Frequently Asked Questions

These are the trust questions a first-time visitor reasonably asks before spending time on a stock-discussion site. Answers stay plain and factual. For the full rules, see the community guidelines; for the limits of what a discussion site can and cannot do, see the disclaimer.

Is TickerPosts a broker?#

No. TickerPosts is a community discussion site for publicly traded stocks. It does not execute trades, hold customer funds, recommend specific securities, or offer brokerage or advisory services of any kind. To buy or sell a stock, you still need an account with a licensed broker.

Does TickerPosts give investment advice?#

No. TickerPosts is a discussion community, not an investment advisor, broker, or financial planner. Nothing on the site, including blog guides, glossary entries, ticker pages, About paragraphs, and community comments, is investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The disclaimer linked from the footer spells this out in full. Consider talking to a licensed financial professional about your own situation before acting on anything you read here.

Where do your numbers come from?#

Ticker listings, end-of-day prices, market caps, sectors, and industry classifications come from the public US-Stock-Symbols dataset, which is refreshed regularly. Charts are drawn in your browser from the daily price history the site already stores. Prices on TickerPosts are end-of-day snapshots, not real-time quotes, and may be delayed or incomplete. Confirm anything time-sensitive against your broker or the exchange itself.

Who runs TickerPosts?#

TickerPosts was founded by Steven Levine, who previously founded the consumer-protection site OpenClassActions.com. The site is independently operated and is not owned by a broker, an asset manager, or a media conglomerate. The author profile page lists the topics Steven covers and links to his prior work.

Is TickerPosts free?#

Yes. Reading ticker pages, blog posts, glossary entries, and discussions is free and does not require an account. A free account is needed to post comments, vote, and save a watchlist that syncs across devices. There is no paid tier.

Can I post without using my real name?#

Yes. You pick a username at signup, and that name is the only thing other visitors see next to your posts. Your email address is private and is never shown to other members. The username does not have to be your real name; many members post under pseudonyms. The only rule is that the username cannot impersonate a real person, a public company, an exchange, a regulator, or another visible TickerPosts member.

Why should I trust what I read here?#

Trust an individual community post the same way you would trust any anonymous opinion on the internet, which is to say: not very much, unless the writer has cited a source you can verify. Treat posts as starting points for your own research, not as conclusions. Site-written content like blog guides, glossary entries, and the editorial policy is published under a named byline and follows the editorial policy linked from the footer; community discussion is the personal opinion of whoever wrote it and is not edited before it appears.

How is moderation done?#

Coordinated promotion, fake screenshots, impersonation, guaranteed-return claims, and harassment are against the rules and are removed when found or reported. Posts about penny stocks, micro-caps, and recently reverse-split tickers are held to a stricter standard because regulators have flagged those as the most common manipulation targets. Repeated or serious violations can lead to rate limits, suspension, or a permanent ban. The full rule set lives on the community guidelines page.

How do I report a bad post?#

Use the report control on the post itself. Reports go to a moderation queue with the post and its surrounding context attached, which is faster than emailing about a post out of context. Reporting in good faith is welcome even when you turn out to be wrong; using the report button to silence opinions you disagree with is not.

Can I edit or delete a comment I posted?#

You can delete a comment you posted from the same comment row, using the Delete button visible next to your own comments. The comment is removed from the public discussion immediately. Editing an already-posted comment is not supported yet; if you spot a mistake, the cleanest fix is to delete and repost. The Copy link action lets you share a direct link to a specific comment, and the in-progress draft you are typing is preserved by a browser-level guard so a stray tab close does not lose your work.

How do I report a security issue?#

Security-disclosure contact information is published at /.well-known/security.txt following the standard format security researchers expect. The same file lists the expiration date, the preferred language, and the canonical URL. Use the Report control on a specific comment for ordinary content reports; the security file is for vulnerabilities in the site itself.

Do you accept paid placement?#

No. TickerPosts does not sell sponsored posts, sponsored ticker pages, paid blog placements, paid newsletter mentions, or boosted positions in any list on the site. Trending, top gainers, top losers, most discussed, and highest-volume lists are ranked from real data only. The site does not currently run third-party display advertising.

Can a company control its TickerPosts page?#

No. Ticker pages on TickerPosts are not company-owned profiles; they are pages built around a stock symbol from the public listing dataset described on the data sources page. A company cannot pay to edit, remove, sponsor, or moderate the discussion on its own ticker page, and the site does not offer a verified-issuer or claim-this-page program. If a company believes a specific post on its page is misleading or violates community guidelines, the right path is the same report control any visitor can use; the moderation queue reviews it under the same rules.

Are the prices on TickerPosts real-time?#

No. Prices on TickerPosts are end-of-day snapshots refreshed once per trading day, not real-time quotes streamed from the exchange. The price you see is the latest closing print and the chart shows daily closes over the selected window. For a real-time quote, check your broker or a paid market-data service. The "Last updated" or "As of" date next to the price on every ticker page tells you which session the snapshot is from.

Does TickerPosts cover ETFs, crypto, options, or international stocks?#

TickerPosts covers stocks and ETFs that list on NASDAQ, NYSE, and AMEX (NYSE American). ETFs are included because they share the same listing dataset as ordinary stocks, which is why funds like SPY and QQQ have their own ticker pages and discussions. The site does not currently cover crypto, options, futures, foreign exchange, or stocks that trade only on non-US exchanges. The data sources page lists every dataset the site reads from and what its known limits are.

