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The best X accounts to follow for traders in 2026 cover much more than stock picks and crypto commentary. This guide reviews top X accounts across seven market areas: forex, equities, crypto, commodities, bonds, macro, and indices, using six account types (official, news, data, analysis, education, and commentary).
The list includes banks and regulators, market-data providers, financial news accounts, and individual traders who want to understand what is moving markets and why, rather than simply collect trade alerts.
FinTwit can be useful for finding ideas quickly, but every post still needs to be checked against the original data or source. X is one of several places traders gather. Our best-of guides also cover Telegram channels, Facebook communities, brokers, and trading platforms.
Follower counts are rounded and were last verified in September 2026. They are included to show audience size only.
| Account | Handle | Asset Class | Type | Followers | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Reserve | @federalreserve | Macro, Bonds | Official | 1.5M | Fed updates |
| European Central Bank | @ecb | Macro, Forex, Bonds | Official | 826.7K | ECB policy |
| Bank of England | @bankofengland | Macro, Forex, Bonds | Official | 427K | UK rates |
| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | @SECGov | Equities, Crypto | Official | 810.9K | SEC updates |
| CFTC | @CFTC | Commodities, Forex | Official | 108.9K | Derivatives rules |
| U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | @BLS_gov | Macro | Official | 112K | Economic data |
| U.S. Energy Information Administration | @EIAgov | Commodities, Macro | Official | 186.2K | Energy data |
| OPEC | @OPECSecretariat | Futures, Options | Official | 89.2K | Futures and options |
| CME Group | @CMEGroup | Futures, Rates, Commodities | Official | 711K | Futures and options. |
| Monetary Authority of Singapore | @MAS_sg | Macro, Forex | Official | 36.4K | Singapore policy |
| Walter Bloomberg | @DeItaone | Multi-asset | News | 1.9M | Fast market headlines |
| Peter Brandt | @PeterLBrandt | Commodities, Crypto, Forex, Indices | Analysis | 1.3M | Chart analysis |
| Mohamed A. El-Erian | @elerianm | Macro, Bonds | Commentary | 1.1 M | Macro context |
| Steve Hanke | @Steve_Hanke | Macro, Forex | Commentary | 857K | Current policy |
| Nouriel Roubini | @Nouriel | Macro | Commentary | 685K | Market context |
| Barry Ritholtz | @ritholtz | Equities, Macro | Commentary | 253K | Market context |
| Mark Minervini | @MarkMinervini | Equities | Education | 765K | Stock setups |
| Linda Raschke | @LindaRaschke | Equities, Futures | Analysis | 127K | Trading process |
| Blake Morrow | @PipCzar | Forex | Analysis | 62K | FX analysis |
| Jamie Saettele | @JamieSaettele | Forex, Equities | Analysis | 53K | Technical analysis |
| Raghee Horner | @RagheeHorner | Forex, Equities, Futures | Education | 27K | Trading education |
| Brett Steenbarger | @steenbab | Multi-asset | Education | 98K | Trading psychology |
| Tom Dante | @Trader_Dante | Forex, Rates, Equities, Commodities | Education | 674K | Trading process |
| Reuters Business | @ReutersBiz | Multi-asset | News | 3.3M | Breaking business news |
| The Kobeissi Letter | @KobeissiLetter | Multi-asset | News | 2.6M | Market news |
| Michael Brown | @MrMBrown | Macro, Forex, Rates | Analysis | 100K+ | Event analysis |
| Barchart | @Barchart | Stocks, Options, Futures, Commodities, Forex | Data | 562K | Market data |
| Bloomberg | @business | Multi-asset | News | 10M+ | Global business news |
| The Wall Street Journal | @WSJ | Multi-asset | News | 20M+ | market -moving reporting |
The selection process is designed to separate useful market information from the much larger pool of accounts competing for traders’ attention.
Accounts were reviewed over a 30-day monitoring period, with additional checks against official websites, professional biographies, and recent posts. Six inclusion tests were applied.
We excluded accounts that promised guaranteed returns or win rates, funnelled followers primarily into paid signals, used wealth or lifestyle content as evidence of trading ability, promoted unregulated brokers or account-managed services, deleted incorrect calls, pumped low-liquidity assets without disclosure, or relied mainly on engagement farming.
Several of the largest trading accounts on X are not included here. Follower count measures reach, not reliability. Our full approach to sourcing and verification is set out in our editorial policy.
