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@ft

Tier: Very Fast

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@ft is a widely followed public account. Traders typically monitor this account for policy and geopolitical headlines that can reprice sectors within minutes. In the last 30 days, its content clustered around politics and policy.

Last 30 days: 175 detected posts, median alert timing 149ms, and latest detected post at Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC. This is about 101ms faster than our ~250ms baseline.

Source profile: https://x.com/ft

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Monitoring snapshot (last 30 days)

Posts detected

175

5.8 per day on average

Activity recency

68

posts in last 24h (175 in last 7d)

Median detection

149ms

p95: 635ms

Content coverage

90

avg chars per detected post

Detection performance profile

These values show how quickly alerts typically fire after a post appears. Use them to judge whether this account fits fast-reaction or slower confirmation strategies.

Fastest

121ms

Median

149ms

Average

233ms

P95

635ms

Slowest

915ms

Posting window histogram (UTC)

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Peak windows: 05:00-06:00 UTC, 17:00-18:00 UTC, 16:00-17:00 UTC.

Active on 4 distinct days in the current 30-day window.

Most used words (past 30 days)

  • opinion 48
  • trump 14
  • after 9
  • election 9
  • iran 9
  • over 9
  • said 9
  • financial 8

Data freshness date: 2026-02-28. Terms are recalculated from the most recent 30-day window.

Recent detected X posts

These snippets come from recent detected posts for this handle. Each row includes post time, alert time, and measured delay.

  • Posted: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC Detected: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC 290ms delay 112 chars

    Musafir, Kyiv: It takes guts and good generators to run a buzzy restaurant in wartime Ukraine — review | opinion

    • opinion
  • Posted: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC Detected: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC 294ms delay 52 chars

    Are my shoes giving off the right signals? | opinion

    • opinion
  • Posted: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC Detected: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC 221ms delay 71 chars

    Bordeaux 2016 was a superstar vintage. How does it taste now? | opinion

    • opinion
  • Posted: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC Detected: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC 293ms delay 55 chars

    When financial and geopolitical waves collide | opinion

    • opinion
    • financial
  • Posted: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC Detected: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC 127ms delay 51 chars

    The iPod’s slow shuffle back to relevance | opinion

    • opinion
  • Posted: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC Detected: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC 134ms delay 71 chars

    AI models, like capitalism, are best served with a conscience | opinion

    • opinion
  • Posted: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC Detected: Feb 28, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC 134ms delay 31 chars

    The one good monopoly | opinion

    • opinion
  • Posted: Feb 28, 2026, 5:11 AM UTC Detected: Feb 28, 2026, 5:11 AM UTC 141ms delay 81 chars

    A dangerous playbook is being revived for the giant US housing agencies | opinion

    • opinion

Who this account is

@ft is a widely followed public account. Traders typically monitor this account for policy and geopolitical headlines that can reprice sectors within minutes. In the last 30 days, its content clustered around politics and policy.

This section is written for traders: who this account represents and why its posts can matter for markets.

Alert strategy ideas

  • Use this as an intraday signal stream: frequent posts can create repeated reaction windows for momentum and mean-reversion setups.
  • Build theme-based alerts around "opinion", "trump", "after" and map those to the sectors or instruments most exposed to that narrative.
  • Use the peak posting windows (05:00-06:00 UTC and 17:00-18:00 UTC) to tighten monitoring during likely headline clusters.
  • Pair instant post alerts with your execution checklist so you can react during the first market repricing rather than after social commentary spreads.

FAQ for @ft alerts

How fresh are these X account stats?

Stats come from the rolling 30-day window and update as new posts are detected. Current freshness date: 2026-02-28.

Can I forward @ft alerts to Slack or Discord?

Yes. ProfileTracer supports HTTP webhooks plus native formatting for Slack and Discord destinations.

Informational use only. ProfileTracer does not provide investment advice. Timing and content can vary based on upstream platform behavior, account activity, and destination delivery conditions.