📱Introducing the RoboStox Slack App
Today I’m very happy to announce the official release of the RoboStox Slack App!
What is it?
The RoboStox Slack App is an easy way to share price and other financial information on stocks and crypto in your Slack channels by typing two simple commands using either the stock or crypto symbol:
For example for information on a stock like Tesla, just type: /stock tsla
(Watch the gif below carefully, this is not a static image 😉)
And for information on a crypto asset such as Bitcoin type: /coin btc
(You can use upper or lowercase for the stock and crypto symbols, it doesn’t matter which one you choose, whatever is more convenient!)
Why build this Slack app?
From personal experience I’ve found sharing price information in a group messaging app like Slack to be really convenient (and a little addictive to be honest!) When I set out to build this app, the aim was is to provide a summary of the most important data as clearly as possible. In addition to the current price you also get a snapshot of the market-cap, price-to-sales ratio and all the recent price movements at a glance.
It was important for me to provide the option to share both stock and crypto information as many people have a mixture of both of these assets in their portfolio. This is particularly true for young people at the beginning of their careers who are looking for high growth and are willing to take on a bit more risk.
The divisions between crypto and the “normal” financial world are also starting to blur. Coinbase, the leading crypto exchange in the world is now a public company, most of the trading activity on Robinhood is in crypto, and the payments app, Square (soon to be renamed Block), is planning to integrate with Bitcoin soon. These are just a few examples, and I expect this trend to continue well into 2022.
While there are some apps which are similar to RoboStox, I found very few which allow you to look-up both stocks and crypto-assets all in one place. (One of the few that does provide this often gets confused between the two assets and then doesn’t show accurate results).
Are you planning to build any other apps or tools?
Yes!
Part of being an early subscriber to the RoboStox newsletter means that you will be the first to know as soon as I release new apps and tools which provide better information for tech and crypto investors.
Discord had a huge 2021 and took many people by surprise (including me), so my plan is for the next big release to be on that platform. But I’m also open to ideas and suggestions. You can let me know what you want me to build next by contacting me by email: hellorobostox@gmail.com or by leaving a comment on Substack.
Follow the links and instructions to download and install RoboStox for Slack here: robostox.co
Disclaimer: I am not a financial advisor, none of this information should be taken as financial advice. Instead this should be viewed as starting point to conduct your own research.