For traders, official accounts are usually the least exciting part of X and some of the most useful. They are where policy decisions, regulatory announcements, economic releases, and exchange information originate. Because these accounts publish primary material rather than interpretation, they are the only sources on this list that require no verification step.
1) Federal Reserve (@federalreserve)
The Federal Reserve’s account is primarily a distribution channel for official Board material. It posts statements, speeches, testimony, reports, and other central-bank announcements rather than trading commentary. This makes it particularly useful around FOMC meetings and major policy releases.
Best for: Fed policy and rate decisions.
2) European Central Bank (@ECB)
The ECB account provides official announcements, speeches, policy material, and institutional updates from the euro area’s central bank. It is useful for EUR traders because the account provides primary information rather than interpretations of ECB policy.
Best for: ECB policy and euro markets.
3) Bank of England (@bankofengland)
The Bank of England account covers monetary policy, financial stability, research, speeches, and institutional announcements. It is especially relevant for GBP traders and anyone watching UK inflation and rates.
Best for: UK rates and GBP.
4) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (@SECGov)
The SEC’s account is useful for regulatory developments affecting securities markets, public companies, exchanges, and digital assets. It should be treated as a source for regulatory information rather than as a source of trading signals.
Best for: Securities regulation.
5) Commodity Futures Trading Commission (@CFTC)
The CFTC covers derivatives regulation, enforcement, market structure, and related announcements. It is particularly relevant to futures and commodities traders.
Best for: Derivatives regulation.
6) Bureau of Labor Statistics (@BLS_gov)
BLS is a primary source for U.S. employment, inflation, and other labor-market statistics. Its official page identifies @BLS_gov as its Twitter account and says it is used for the latest news releases.
Best for: U.S. economic releases.
7) Energy Information Administration (@EIAgov)
EIA is useful for traders who need U.S. energy production, inventory, and consumption information. The account works best alongside the agency’s underlying datasets rather than as a standalone source of trade ideas.
Best for: U.S. energy data.
8) OPEC (@OPECSecretariat)
OPEC’s account distributes information about oil policy, market developments, reports, and organizational activity. Its posts can be useful for understanding the supply side of crude markets.
Best for: Oil supply themes.
9) CME Group (@CMEGroup)
CME Group covers futures and options markets across rates, equity indexes, energy, metals, agriculture, and currencies. It is particularly useful for traders who want to connect market news with the instruments actually used to express those views.
Best for: Futures and options.
10) Monetary Authority of Singapore (@MAS_sg)
MAS combines central-bank and financial-regulatory responsibilities. Its X account covers monetary policy, financial regulation, and institutional announcements.
Best for: Singapore markets.
News accounts are useful for speed, not certainty. The distinction matters. A headline appearing on X can move markets before a full report is available, but traders still need to check the underlying source.
1) Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone)
@DeItaone is built around short, rapid-fire market headlines. Posts frequently cover central banks, geopolitics, oil, currencies, rates, and equities, including developments during U.S. overnight and European hours. The feed is useful when speed matters, but headlines should be checked against the cited source before acting.
Best for: Fast market headlines.
2) The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter)
The Kobeissi Letter publishes frequent commentary on equities, commodities, rates, economic data, and geopolitical developments. Its X feed mixes breaking headlines with charts and short market explanations. It is active across global trading hours and is particularly useful for traders following macro-driven moves.
Best for: Macro market headlines.
3) Michael Brown (@MrMBrown)
Brown’s posts focus heavily on currencies, central bank policy, and macro events. The account is useful around European and U.S. sessions because FX commentary often needs to bridge the gap between overnight developments and the main London/New York trading periods.
Best for: FX session context.
4) Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz)
Reuters Business publishes corporate, economic, and market-moving headlines throughout the trading day. Its posts cover earnings, commodities, currencies, macro data, and geopolitical events. Reuters also maintains dedicated feeds such as Reuters Agriculture for specialist markets.
Best for: Breaking business news.
5) Bloomberg (@business)
Bloomberg’s business feed is broad enough to work as a general market-news source. It covers companies, macroeconomics, commodities, financial markets, and major political developments. Traders who already have specialist feeds can use it as the wider context layer.
Best for: Global business news.
6) The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ)
The WSJ account distributes breaking and reported stories covering markets, companies, economics, and policy. Some articles are paywalled, so the X post should not be treated as a substitute for the full article when the underlying detail matters.
