Anonymity Best Practices for Stocktwits

There are hundreds of thousands of brokers, analysts and investment advisors that surf the financial web each day who are restricted in what they are allowed to see and for sure say. But, they are lurking, and in much higher percentages than other industries because of the laws set up to protect you so that the big banks can screw you by themselves.

The walls are crumbling around the silliness of protecting ‘Betty’ from a broker working at a brokerage that would like to screw ‘Betty’ from the top with a scripted plan. Of course I am being cynical, but the walls are coming down faster than ever cycnical or not.

My opinion if you are in the financial space and need to protect yourself, is to choose a handle that you can live with post wall coming down. Choose a smart handle. If you are a banker, use your name and say you work at Lehman…get it. Super simple :) .

Write a super funny bio (shows you care and are smart with the right tone of sarcasm…we know you are a pro by not saying you are a pro)

Now, if you can legally use Stocktwits and have a site called ‘www.stocksbustingout.com or www.melovemesometechnicalanalysis.blogspot.com’ , DO NOT choose those as your handle on Stocktwits. Use your name or derivative of it, be smart and creative. Each of your 50 chart messages a day do not need to have your web name in the handle. IF you are good, people will click on your real name and see your website properly framed in the BIO you set up.

Share ideas and links that build trust. Say thanks once in a while if you are there to eavesdrop and protect your ass from your bosses. The best way to get smart contributors to keep ‘digging’ up great links and share ideas in real time is through positive, constructive feedback. It really is easy and will make you feel pretty good. Trust me.

Let people know that if you didnt have a drinking problem a series 7 and three wives, you would use your real name.

Now go be smart the rest of the time.