She’s been called an oil[1] market Internet sensation. On any given day the commodities trader takes to Twitter to push out info on geopolitics and the impact crude oil prices[2]. She engages with followers and trolls on everything from climate change to budgets to bitcoin[3] breakouts. Tracy Shuchart, perhaps best known as @Chigrl[4]is a major member of the fintwit community with more than 150,000 followers.
Tracy began her finance career in Chicago at the Chicago board of trade as a commodities trader and currently manages an energy and materials portfolio for a family office as well as providing insights for Hedge Fund Telemetry. Finance and trading are two areas where men considerably outnumber women. Progress is being made and DailyFX is highlighting that progress with a new series on Women Leaders Changing Finance[5]. We’re also spotlighting hurdles. One area where women are making a mark is financial twitter, or #fintwit.
Source: Hedge Fund Telemetry
To highlight Women Leaders Changing Finance DailyFX Strategist Peter Hanks (@PeterHanksFX[6]) talked with Tracy about her experiences in the finance industry, her views on FinTwit, commodities trading, the energy and materials space given the current market climate. Here are some excerpts:
Q: How did you begin on Twitter and FinTwit?
A: I was working in Chicago as a commodities broker at the time and I just went on to check out the platform and that’s why my name is Chigrl, not something trading related. I had a few friends on Twitter that would know the news before the news was out and then I began tweeting about anything energy related really and, I don’t know, it just kind of organically happened. I remember when I
