March 2009
17 posts
StockTwits reaction to Timmy G's plan
Cognitive dissonance at its finest?
The market reacted quite favorably to the U.S. Treasury’s so called ‘Toxic Asset Plan’ while many, including a large portion of the StockTwits community, think it will be the latest huge embarassing failure via Washington. Consensus on the StockTwits feed seems to indicate they’ll take the bounce for what it’s worth.
We were...
StockTwits users all over it...again
The theme of the week, in market news as well as mainstream media, can be summed up in three letters: A-I-G. The chatter was inescapable. Six year olds were observed debating AIG’s payment of bonuses despite accepting hundreds of billions of federal bailout money. The talking heads were quick to focus on this fact knowing it would enrage the ‘dumb masses’ and keep them tuned...
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StockTwits Etiquette
Our intent on StockTwits is to add value and build community. To do so we have learned that a few simple guidelines, if followed most of the time by the majority, will promote such intent. Adding Value When you tag a tweet with a $ for inclusion to the stream you will want it to add value for other members of our community. If it does, then it’s right. If it does not, then it is likely...
StockTwits is looking for a rockstar Flex...
Want to join the StockTwits team? StockTwits is looking for a rockstar Flex developer. To Apply: 1) Build a quick and dirty Flex application that uses the StockTwits XML or JSON API located at http://stocktwits.com/streams/all.xml and http://stocktwits.com/streams/all.json respectively. The application should check for new updates once a minute and display them similar to the streams on...
MacroTwits Transcript: Sunday Mar 15, 2009
@gregormacdonald hosted the MacroTwits hour again this past Sunday. As usual China, Oil, Gold and US Treasuries were the dominant themes. Gregor’s biggest takeaway from the past week:
If you ask me, the Story of the Week came at the tail end. The Premier of China expressing open worry about Treasuries. $$
Transcript is broken into two parts; edited for size.
MacroTwits Transcript:...
StockTwits Brunch Transcript Sat Mar 14, 2009
Get some new trading ideas for the week and beyond in the latest StockTwits Brunch with @tickerville. Edited for size.
StockTwits Brunch Saturday March 14th, 2009 Part I
StockTwits Brunch Saturday March 14th, 2009 Part II
StockTwits Brunch Saturday March 14th, 2009 Part III
Stop by every Saturday morning from 10-12 to talk charts with our boy @tickerville.
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StockTwits/LindzonPalooza In Effect
StockTwits/LindzonPalooza is three weeks away and we are gearing to party our faces off even as Rome burns.
In addition to sun, stocks, golf, food, and a Sun’s game, we are organizing an optional stock market and trading discussion with:
@upsidetrader @howardlindzon @AndySwan @alphatrends @ToddStottlemyre @sorenmacbeth @ppearlman
The estimated cost for room, food, suns game, and golf is...
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How to Use the Five StockTwits Streams (Great for...
A week or so ago we published on our site a Help Page which we think does a pretty good job of helping folks optimize their experience on StockTwits. One of the sections on that Help Page describes the five filters we have on StockTwits. I would like to take this blog post to go into more detail with regard to how I use the different filters throughout the day with the thought that this might...
MacroTwits Transcript: Sunday Mar 8, 2009
Oil, politics, and new-issue sovereign debt were dominant themes in the most recent MacroTwits hour with @gregormacdonald. Transcript is broken into two parts below. Edited for size.
MacroTwits Transcript: Sunday Mar 8, 2009 Part I
MacroTwits Transcript: Sunday Mar 8, 2009 Part II
StockTwits Brunch Transcript Sat Mar 7, 2009
Another great session with @tickerville last Saturday morning. Transcript broken into three parts below. Edited for length.
StockTwits Brunch Saturday March 7th, 2009 Part I
StockTwits Brunch Saturday March 7th, 2009 Part II
StockTwits Brunch Saturday March 7th, 2009 Part III
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Great Quips from StockTwits 03.06.09
Unlike many of the media outlets, and we won’t name names, you guys are calling it like it is and it’s proving to be good market intel. We’re getting some brilliant commentary on the feed doused with just a little sauce. Here are some that have come in from today’s morning session:
@thurgy
$VIX alternate fear indicator, lol, http://tinyurl.com/c9t2ex
@stevenplace
$$ Premarket...
StockTwits User Profile: w0nk0
hallo StockTwits, below is a profile of one of our very own:
@w0nk0
He hails from Germany, plays the electric guitar, has sworn off the media and has been tweeting his trades since before StockTwits existed. The market first piqued his interest as a result of the press coverage of the ‘87 crash and he has followed it ever since. His schooling is in Psychology and he started honing his...
MacroTwits Transcript: Sunday Mar 1, 2009
Here is the transcript to MacroTwits Hour with @GregorMacdonald from last Sunday night between 9:00pm - 10:00pm. Super sharp group. Thanks again all who participated.
MacroTwits Transcript: Sunday Mar 1, 2009 Part I
MacroTwits Transcript: Sunday Mar 1, 2009 Part II
[Edited for length]
Is this the bottom?
@dougkass is calling a market bottom. You can read his position here: http://bitly.com/11OIPb
What do you think?
StockTwits Brunch Transcript Sat Morn Feb 28, 2009
@tickerville was on point again Saturday morning and provided us with some technical knowledge. One thing you may want to check out was his use of ‘mystery charts’ to identify trading opps - a useful exercise. There was some great information exchanged with a lot good trading opps for the upcoming week.
The Brunch transcript has been edited and broken down into three parts which you...