Our frequent visitors know that we tend to post “market moving” news facts as quickly as possible on this blog. We now have found a way to make those breaking news updates even more convenient for our readers: we’re going to make them available via twitter.com.
The functionality that Twitter offers is simply fantastic. Dealingfloor will post its breaking news items to Twitter (max 140 characters in length). People who “follow” us on Twitter will then be able to receive those updates in a format that suits them (by RSS, Instant Message or SMS).
A practical example. One of our readers, let him be called SuperTrader, joins twitter.com and decides to follow www.twitter.com/dealingfloor. SuperTrader enrolls his mobile phone on the twitter website and also provides the details of his Instant Messaging client (GTALK, AIM, .Mac, LiveJournal, Jabber). Finally he puts on “notifications” for dealingfloor.
Now this is what happens. Dealingfloor sends the following update to twitter: * FED LOWERS RATE BY SURPRISE 25BP. Instantaneously this update will be shown on the website twitter.com/dealingfloor. These updates can therefore be seen on the website or via RSS (don’t forget to subscribe). Sofar nothing new you might say.
Now the beautiful part of it. If SuperTrader has put notifications on for dealingfloor and he’s currently has his Instant Message client open (on his desktop or mobile phone), he’ll receive this message in his instant messenger. If he logs off from his instant messenger, then he will automatically receive the message * FED LOWERS RATE BY SURPRISE 25BP by SMS on his mobile phone.
So there we go. An exiting new way to stay up to date with breaking market news, whether you’re behind or away from your screen!
Oh and no worries. We promise to only update market moving events. And Twitter provides an option to turn off phone notifications during certain periods (such as the night).
Dealingfloor is confident that these “tweeds” will be of added value to our readers. We hope you like this new service and look forward to see you following us at twitter.com/dealingfloor.