Trump Media reportedly pitched traders a $100,000 feed of the president’s posts
Trump Media & Technology Group has reportedly been asking financial-trading firms for about $100,000 a month for the fastest possible feed of Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts, according to the Financial Times, a price tag that turns the president’s typing into a subscription product.
The pitch, described to the paper by people familiar with the discussions, offers hedge funds and algorithmic traders a machine-readable stream delivered in milliseconds.
The premise is not especially subtle. Trump’s posts routinely move markets, whether he is announcing tariffs, threatening a listed company, or reversing a decision two days later, and the firm built around his own social media platform is betting that being a few milliseconds ahead of everyone else is worth paying for.
A single post about tariffs or a named company has, on more than one occasion, sent equities swinging within minutes.
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