Im sure other brokers do, or will soon. I see zero value-added in pollytrade.

While many are arguing that trading stocks using Twitter is not a great idea, the bigger concept is that many are spending more and more time on Twitter. As a result, Twitter is becoming more popular than the browser! For example, I spend more time on Twitter than I do on the browser (I use Tweetdeck). Hence, I can see why people want to do more things, such as trade stocks, on Twitter. Last week I spent more time following the US Open on Twitter than I did on http://www.usopen.com or http://www.pgatour.com. The atomic unit of consumption is now a stream and that is why Twitter is becoming so popular since I can see many streams.

However, when the number of actively used apps will go above a certain level, people will have to learn “Twitter syntax” for at least for a few hours before they can start understanding what’s going on…

Trading stocks via twitter is a nuts idea to begin with. How do you convince people to even consider using it? How about bank money transfers via tweeter, or filing your taxes, or maybe lets apply to credit cards via tweeter. Geez…

@pollytrade sell 5000 shares BRK

and watch as people go nuts trying to reason why someone is dumping $43 million worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock. Have you seen the pump and dump that goes on on the Yahoo Finance boards? Do you really want it to come to twitter?

Put it in deadpool.

I have different accounts for retirement, mid-term, and short-term/speculation. I will start with the short-term and see how it goes. I suspect most beta users will do the same. In fact, we require that they limit their exposure during the beta period, so we can be sure everything works smoothly.

We’ve received a number of beta user requests, partner requests, feature requests, and a few inquiries from potential investors in PollyTrade, so the interest is definitely there.

We’ll listen to users and other interested parties and make the service that they want.

There are no material implications to any of these bullshit twitter finance applications. Twitter is a fine way to waste some time, not by any means a vehicle for someone to create some sort of “trend” or three pronged “panic”. If this guy wants to spend his money on something that is valueless at best, and a personal security threat at worst, let him have at it. But let’s not overstate the importance of tweets to the system. This is a fad.