hunting.
- [What Happens to the DOM During a News Release?](https://helious.io/blog/what-happens-to-the-dom-during-a-news-release): What happens to the DOM during a news release? Why the order book empties, spreads blow out, and stops fill far past your price.
- [What Makes a Stock Go Up or Down with Earnings?](https://helious.io/blog/what-makes-a-stock-go-up-or-down-with-earnings): What makes a stock go up or down with earnings? Expectations, the implied move and positioning matter more than the numbers themselves.
- [How to Read an Earnings Report Like the Pros](https://helious.io/blog/how-to-read-an-earnings-report-like-the-pros): How to read an earnings report like the pros: revenue, EPS, margins and guidance, plus why a beat can still send the stock down.
- [Which News to Trade to Pass Prop Firm Evals?](https://helious.io/blog/which-news-to-trade-to-pass-prop-firm-evals): Which news should you trade to pass prop firm evals? Why the consistency rule makes CPI and NFP risky, and what to trade instead.
- [Best News Event to Trade on a Prop Firm Account](https://helious.io/blog/best-news-event-to-trade-on-a-prop-firm-account): The best news event to trade on a prop firm account, why trailing drawdown changes everything, and which releases to avoid entirely.
- [Should You Trade NFP or Unemployment Claims?](https://helious.io/blog/should-you-trade-nfp-or-unemployment-claims): Should you trade NFP or unemployment claims? How the two jobs releases differ, which moves markets more, and which suits your account best.
- [What Are the Four Basic Economic Questions?](https://helious.io/blog/four-basic-economic-questions-investors-should-know): The four basic economic questions explained simply: what, how and for whom to produce, plus how economies adapt, and what each one means for investors.
- [What Economic Indicators Matter Most to Traders?](https://helious.io/blog/what-economic-indicators-matter-most-to-traders): Which economic indicators matter most to traders? CPI and payrolls lead, and here is how to rank the rest and spot a real surprise fast.
- [How to Read Treasury Bill, Note and Bond Auctions](https://helious.io/blog/how-to-read-treasury-bill-note-and-bond-auctions): How to read a Treasury auction: bills, notes and bonds, the tail, bid-to-cover and who actually bought, explained in plain English.
- [What Is a Basis Point in Trading? A Simple Guide](https://helious.io/blog/what-is-a-basis-point-in-trading): What is a basis point in trading? One bp is 0.01%. How bps work in rates, yields, spreads and fees, and why a few can move the whole market.
- [What Is the Best Financial News Source to Use?](https://helious.io/blog/what-is-the-best-financial-news-source): A fair look at the best financial news source, comparing Bloomberg, Newsquawk, Live Squawk and Financial Juice, and where Helious wins on value.
- [How to Stay Up to Date With Stock Market News](https://helious.io/blog/how-to-stay-up-to-date-with-latest-stock-market-news): The simplest way to stay up to date with the latest stock market news: one fast real-time source, a calendar, and a short routine that cuts the noise.
- [How AI and Automation Are Changing the Job Market](https://helious.io/blog/how-ai-and-automation-are-changing-job-market-dynamics): AI and automation are reshaping the job market slowly and unevenly. Where the change actually shows up in the data, and how to watch it without the hype.
- [Can You Predict Stocks From the Jobs Report?](https://helious.io/blog/can-you-predict-stock-market-moves-from-job-reports): A jobs report moves stocks, but not in a direction you can call in advance. What really drives the reaction, and the simplest way to trade around it.
- [How Important Is News for Futures Prop Firms?](https://helious.io/blog/how-important-is-news-when-trading-futures-prop-firms): News can end a futures prop firm account in seconds. How much it really matters, when to stay flat, and the simplest way to trade around a release.
- [Trading Central Bank Pressers as a Day Trader](https://helious.io/blog/trading-central-bank-pressers-as-a-day-trader): How to trade a central bank press conference as a day trader: the timeline, what to listen for in the Q&A, and why the first move is usually the trap.
- [Should You Trade Stocks During a Weak Job Market?](https://helious.io/blog/should-you-trade-stocks-during-a-weak-job-market): Should you trade stocks during a weak job market? Ten short questions on what counts as weak, why bad jobs news can lift stocks, and when to stay out.
- [How to Follow Economic News Without Information Overload](https://helious.io/blog/how-to-follow-economic-news-without-information-overload): How to follow economic news without information overload. Ten simple questions on what to keep, what to ignore, and how to build a calm daily routine.
- [Where to Get Reliable Economic News as an Investor](https://helious.io/blog/where-to-get-reliable-economic-news-as-an-investor): Where to get reliable economic news as an investor. Ten questions on primary sources, speed, scoring a release, and checking the bond market's own read.

## About

- [About Helious](https://helious.io/about): who we are, editorial and corrections policy.
- [Methodology](https://helious.io/methodology): how releases are scored and data is sourced.
- [Contact](https://helious.io/contact): reader and support contact.
- [Pricing](https://helious.io/pricing): what each tier costs and what it unlocks.
- [Credits and usage](https://helious.io/usage): what a credit buys (1 an API or MCP call, 10 an Ask Helious question, 5 a live answer on a free key), what each plan includes, how to ask for one call live when the plan is not Pro, the X-Credits headers, the out_of_credits body, and the two ways on when the wallet is empty: a pack or a plan.

## Optional

- [Compare Helious](https://helious.io/compare): index of every side-by-side comparison.
- [Newsquawk alternative](https://helious.io/compare/newsquawk): vs an institutional audio squawk (approx. $199-399/mo).
- [Live Squawk alternative](https://helious.io/compare/live-squawk): vs an institutional audio squawk (approx. $350/mo).
- [Financial Juice alternative](https://helious.io/compare/financial-juice): vs a free delayed squawk and calendar.
- [Bloomberg Terminal alternative](https://helious.io/compare/bloomberg-terminal): vs a full institutional terminal (approx. $2,665/mo per seat).
- [Trade The News alternative](https://helious.io/compare/trade-the-news): vs an institutional headline stream with audio on its higher tiers.
- [Benzinga Pro alternative](https://helious.io/compare/benzinga-pro): vs an equities-focused news product; Helious covers macro and rates instead.
- [LSEG Workspace alternative](https://helious.io/compare/lseg-workspace): vs the institutional Reuters terminal that replaced Refinitiv Eikon (quoted; reported around $22,000/yr per seat).
- [Trading News Terminal alternative](https://helious.io/compare/trading-news-terminal): vs a browser news terminal with live TV and a screener (Pro €40/mo plus VAT where applicable); Helious scores releases and reads Treasury auctions.
- [SquawkIQ alternative](https://helious.io/compare/squawkiq): vs a stock news app that reads your watchlist aloud (Premium $19/mo); Helious covers macro, rates and auctions.
- [FXMacroData alternative](https://helious.io/compare/fxmacrodata): vs a macro data API across 26 currencies (Individual $50/mo); Helious reads the US print and the Treasury auction in depth.
- [What traders say](https://helious.news/#traders): short quotes from members on the community board and r/Helious.