Reading the curve
Read guideHow to read a QQQ/SPY news curve
A news marker becomes useful only after you understand where price was before it appeared, which session was trading, and what changed afterward.
Read market news in the context of the price curve.
Plain-language guides for reading timestamped headlines, reaction windows, market sessions, and QQQ-versus-SPY divergence on MarketNewsCurve.
A practical reading path for market news and price reactions.
Start with the timestamp, locate the headline on the QQQ/SPY curve, measure what happened before and after it, then compare the two ETFs without treating timing as proof of causality.
Reaction windows
Read guideHow to measure price reaction after market news
A clean event-window measurement needs an honest price anchor, matching endpoints, and a clear distinction between what happened before and after publication.
Market sessions
Read guideHow to read premarket, after-hours, and overnight reactions
The same headline and percentage move can mean something different at 08:30 ET, 10:00 ET, 17:00 ET, or 23:00 ET because the trading environment changes.
Relative reaction
Read guideHow to read QQQ versus SPY relative reaction
QQQ and SPY often move together, but the difference between their measured reactions can reveal whether a market move was concentrated or broad.
One reading discipline
Timestamp first, measurement second, interpretation last.
- 01Place the headline
Use the actual publication time and the price already observed at or before it.
- 02Measure the window
Keep the before move separate from the 1/5/15/30/60-minute move after publication.
- 03Add market context
Compare QQQ with SPY and the market session before describing what the move may mean.