This video is a small departure from the usual futures trading topics, but I wanted to share a tool I use for tracking news, newsletters and general market information.
In this video I show you how to set up an ‘iGoogle’ page as your homepage and use “RSS” feeds to give you the info you want from multiple websites all in one place. It’s pretty easy to set up and it’s free. Plus it is simply a fantastic tool. The video is best viewed on a full screen setting.
Note, if you are a current subscriber to the PTD newsletter, I’ll even set this up your iGoogle page for you for free. Just email me and let me know.
As mentioned in the video below are a list of RSS feeds addresses for building you iGoogle page. If you have no idea what an RSS feed is, just watch the video…
Recommended Feeds
Essential
GuyBower.com – Futures and Option blog updates:
http://guybower.com/?feed=rss2
PTD Newsletter Headlines:
http://www.protraderdigest.com/feed.rdf
Guy Bower’s Twitter feed – included business and commodity market news:
http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/16859833.rss
Business News
Reuters Business News:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/futuresportal?format=xml
CNN Business news:
http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition_business.rss
Reuters Business News:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/futuresportal?format=xml
Market Stuff
Reuters Commodity Corner Blog:
http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/feed/
Pit Guru – Weekly Market Reports:
http://www.pitguru.com/article-rss.aspx?channel=all
Futures Portal:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/futuresportal?format=xml
IBTimes Commodity News:
http://www.ibtimes.com/rss/feed/commodities.rss
MarketWatch.com – Market Pulse:
http://feeds.marketwatch.com/marketwatch/marketpulse
General Interest
The Art of Nonconformity:
http://chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/feed/
Reuters Weird News (just a good fun read):
http://rss.feedsportal.com/feed/metro/2
Others
Other items such as market quotes can be found by following the “Add Stuff>>” link on the iGoogle page. Also, just remember you can grab feeds from any website that has RSS functionality. Just look for the RSS link of the RSS Symbol.
