Trader Q&A With A Benzinga Pro User

Benzinga Pro is a market research and trading tool. It provides a real-time news feed as headlines break on activist stakes, earnings releases, conference calls, ratings, rumors, as well as the biggest market movers and plenty more actionable alerts.

We reached out to Pro user John Murphy to learn more about John's experience working with Benzinga Pro.

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Here's what he told us.

First, let's start with a little background. How long have you been active in the markets? What got you started?

I've worked in the industry for over 20 years. I started as a coffee/lunch runner on a trade desk, moved to back office then eventually to the desk.

What types of news are most important to you as a trader/investor?

Any market-moving news. I prefer Benzinga because it delivers just the news without interpretation.

Which of the platform's features do you use the most?

The audio feed is very useful for me.

(The audio feed referred to is a live audio "Squawk" that provides access to major news announcements before they hit the wire and circulates around the usual channels used by traders.)