Key Takeaways

• The best Twitter accounts for finance fall into distinct categories: headline bots, official institutions, macro strategists, and technical traders.
• Headline relay accounts like @DeItaone post Bloomberg Terminal headlines to X within seconds, giving retail traders access to data that used to cost $24,000 a year.
• Following the right 15-20 accounts is more valuable than following 500. Signal density matters more than volume.
• Pairing these accounts with a dedicated ticker setup turns a scattered social feed into a professional-grade market wire.

The best Twitter accounts for finance are the ones that give you information you can act on before the rest of the market catches up. That sounds simple, but many finance feeds on X are cluttered with motivational quotes, affiliate pitches, and recycled takes from people who have never placed a real trade. The accounts listed here are different. They are the ones that professional traders, fund managers, and financial journalists actually watch. Some of them relay raw data from institutional terminals. Others provide macro context that shapes how you interpret that data. All of them earn their place by being consistently fast, accurate, or insightful.

Headline Relay Bots: The Speed Layer

These accounts exist for one purpose: to get institutional headlines onto your screen as fast as possible. They pull from Bloomberg Terminal feeds, Reuters wires, and other professional data sources and repost them to X in near real time. For anyone who does not have a $24,000/year terminal subscription, these accounts are the next best thing.

@DeItaone (Walter Bloomberg) is the most followed headline relay on X with over 800,000 followers. The account posts Bloomberg Terminal headlines within seconds of them hitting the wire. In April 2025, a single inaccurate post from this account about a tariff pause caused a multi-billion dollar swing in the Dow Jones. That incident alone tells you how much weight this account carries in financial markets. It is not affiliated with Bloomberg LP, but it has become the de facto free terminal headline feed for retail traders.

@LiveSquawk operates like an audio squawk box converted to text. The account covers central bank decisions, economic data releases, and geopolitical events as they happen. It is particularly useful during Fed meetings and FOMC press conferences when you need real-time color on what is being said.

@Tier10K covers a similar beat to Walter Bloomberg but tends to pick up stories from a wider range of sources, including government filings and foreign press. If you follow both @DeItaone and @Tier10K, you get redundancy on major headlines and better coverage on stories that only one of them catches.

@financialjuice focuses specifically on macro data drops: GDP, CPI, NFP, PMI, and other acronyms that move bond and currency markets. The account is clean and data-focused with very little commentary, which makes it a good candidate for a dedicated breaking news monitoring setup.

Official Accounts That Literally Move Markets

Some X accounts are not commentary. They are primary sources. When these accounts post, prices move. You do not need to like them or find them interesting. You just need to see their posts the moment they go live.

@federalreserve posts FOMC statements, rate decisions, and Fed governor speeches. The account itself is slow and institutional, but the content is market-defining. A single sentence about rate guidance can send the S&P 500 up or down 2% in minutes. If you trade equities, bonds, or currencies, this account is non-negotiable.

@SECGov posts enforcement actions, rule proposals, and filing deadlines. It is less relevant for day-to-day trading but critical for anyone in the crypto space (where SEC actions regularly move token prices by double digits) and for tracking insider trading charges or new ETF approvals. The Bitcoin ETF approvals in early 2024 were first confirmed through SEC channels.

Macro Strategists Who Provide Context

Raw headlines are useless without context. These accounts help you interpret what the data means for your positions and your broader market thesis. They are the “so what?” layer on top of the headline bots.

@LizAnnSonders is the Chief Investment Strategist at Charles Schwab with over 450,000 followers. She posts daily charts on labor data, sentiment indicators, and market breadth. Her style is data-first with minimal opinion, which means you get the raw chart and can draw your own conclusions. She is one of the few accounts at her follower count that never sells courses or promotes third-party products.

@elerianm (Mohamed El-Erian) is a former CEO of PIMCO and current advisor at Allianz and Gramercy. He posts short, frequent takes on central bank policy, inflation dynamics, and global macro trends. His posts tend to be measured and nuanced, which makes them useful as a counterweight to the panic or euphoria that dominates fintwit during volatile sessions.