Best for: Market-moving reporting.
Data accounts are valuable because they can show what the market is doing without asking the reader to adopt a particular market view.
1) Barchart (@Barchart)
Barchart publishes market prices, charts, screeners, futures and options information, market news, and trading tools. Its X feed covers several asset classes, making it useful for traders who want a broad data stream in one place. The account is primarily a market-information source rather than a single analyst’s opinion feed. Users should check the relevant Barchart page for the exact timestamp, market, and data methodology.
Best for: Broad market data.
Macro accounts help connect individual market moves with interest rates, inflation, currencies, growth, and policy. They should not replace primary economic releases, but they can provide context around why traders are watching a particular number.
1) Mohamed A. El-Erian (@elerianm)
El-Erian posts frequently about monetary policy, inflation, economic growth, markets, and global financial conditions. His feed often links current developments with broader macro themes. He has also described his approach on X as highlighting issues, data, and readings rather than presenting every post as a definitive conclusion. Traders can use the account for context, while checking underlying economic releases and policy documents separately.
Best for: Macro market context
2) Steve Hanke (@Steve_Hanke)
Hanke frequently comments on inflation, currencies, exchange-rate systems, monetary policy, and economic data. His academic work has a particular focus on currency boards, exchange rates, and monetary systems. The feed often takes a clear position on economic questions, so it is useful for seeing a particular analytical framework. Readers should distinguish his commentary from the underlying government or central-bank data.
Best for: Currency and monetary policy
3) Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel)
Roubini’s feed focuses on global economic conditions, inflation, debt, financial risks, geopolitics, and macroeconomic policy. His posts frequently connect current events with longer-term economic themes. The account can be useful for traders who want to see how major macro risks are being framed by an economist. As with any commentary account, the analysis should be separated from the data and policy documents it discusses.
Best for: Global macro themes.
Forex traders need a mixture of price analysis, macro context, and risk management. The three named accounts in this section approach currencies from different angles.
1) Blake Morrow(@PipCzar)
Morrow posts currency-market commentary, chart observations, and discussions of price action. Trading Analytix describes him as a co-founder and CEO, with the platform covering intraday developments across the major trading sessions. His feed is useful for traders who want to see how an experienced FX market participant discusses levels and market structure rather than simply receiving a stream of buy or sell calls.
Best for: FX market structure.
2) Jamie Saettele (@JamieSaettele)
Saettele’s posts frequently use charts and technical analysis concepts to discuss currencies, indexes, and equities. His background includes work at DailyFX and FXCM, and he is the author of Sentiment in the Forex Market. The feed is most relevant to traders interested in technical levels, market structure, and sentiment rather than a purely fundamental approach.
Best for: Technical FX analysis.
3) Raghee Horner (@RagheeHorner)
Horner focuses heavily on trading education, with content covering charts, risk management, position sizing, watchlists, and market preparation. Her website says she teaches stocks, options, ETFs, indexes, and futures alongside forex. Her X feed also includes educational observations and links to longer-form material. Readers should note that she offers paid educational products and trading services.
Best for: Trading education.
The equity accounts below cover three different styles: broader market commentary, technical stock analysis, and discretionary trading education.
1) Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz)
Ritholtz posts about markets, investing, economics, behavioral finance, and financial history. His feed also points readers toward his writing and Masters in Business interviews. Rather than functioning as a pure trading-signal account, it provides broader context around market behavior and investor decision-making. His professional role at a wealth-management firm is relevant when assessing the perspective behind the commentary.
Best for: Market and investing context.
2) Mark Minervini (@MarkMinervini)
Minervini’s content centers on stock selection, chart patterns, price action, risk management, and his SEPA approach. His official site also offers structured education, market commentary, and trading tools. The X account is therefore best viewed as part of a broader educational business rather than as an independent source of market data. Traders should separate educational material from any promotional content or trade-specific claims.
Best for: Stock trading education.
3) Linda Raschke (@LindaRaschke)
Raschke has traded across futures and equities for decades and is known for technical and discretionary approaches to markets. Her public material often discusses trading principles, market structure, setups, and the practical side of managing positions. Her feed is particularly useful for traders interested in process rather than social-media signals. Her long-form educational material also provides context for the methods behind her market observations.
Best for: Discretionary trading process.
