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@ft

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ft X alerts

@ft is a widely followed public account. Traders typically monitor this account for headline-driven sentiment changes that can create short-term trading opportunities. In the last 30 days, its content clustered around general updates.

Last 30 days: 285 detected posts, median alert timing 756ms, and latest detected post at Jul 13, 2026, 7:50 AM UTC. This is about 506ms slower than our ~250ms baseline.

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

Monitoring snapshot (last 30 days)

Posts detected

285

9.5 per day on average

Activity recency

48

posts in last 24h (285 in last 7d)

Median detection

756ms

p95: 1,395ms

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

142ms

Median

756ms

Average

772ms

P95

1,395ms

Slowest

2,305ms

Posting window histogram (UTC)

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21:00

Peak windows: 04:00-05:00 UTC, 05:00-06:00 UTC, 15:00-16:00 UTC.

Active on 6 distinct days in the current 30-day window.

Most used words (past 30 days)

  • opinion 52
  • trump 25
  • iran 22
  • after 21
  • world 18
  • read 15
  • financial 13
  • china 12

Data freshness date: 2026-07-13. 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: Jul 13, 2026, 7:50 AM UTC Detected: Jul 13, 2026, 7:50 AM UTC 639ms delay 201 chars

    England’s win against Norway showed a decent team with two exceptional goalscorers and that has carried them to the semi-finals of the men’s Fifa World Cup. Simon Kuper breaks down the team’s strategy.

    • world
  • Posted: Jul 13, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC Detected: Jul 13, 2026, 6:22 AM UTC 1,051ms delay 211 chars

    Traders are braced for choppy won trading, as a rare wave of dollar inflows from SK Hynix’s blockbuster US listing is expected to give a strong but shortlived boost to one of Asia’s weakest currencies this year.

  • Posted: Jul 13, 2026, 6:10 AM UTC Detected: Jul 13, 2026, 6:10 AM UTC 954ms delay 49 chars

    In defence of . . . prediction markets? | opinion

    • opinion
  • Posted: Jul 13, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC Detected: Jul 13, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC 601ms delay 57 chars

    Employers pushed staff to use AI more. That has backfired

  • Posted: Jul 13, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC Detected: Jul 13, 2026, 5:29 AM UTC 1,242ms delay 254 chars

    The huge investment needed to replace Chinese financing in critical industries highlights the scale of the challenge facing the US and Europe as they seek to reduce Beijing’s grip on strategic supply chains. Can they really afford to decouple from China?

    • china
  • Posted: Jul 13, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC Detected: Jul 13, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC 549ms delay 50 chars

    Global stocks fall as US-Iran hostilities escalate

    • iran
  • Posted: Jul 13, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC Detected: Jul 13, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC 190ms delay 59 chars

    Asia’s capital surplus favours the safest winners | opinion

    • opinion
  • Posted: Jul 13, 2026, 4:55 AM UTC Detected: Jul 13, 2026, 4:55 AM UTC 845ms delay 45 chars

    Freshfields culls partners after pay shake-up

    • after

Who this account is

@ft is a widely followed public account. Traders typically monitor this account for headline-driven sentiment changes that can create short-term trading opportunities. In the last 30 days, its content clustered around general updates.

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", "iran" and map those to the sectors or instruments most exposed to that narrative.
  • Use the peak posting windows (04:00-05:00 UTC and 05:00-06:00 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: 2026-07-13.

Can I forward @ft alerts to Slack or Discord?

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

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