Chart.ly lets users upload stock market charts – which are the lifeblood of many traders –and share them via Twitter with a shortened Chart.ly URL. When you upload a chart, Chart.ly lets you include the stock symbol, some tags, and the tweet you’d like to send out. These tweets are then simulcast to the StockTwits community, which sorts all tweets about specific stocks (so, for example, you can see all tweets about $GOOG, the stock symbol for Google, in the same place).
The site was built in partnership with StockTwits, who actually owns the code. StockTwits investor Howard Lindzon endorses the service on the front page - “Behold... chart.ly for stocktwits! Sharing stock charts has never been easier.”
The big thing the site needs is its own charting tool, and that will be launched in the next couple weeks, Chart.ly creator Adarsh Dilip tells me. In the meantime, Dilip suggests using sites like bigcharts.com to generate the chart, and Chart.ly to upload and share on Twitter and StockTwits. Ultimately, Chart.ly fills a need within the Twitter ecosystem (for a clientele with money, no less), and should benefit from the continued growth of Twitter and StockTwits.