What does TickerPosts do with my email address?#

Your email address is used to identify your account at signup and login, to send password-reset links if you forget your password, and not much else. The address is never shown to other members and is never sold, rented, shared with advertisers, or used to build profiles. Account-related email is the only kind sent today; if newsletter or marketing email ever ships, you will be asked to opt in first rather than opted in by default. The privacy policy page lists the full set of personal data the site stores and how each item is used.

Is there a minimum age to use TickerPosts?#

Yes. You must be at least 13 years old to create an account, in line with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The site does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 13. The site is not designed for children even in the 13–17 band, and the discussions cover financial topics with real-world consequences that benefit from the judgment of an adult. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, use the in-product report tools to flag it, and a moderator will remove the account.

Why was my comment removed?#

Comments are removed when they violate the community guidelines: coordinated promotion, fake screenshots, impersonation, harassment, threats, doxxing, spam, claims of guaranteed returns, and similar conduct. Posts about penny stocks, microcaps, and recently reverse-split tickers face a stricter standard because regulators have flagged those as the most common manipulation targets. The full rule set lives on the community guidelines page linked from the footer. If you believe a removal was a mistake, report any other comment on the same thread with the optional details field naming the removal, and a moderator will review it.

What languages does TickerPosts support?#

The site is English-only today. The interface, the editorial content (blog posts, glossary, About paragraphs), and the moderation rules are all in English. Posts you write in another language are not removed automatically, but moderators may not be able to evaluate a report on a non-English comment with the same speed or confidence as an English one. Translation into Spanish, Mandarin, or other major languages is not currently on the roadmap.

Can I send private messages to other users?#

No. TickerPosts is a public discussion site, and there is no direct-message or private-inbox feature. Every comment you post is publicly visible on the ticker discussion page it lives on. The deliberate choice to skip private messaging is to avoid the well-documented pattern of stock-promotion DMs that solicit cold approaches off the public thread where moderation cannot see them. If you want to continue a conversation with another member, reply to their post on the same public thread.

How do I report harassment from another user?#

Use the Report control on any specific comment the user posted that crossed the line. Pick the "harassment" category from the dropdown so it routes correctly. If the pattern spans many threads rather than one comment, report any one of those comments and name the broader pattern in the optional details field; moderators will review the user’s recent history alongside the single report. Threats of violence or anything that looks criminal should also be reported to your local law enforcement, since TickerPosts cannot act as a law-enforcement intermediary on your behalf.

Can I delete my account?#

Account deletion is not yet a one-click self-service setting; it is on the privacy roadmap. Until it ships, you can ask for your account to be removed by submitting a report from any comment you posted that names the request, and a moderator will process it. By default, comments you have already posted stay visible after deletion so the surrounding reply threads do not break. If you also want your past comments soft-deleted at the same time, name that in the same request and a moderator will handle it together. The privacy policy page lists the full set of personal data the site stores and what happens to each item when an account is closed.

Is there a mobile app?#

No, there is no native iOS or Android app. TickerPosts is a website built to work well on a phone browser at the same URL the desktop uses, with the same search, ticker pages, discussions, and watchlist that desktop visitors get. You can save the site to your home screen on either iOS or Android for one-tap access, and the version footer and changelog link work the same way on a phone as on a laptop. A future native app is not on the near-term roadmap.

How do I find the discussion for a specific stock?#

Type the ticker symbol or the company name into the search bar at the top of any page. The autocomplete dropdown shows matches as you type, and selecting one takes you to that ticker’s discussion page (for example, AAPL or Apple takes you to /t/AAPL). Pressing the / key from any page focuses the search bar, and Ctrl+K on Windows or Linux (Cmd+K on Mac) does the same. The homepage also surfaces top gainers, top losers, the most-discussed list, and the highest-volume list so you can browse without a specific search in mind.

Can I quote TickerPosts in my own writing?#

Yes, within ordinary fair-use limits. Short factual quotes from blog posts, glossary entries, the About paragraph on a ticker page, or a community comment are fine to cite in your own writing as long as you include a link back to the source page and identify TickerPosts as the source. Republishing whole articles, glossary pages, or full discussion threads without permission is not. Community comments are the personal opinions of the users who wrote them; treat them as you would any anonymous comment on a public discussion site, and verify any factual claim against the primary source before passing it on.

Why is a ticker missing from TickerPosts?#

A symbol can be missing for a few reasons: the company is newly listed and has not appeared in the next ingest run yet, the ticker was recently delisted or changed in a merger or rename, the company trades only on a non-US exchange, or the security is a futures or options contract rather than a stock. Listings can also change between refreshes. The canonical source of truth for any listing is the exchange itself or SEC filings on EDGAR, not TickerPosts.

Related Pages

• About TickerPosts: what the site is, why it exists, and what you can do here.
• Community guidelines: the full rules and how moderation handles violations.
• Editorial policy: how site-written guides and glossary entries are produced.
• Data sources: where listings, prices, and charts come from and what their limits are.
• Disclaimer: the legal limits of what a discussion site can do for you.
• Steven Levine: the author profile page for the site's founder.