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@unusual_whales

Tier: Fast

unusual_whales X alerts

@unusual_whales is a widely followed public account. Traders typically monitor this account for macro and risk-on/risk-off signals that can move indexes, rates, and FX. In the last 30 days, its content clustered around markets and macroeconomics.

Last 30 days: 392 detected posts, median alert timing 439ms, and latest detected post at Aug 9, 2026, 5:52 AM UTC. This is about 189ms slower than our ~250ms baseline.

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

Monitoring snapshot (last 30 days)

Posts detected

392

13.1 per day on average

Activity recency

18

posts in last 24h (290 in last 7d)

Median detection

439ms

p95: 1,032ms

Content coverage

129

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

225ms

Median

439ms

Average

551ms

P95

1,032ms

Slowest

14,268ms

Posting window histogram (UTC)

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03:00
06:00
09:00
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15:00
18:00
21:00

Peak windows: 20:00-21:00 UTC, 02:00-03:00 UTC, 21:00-22:00 UTC.

Active on 11 distinct days in the current 30-day window.

Most used words (past 30 days)

  • more 136
  • read 90
  • breaking 76
  • said 49
  • billion 47
  • market 39
  • unusual 34
  • trump 33

Data freshness date: 2026-08-09. 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: Aug 9, 2026, 5:52 AM UTC Detected: Aug 9, 2026, 5:52 AM UTC 808ms delay 260 chars

    One minute Periscope updates can completely change how you read power hour. A lot can happen inside a ten minute window. Positioning can build, disappear, or flip, and if you only see the final update, you may miss the real shift. In this @unusual_whales live

    • read
    • unusual
  • Posted: Aug 9, 2026, 1:01 AM UTC Detected: Aug 9, 2026, 1:01 AM UTC 424ms delay 102 chars

    36% of US companies say they gave out standard, across-the-board pay increases this year, per Payscale

  • Posted: Aug 9, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC Detected: Aug 9, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC 401ms delay 90 chars

    MicroStrategy's, $MSTR, Michael Saylor has said he made $15 billion last year with ChatGPT

    • said
    • billion
  • Posted: Aug 8, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC Detected: Aug 8, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC 415ms delay 102 chars

    "We’re ‘me-maxxing’ so much, we’re saying 30% fewer words a day than we did 20 years agp," per FORTUNE

  • Posted: Aug 8, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC Detected: Aug 8, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC 495ms delay 149 chars

    Undergraduate enrollment in computer and information sciences at four-year institutions declined 8.4% in spring 2026 from a year earlier, per FORTUNE

  • Posted: Aug 8, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC Detected: Aug 8, 2026, 9:42 PM UTC 830ms delay 82 chars

    BREAKING: Joe Biden’s cancer has ‘spread to his bones,’ son Hunter Biden has said.

    • breaking
    • said
  • Posted: Aug 8, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC Detected: Aug 8, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC 1,117ms delay 238 chars

    BREAKING: Iran’s top security official said the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen until the U.S. met a sweeping list of demands, including withdraw the U.S. military from around Iran, pay war reparations and release frozen Iranian assets.

    • breaking
    • said
  • Posted: Aug 8, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC Detected: Aug 8, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC 439ms delay 133 chars

    29% of buy now, pay later users said they’ve used these short-term loans to buy groceries, up from 14% two years ago, per LendingTree

    • said

Who this account is

@unusual_whales is a widely followed public account. Traders typically monitor this account for macro and risk-on/risk-off signals that can move indexes, rates, and FX. In the last 30 days, its content clustered around markets and macroeconomics.

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 "more", "read", "breaking" and map those to the sectors or instruments most exposed to that narrative.
  • Use the peak posting windows (20:00-21:00 UTC and 02:00-03:00 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 @unusual_whales 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: 2026-08-09.

Can I forward @unusual_whales 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.