Performing financial trading via social networks or via instant messaging services

Abstract

Various embodiments of a method for performing financial trading via a social network, in which a social network and a financial network are both provisioned and linked, after which messages intended for the financial network are posted on the social network. Various embodiments of a method for mirroring financial trading via a social network, in which mirror conditions in a financial network are defined, and then changed, deleted, or supplemented, by messages posted on a social network. Various embodiments of receiving information from multiple sources, and then posting a response on a social network to be read by other users of the social network, a financial network, or other networks. Various embodiments of a method for performing a dialogue on a social network to manage an account pre-existing on financial network, including inquiring about financial status or financial trading via the social network.

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