Your guide to trading Twitter

What is Twitter?

Twitter Inc is an American online news and social networking service where users post and interact with messages known as ‘tweets’. Twitter is a platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time. Twitter also offers promoted products to enable advertisers to promote their brands, products and services, as well as, amplify their reach and visibility on Twitter’s network. Twitter was founded in 2007 by CEO Jack Dorsey, and others, in California. As of late 2018 Twitter had 325 million monthly active users.

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Twitter trading hours

Twitter stock trading occurs on the NYSE between the hours of 09:30 and 16:00 (EST).

How to trade Twitter CFDs

An individual has two options when commencing in Twitter stock trading. Firstly, they can buy shares in companies on the exchanges where they are listed. For instance, you can buy Twitter stock on the New York Stock Exchange, so you actually own a share in the company. This can be considered a long-term investment, as the individual is usually waiting for the price to rise over time.

Another way to invest in twitter stocks is to trade a contract for difference (CFD) on a particular stock, and speculate on the price difference of the underlying asset, without actually owning it.  A CFD is a financial instrument - typically an agreement between a broker and an investor, where one party agrees to pay the other the difference in the value of a security, between the opening and closing of the trade. You can either hold a long position (speculating that the price will rise) or a short position (speculating that the price will fall). This is considered a short-term investment or trade, as CFDs tend to be used within shorter timeframes, and is an alternative to trading Twitter shares.

The key difference between trading a long position with a CFD and buying a security is the leverage that is employed. CFDs are traded on margin, which means that a trader can open larger positions with their capital.

CFD trading offers great opportunities with a reliable CFD broker. Sign up at Capital.com and access the most popular global markets via our web platform or our ultimate trading app.

Why trade Twitter CFDs with Capital.com

Advanced AI technology at its core: A Facebook-like News Feed provides users with personalised and unique content depending on their preferences. If a trader makes decisions based on biases, the innovative News Feed offers a range of materials to put him back on the right track. The neural network analyses in-app behaviour and recommends videos, articles, news to polish your investment strategy.

Trading on margin: Providing trading on margin (up to 5:1 for individual equities), Capital.com gives you access to trading Twitter shares with the help of CFDs.

Trading the difference: When trading a Twitter CFD, you don’t buy the underlying asset itself, meaning you are not tied to it. You only speculate on the rise or fall of the Twitter stock price. CFD trading is nothing different from traditional trading in terms of strategies. A CFD investor can go short or long, set stop and limit losses and apply trading scenarios that align with their objectives.

All-round trading analysis: The browser-based platform allows traders to shape their own market analysis and forecasts with sleek technical indicators. Capital.com provides live market updates and various chart formats, available on desktop, iOS, and Android.

Focus on safety: Capital.com puts a special emphasis on safety. Licensed by the FCA and CySEC, it complies with all regulations and ensures that its clients’ data security comes first. The company allows to withdraw money 24/7 and keeps traders’ funds across segregated bank accounts.

History of Twitter

• Twitter company overview

Twitter started as an idea that founder and CEO Jack Dorsey first conceived in 2006, as a side-project to his work. It was originally supposed to be an SMS-based communications platform, where groups of people could stay up to date with each other based on status updates, like open texting. Dorsey proposed this idea to the company he was working for at the time, and he received permission to develop the project further within work.

The 2007 South By Southwest conference saw a three-fold expansion of Twitter usage, where more than 60,000 tweets were sent on the day of the event, and this was the start of Twitter’s rise to fame.

• Twitter stock price history

Twitter had its Initial Public Offering (IPO) in November 2013, where the stock was offered at $26 and closed more than 72% higher that day at $44.90, with an intraday high of $50.09. Co-founder, and then CEO of Twitter, Evan Williams launched ‘Medium’, an online publishing platform encouraging people to write documents longer than Twitter’s then 140-character (now 280-character) maximum.

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