Really? Well I was thinking about trying it. I think I can check a free trial and see how bad things are.
Thanks for the detailed reply. How limited is the IB Reuters feed in contrast to Eikon? Also, given I can have live data directly from IB and so only looking for a good news feed, is metastock Xenith worth it?
You get headlines as alerts before the story is written on eikon. I think you just get stories on ibis.
Again the search features in xenith are good, the feed itself is horribly limited. It is definitely NOT a premium feed such as IFR or the full DJ GI feed.
I tried it hence I can ascertain that most users will be disappointed with the quality of the news feed. And it's upsetting that the vast majority of functions in xenith are disabled that are available in the full Eikon version. I don't mind paying up for extra content but that option does not even exist. It really only suits the most basic users. The Reuters news feed in Xenith is available for free in IB's IBIS and elsewhere. The frustrating thing is that the base functionality in Xenith is identical to the full Eikon version but all the data sources and news feeds and other functions are not available nor addable, not even for extra pay. So you have all the filtering capabilities and charting options and volatility visualization tools and pricers but they are worthless without quality underlying data.