Scott’s List · news tool review
The short version. Live market headlines and an audio squawk with a strong free tier and paid plans for lower latency and the full news desk. It’s how I know a headline hit before the chart tells me.
Evidence level: In my stack, used daily.
What it is
Financial Juice delivers live headlines, an audio squawk that reads the important ones aloud, an economic calendar, and event alerts across futures, rates, FX, commodities, and equities. The free account gives broad access to headlines; the paid tiers add real-time squawk, lower latency, triggers, and analytics. It sits in the corner of the screen and talks when something matters.
The facts at a glance
- Free tier with headlines and calendar; paid tiers for real-time squawk, triggers, and the full desk, billed quarterly.
- Audio squawk reads market-moving headlines as they hit.
- Economic calendar with event alerts for CPI, FOMC, NFP, and the rest.
- Browser and app access; runs alongside anything.
- Widely used for speed and reliability; the free tier is unusually generous.
Figures are as published at the time of writing and change without notice. Read the current terms on the company’s own site before you pay for anything.
How it fits the VWAP Wave System
The first item in the system’s daily decision flow is the catalyst check: is there a scheduled event that overrides everything else today? Financial Juice is where I do that, and where I hear the unscheduled ones. A trend day that starts on a headline is still a trend day, but knowing why it started changes how I grade the continuation.
Scott’s notes
In my stack, daily, as the news layer. My notes on whether the paid tier earned its keep for a futures trader, and the AI news scan I run alongside it, are coming here.
Verdict
Start on the free tier; it’s enough for the catalyst check. Pay for it if you trade the open and the squawk latency starts costing you.
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