News and headlines are key drivers that greatly affect day trading. In fact, you can time your trades to benefit from news, either good or bad. Real Time Markets features streaming news feeds, allowing the active trader to constantly monitor news stories and company changes as they come in through the news wire. The news and headlines you receive to your computer can affect the success rate of your trades.

Here are a few news and headline-related indicators that Real Time Markets can help you track. By using these indicators in your trading, it's only a matter of time before you will be making better trades.

Earnings: Public companies announce earnings at the end of every quarter. Since you never know which way the earnings announcement will take the stock, common knowledge encourages traders to not be involved in the trade when it's announced.

Spin-offs: Companies announcing a spin-off typically see their stock fall or rise.

Splits: A pre-announcement on a stock split or pull-back can affect the market.

Rumors: Rumors, whether true or false, greatly impact the stock market.

Contracts: News of a company being awarded a major contract has an effect.

Acquisitions: This tends to have a good news-bad news effect on the companies involved.

Disasters: Hurricanes or other types of natural disasters are great for companies in the construction business.

New Products: A company announcing a new product often has a market bounce.

Streaming news and headlines feeds on Real Time Markets enable the active trader to glean performing stock analysis while staying abreast of the latest headlines. However you interpret the news, good or bad, you can learn to profit by learning how to trade the news. Real Time Markets can help you track, manage and trade successfully. Once you get more informed and increase your knowledge base, you'll be ready to take on the stock market and change your financial future.