@MorganHousel writes about the behavioral side of finance: why people make bad decisions with money, how narratives drive markets, and where long-term thinking breaks down. He is the author of *The Psychology of Money* and posts frequently on X with observations that rarely show up in other financial feeds. His content is less about what to trade today and more about how to think about money over decades. If your feed is heavy on short-term signals, Housel provides a useful long-range balance.

@SoberLook is an anonymous institutional account that posts data-heavy threads on credit markets, fixed income, and macro flows. The charts are original and often reference data sets that retail traders never see. If you trade bonds or follow interest rate markets, this account is a primary source you will not find replicated anywhere else on fintwit.

Technical traders and Options Flow

These accounts focus on price action, chart patterns, and derivatives positioning. They are most useful for active traders who make decisions based on what the market is doing right now, not what it should be doing based on fundamentals.

@PeterLBrandt has been trading since 1980 and is one of the most respected classical chartists on X. He posts real-time chart analysis, admits when he is wrong publicly, and has a documented track record spanning four decades. In a space full of anonymous accounts claiming 90% win rates, Brandt’s transparency is rare and valuable.

@unusual_whales tracks unusual options activity in real time. When a large block trade hits the options chain, this account flags it. Unusual options flow has become one of the most watched signals in retail trading because it often indicates informed positioning ahead of catalysts. The account also covers political trading disclosures and congressional stock trades, which has become its own sub-genre of market signal.

How to Actually Use These Accounts

Following 12 accounts is the easy part. The hard part is consuming their output without getting buried in your main timeline. The X algorithm does not care that @DeItaone just posted a Fed headline. It will happily show you a viral meme instead.

The standard approach is to put these accounts into a dedicated Twitter list. That gives you a chronological feed without algorithmic interference. But a list still requires you to manually open it, scroll, and refresh. If you step away for 20 minutes, you are scrolling through a backlog trying to figure out what happened.

A more professional setup is to run these accounts through a scrolling ticker. This is the same format that Bloomberg terminals, CNBC news crawls, and institutional trading floors use for a reason: it pushes information to you passively. You set it on a second monitor or a wall-mounted TV and your peripheral vision catches the headlines without any manual effort. The comparison between passive tickers and active list reading comes down to how much delay you can tolerate in your workflow.

Accounts to Avoid

A quick note on what NOT to follow. Any account that consistently uses phrases like “this stock is about to explode” or “don’t miss this 10x gem” is selling you something. Accounts that post screenshots of their P&L without verified brokerage statements are performing, not informing. And accounts that gate their “real” analysis behind a paid Discord or Telegram channel are using X as a sales funnel, not an information source.

Stick to accounts that post freely, show their work, and have a verifiable track record. The 12 accounts above all meet that bar. If you want a broader set of sources beyond finance specifically, the best accounts for breaking news on X cover geopolitics, tech, and general hard news that also moves markets.

FAQ

How many finance accounts should I follow on X?

Keep your core watchlist between 15 and 25 accounts. Following hundreds of accounts creates the same noise problem you were trying to escape. The 12 listed here give you a strong foundation. Add a few niche accounts specific to your asset class and you have a complete setup.

Should I follow these accounts on my main timeline or in a list?

A list. Your main timeline is controlled by X’s algorithm, which optimizes for engagement, not speed. A list gives you chronological order with no ads or suggested content mixed in. Or better yet, run them through a dedicated scrolling ticker for hands-free monitoring.

Are headline bot accounts like @DeItaone reliable?

They are fast and usually accurate, but they are not infallible. The April 2025 tariff pause incident proved that even the most trusted relay accounts can post incorrect information that moves billions in market cap. Always cross-reference major headlines with a second source before making large trades.

Do I need a Bloomberg Terminal if I follow these accounts?

For most retail traders, no. The combination of @DeItaone, @LiveSquawk, and @financialjuice gives you the majority of headline coverage that a terminal provides. You lose some depth (historical data, analytics tools), but the raw speed of information is comparable. That is why many traders view X as a free alternative to the Bloomberg Terminal for headline monitoring.