Commodity markets are shaped by supply decisions, inventory data, weather, and geopolitics as much as by price action. The accounts below are split between technical analysis and the official data sources that drive energy and metals markets.
1) Peter Brandt (@PeterLBrandt)
Brandt’s feed focuses on classical chart patterns, market structure, risk management, and the process of trading. His website states that his research covers futures, forex, commodities, and Bitcoin and crypto markets. He also discusses the psychological side of trading and the importance of having a defined process. His account therefore crosses several sections of this guide rather than fitting into commodities alone.
Best for: Classical chart analysis.
Rates sit underneath every other asset class. Changes in government-bond yields affect borrowing costs, currency valuations, equity multiples, and the relative appeal of holding cash.
This guide currently covers rates through central-bank and derivatives sources rather than individual rates strategists — the Federal Reserve, ECB, and Bank of England for primary policy information, CME Group for interest-rate futures, and Mohamed El-Erian and Michael Brown for broader market commentary.
The named accounts most relevant to indexes are Peter Brandt, Barchart, Jamie Saettele, and Tom Dante. Their approaches differ, ranging from chart analysis to broad market data and trading education.
Barchart provides index, futures, and options information. Brandt approaches indexes through classical charting. Saettele uses technical analysis across currencies and equities, while Dante discusses price action and trading process in several markets.
Trading psychology matters here because following more accounts does not automatically improve decision-making. The accounts below focus on process, discipline, and trader development.
1) Brett Steenbarger (@steenbab)
Steenbarger’s feed focuses on trader development, performance psychology, research habits, and decision-making. His posts often examine how traders respond to different market conditions and how they can build repeatable processes. This makes the account different from a typical market-news feed. It is less about identifying the next move in an asset and more about understanding the behaviour and routines behind trading decisions.
Best for: Trading psychology
2) Tom Dante (@Trader_Dante)
Dante’s account covers trading psychology, price action, market structure, and the practical realities of trading. His Trader Dante platform provides educational material and mentoring for traders. His X feed also includes observations about the emotional and behavioral side of trading. Because paid courses and education products are part of a wider business, readers should distinguish free commentary from paid services.
Best for: Trading process.
Following 20 or 30 accounts does not mean every post deserves attention. A useful trading feed should give different types of information rather than repeat the same market view dozens of times.
A practical starting point is to divide accounts into groups. Official accounts can provide primary information. News accounts can alert traders to developments. Data accounts can provide charts and market statistics. Analysts can add interpretation. Education and psychology accounts can help with the process.
X Lists can make this easier. A trader might create separate lists for central banks, economic data, breaking news, technical analysis, and education. This avoids mixing a Federal Reserve announcement with dozens of unrelated posts.
During periods of extreme volatility, muting noisy accounts can also reduce information overload. Traders should be especially careful about feeds where almost every post has the same directional view. A feed containing only bullish or only bearish commentary can create a narrow picture of the market.
The question is not simply how many trading accounts should I follow? It is whether the feed contains enough independent information to challenge an initial view.
Follower count is not a substitute for source quality. A large account can still publish a mistaken interpretation, while a smaller account may provide useful specialist information.
The same warning signs apply across trading accounts on X, regardless of asset class or follower count. Use the checks below before adding any account to your feed — and before acting on anything it posts.
| Warning sign | Why it matters |
| Guaranteed returns or fixed win rates | Markets do not provide certainty. Any account claiming a fixed success rate is describing something that does not exist. |
| Track record shown only through winning screenshots | Screenshots of profitable positions do not establish a complete trading history. Ask whether losses are visible too. |
| Deleted or hidden incorrect calls | If an account repeatedly removes forecasts that did not work, the remaining feed gives a misleading picture of its past views. |
| Pressure to join paid signals or VIP channels | Selling research or education is legitimate. Using free posts purely as a funnel into a paid group is a different proposition. |
| Undisclosed promotion | Particularly important for low-liquidity assets, where promotional activity can move attention and trading behaviour. |
| Wealth or lifestyle content as proof of skill | Cars, watches and account screenshots are marketing, not evidence of a trading method. |
| No identifiable person or organisation | If you cannot establish who runs an account or what their background is, you cannot assess the perspective behind the posts. |
| Positive sign | Why it matters |
| Reasoning is explained, not just levels | An account that shows why it holds a view lets you evaluate the thinking, not just copy the conclusion. |
| Losing trades and changed views stay visible | Accounts that discuss what went wrong are more useful than accounts that only surface what went right. |
| Sources are cited and linkable | Posts that point to the original release, filing or dataset can be checked. Posts that do not, cannot. |
| Commercial interests are disclosed | Knowing that an account sells courses, runs a fund, or works for a broker is part of reading it accurately. |
| Free material is substantive | The public content should have value on its own rather than functioning only as a preview of a paid product. |
| Professional background is verifiable | A current role, published work, or established market history that can be independently confirmed. |
The basic test is simple: Can the account explain what it is showing, identify its source, and make its commercial interests clear?
