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@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: 302 detected posts, median alert timing 712ms, and latest detected post at Jun 19, 2026, 9:51 AM UTC. This is about 462ms slower than our ~250ms baseline.

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

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Monitoring snapshot (last 30 days)

Posts detected

302

10.1 per day on average

Activity recency

65

posts in last 24h (302 in last 7d)

Median detection

712ms

p95: 1,456ms

Content coverage

101

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

147ms

Median

712ms

Average

744ms

P95

1,456ms

Slowest

2,393ms

Posting window histogram (UTC)

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03:00
06:00
09:00
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18:00
21:00

Peak windows: 04:00-05:00 UTC, 11:00-12:00 UTC, 05:00-06:00 UTC.

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

Most used words (past 30 days)

  • opinion 56
  • after 33
  • iran 30
  • deal 26
  • trump 26
  • more 25
  • starmer 20
  • than 18

Data freshness date: 2026-06-19. 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: Jun 19, 2026, 9:51 AM UTC Detected: Jun 19, 2026, 9:51 AM UTC 594ms delay 52 chars

    Can anyone stop Burnham from becoming Labour leader?

  • Posted: Jun 19, 2026, 9:28 AM UTC Detected: Jun 19, 2026, 9:28 AM UTC 1,052ms delay 76 chars

    Reaching a nuclear deal with Iran will be much harder than in 2015 | opinion

    • opinion
    • iran
    • deal
  • Posted: Jun 19, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC Detected: Jun 19, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC 1,148ms delay 179 chars

    Breaking news: Keir Starmer has vowed to stand in a Labour Party leadership race if Andy Burnham triggers a contest following his resounding victory in the Makerfield by-election.

    • starmer
  • Posted: Jun 19, 2026, 9:10 AM UTC Detected: Jun 19, 2026, 9:10 AM UTC 879ms delay 72 chars

    Iran postponed US talks due to Israeli strikes on Lebanon, diplomats say

    • iran
  • Posted: Jun 19, 2026, 8:17 AM UTC Detected: Jun 19, 2026, 8:17 AM UTC 632ms delay 62 chars

    ‘Abysmal’: Farage’s Reform UK suffers another by-election blow

  • Posted: Jun 19, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC Detected: Jun 19, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC 674ms delay 162 chars

    How could this Labour leadership challenge start? What if Starmer does not stand down? Who gets to choose the new leader? We answer these questions and more here:

    • more
    • starmer
  • Posted: Jun 19, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC Detected: Jun 19, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC 902ms delay 37 chars

    UK borrowed more than expected in May

    • more
    • than
  • Posted: Jun 19, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC Detected: Jun 19, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC 517ms delay 30 chars

    A reprieve for gilts | opinion

    • opinion

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", "after", "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 11:00-12:00 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: 2026-06-19.

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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