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Hot News

Top market headlines plus news on your symbols, with multi-device synchronized read marks. Open via Market → Hot News or the bottom tab bar.

Tabs

  • General / Forex / Crypto / M&A - classic market news from Finnhub

(/news endpoint), 5-minute cache.

  • My Symbols - news on every underlying from:
  • Portfolio (active positions),
  • Watchlist (default watchlist),
  • Custom (freely configurable list, persisted on the server so it

looks the same on every device).

Each source has its own chip toggle. Time range switches between 1 / 3 / 7 / 14 / 30 days.

Read marks

  • Clicking a headline opens the article in a new tab and **auto-marks it

as read**.

  • Each card has a „✓ mark read / read" button (toggle).
  • „Mark all read" in the top right marks everything visible at once.
  • „Unread only" filters read items out.
  • Marks live in the database, so they sync across phone, desktop and

tablet. Marks are auto-cleaned after 90 days.

Source and prerequisites

  • Source: Finnhub. Each user's own Finnhub API key

is used (set under Settings → External API keys). The free plan is sufficient.

  • Cache: 5 minutes in process per symbol / category. The Refresh

button forces a fresh fetch.

  • Without a key the list stays empty and a hint links straight to the

settings page.

Automatic translation (DeepL, optional)

Finnhub delivers headlines and summaries in English. If you have a DeepL API key stored under Settings → External API keys and the app is set to German, WheelTrading automatically translates each card's title and summary to German.

  • No extra toggle is required — storing the DeepL key counts as your

opt-in.

  • When translation was applied, a subtle notice is shown above the

list: „Headlines and summaries were auto-translated via DeepL".

  • The original article behind the linked title stays in its

original language. For legally or trade-relevant details please always check the original text.

  • Translations are cached for 24 hours by content hash — DeepL

usage stays low.

  • If DeepL fails (quota exhausted, invalid key, etc.), WheelTrading

falls back to the original English text — the news list stays visible.

Example workflow

  1. Pick the My Symbols tab.
  2. Keep Portfolio and Watchlist enabled; under Custom add e.g.

AAPL, MSFT, NVDA via the pencil icon.

  1. Set the range to 3 days.
  2. Read through the headlines in the morning - every click auto-marks

the item as read.

  1. Use „Mark all read" to clear the rest in one go.
  2. In the evening on your phone, read items are already greyed out.

Plan note

  • Available in every plan (no plan gating).
  • Limits: max. 25 watched symbols per fetch, max. 100 in the Custom

list; Finnhub's free rate limit (60 calls/min) is virtually unreachable thanks to the 5-minute cache.