The same checks apply on other platforms. We use the same criteria when assessing Telegram channels and Facebook trading groups.
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There is no simple type of account that works for every trader. Official accounts provide primary information, news accounts provide speed, data accounts provide market statistics, and analysts and educators provide interpretation or trading frameworks.
This guide covers the Federal Reserve, ECB, Bank of England, SEC, CFTC, BLS, EIA, OPEC, CME Group, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore. These accounts post official information that covers monetary policy, regulation, economic data, energy markets, and derivatives; traders should use the posts as alerts and then check the linked institutional material for the complete information.
An X post alone cannot establish whether a trading signal is reliable or profitable. A trader should check the reasoning, source data, timing, and risk assumptions behind a claim. Historical screenshots are not enough to establish a complete record. It is also important to distinguish educational commentary from direct trade recommendations and paid signal services.
There is no fixed number that works for everyone. A smaller feed with different information sources can be easier to monitor than a large feed where dozens of accounts repeat the same headlines. X Lists can separate official sources, news, data, technical analysis, and education. The goal should be a useful information mix rather than the largest possible follower list.
For currencies, Blake Morrow, Jamie Saettele, and Raghee Horner approach the market differently. They approach currencies differently. Morrow focuses on market structure and price action, Saettele uses technical analysis and sentiment, while Horner covers forex along with broader trading education. Central bank accounts such as the Federal Reserve, ECB, and Bank of England can provide the policy information that usually shapes currency markets.
Barry Ritholtz, Mark Minervini, Linda Raschke, and Barchart provide different types of equity-related information. Ritholtz focuses more on markets and investing context, Minervini on stock trading education, Raschke on discretionary trading, and Barchart on market data and charts. Traders should decide whether they need news, data, technical analysis, or education before choosing which feeds to prioritize.
For commodities and energy, this guide covers Peter Brandt, OPEC, the EIA, CFTC, and CME Group. OPEC provides official information on oil policy and market developments, while the EIA publishes U.S. energy data. The CFTC covers derivatives regulation, and CME Group provides information about futures markets. Brandt adds a technical-analysis perspective across commodities and other markets.
Start with the account’s identity, professional background, and original sources. Check whether posts explain their reasoning and whether commercial relationships are disclosed. Be cautious with guaranteed returns, fixed win rates, anonymous track records, and screenshot-only evidence. A useful account should make it possible to distinguish facts, analysis, and opinion rather than presenting every market view as certainty.
A paid subscription should be evaluated as a product, not as proof that its market calls will be profitable. Check what the subscription actually provides, such as research, educational material, live sessions, or data. Look for clear pricing, cancellation terms, and disclosures. Avoid treating payment as a shortcut to trading success or assuming that a paid signal has been independently verified.
FinTwit is an informal term for the financial community on Twitter, now X. It includes traders, investors, analysts, economists, journalists, financial institutions, and data providers. The community covers everything from stocks and bonds to currencies, commodities, and crypto. Because the information comes from many different sources, users need to distinguish official data from personal commentary and promotional material.
X can expose traders to market terminology, charts, economic releases, trading psychology, and different analytical methods. It is not a complete trading education. Posts are short and usually lack the full context behind a decision. A trader who wants to learn should use longer-form books, courses, market documentation, and historical data along with social-media content and develop a process for testing ideas.
The list is for informational and educational purposes only. Inclusion does not constitute an endorsement of any account, person, company, strategy, product, or trading method. Following an account does not mean its market views are correct, complete, or suitable for any individual trader.
Markets involve substantial risk, and past results or published trade examples do not establish future performance. Readers should verify important information against sources before making financial decisions.
We reviewed account descriptions and follower counts in September 2026. The number of followers can change at any time. Times of Trading plans to review the list quarterly and may update accounts if handles, roles, content, or editorial criteria change.
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