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# Finding US News, Fast & Accurately
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/start-here/how-to-read-us-market-news
Last modified: 2026-10-09

Lecture 0.3 of MochaLearn, Module 0: Start here. 8:10. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7pTWQrqcJI

Four questions to run a headline through before it changes what you do.

## About this lecture

Finding a US market headline is only the beginning. How do you verify it, judge what's already priced in, and decide whether it matters?
In this lecture, Pratham introduces a four-question information workflow:
- Where can you find the news quickly?
- How do you verify it against the original source?
- Is it already priced in?
- Does it matter to the market you're watching?
We look at following a headline back to the original release, separating information from interpretation, and comparing the 2-year Treasury yield and the S&P 500 around the same event.
You'll also see how to organise your information feed by function: official sources, headline relays, analyst reads and your trading venue. The aim is a purposeful routine for understanding market moves.

Educational content only. Not investment advice.

[MochaLearn](https://mochatrade.com/learn) is a free A to Z course on understanding and trading US stocks and commodities, built for Indian traders.

Last updated 9 October 2026

## Key takeaways

1. Run every headline through four questions: where did you find it, can you verify it at the source, is it already priced in, and does it matter to your market?
2. Follow a headline back to the original release, and keep information apart from interpretation.
3. Read the move in related markets around the event, the 2-year Treasury yield against the S&P 500, before deciding what the news meant.
4. Organise your feed by function: official sources, headline relays, analyst reads, and your trading venue.

## Terms in this lecture

- 2-year Treasury yield: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/2-year-treasury-yield
- 8-K: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/8-k
- 10-K and 10-Q: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/10-k-and-10-q
- 13F filing: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/13f-filing
- Breakeven inflation: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/breakeven-inflation
- Cboe: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cboe
- CME FedWatch: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cme-fedwatch
- CME Group: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cme-group
- Consensus estimate: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/consensus-estimate
- CPI: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cpi
- Dot plot: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/dot-plot
- Economic calendar: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/economic-calendar
- EIA petroleum status report: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/eia-petroleum-status-report
- Enterprise value: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/enterprise-value
- EPS: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/eps
- Fed funds rate: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/fed-funds-rate
- FOMC: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/fomc
- FOMC minutes: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/fomc-minutes
- Form 4: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/form-4
- FRED: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/fred
- Funding rate: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/funding-rate
- Implied volatility: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/implied-volatility
- IPO (US): https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/ipo
- Market correction: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/market-correction
- Open interest: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/open-interest
- Option open interest: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/option-open-interest
- Options contract: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/options-contract
- Payout ratio: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/payout-ratio
- Put option: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/put-option
- S&P 500: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/sp-500
- SEC: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/sec
- SEC filings: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/sec-filings
- Short interest: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/short-interest
- SPY ETF: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/spy-etf
- Trading halt: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/trading-halt
- Volatility / VIX: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/volatility-vix
- Volume: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/volume
- Whisper number: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/whisper-number