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Covestor’s Twitter Notifications Could Make You Rich (If You Follow the Right People)

Source: Mashable!

Aug 12, 2008

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Twitter integrations have become somewhat passé recently, as just about anyone looking for social media traffic has devised a way to auto-post links to the microblogging service. But an integration being released this morning by Covestor might spark your interest, especially if you’re an active trader in the stock market.

If you’re not familiar with it, Covestor basically lets you hook up your online brokerage account to its service so you can track your performance and that of other users. You can then see rankings of who the most successful traders are (as measured by things like performance year-to-date) and follow the actions (buys, sells, and commentary) of other users. With the Twitter integration, you can now get those notifications in real-time, as users actions are posted instantly to your timeline. Since Covestor is hooked up to your brokerage account, the symbol, price, and time are all verified.