Writing a strong Cue
A Cue is one sentence in plain English: what you need Cuebit to watch for. The sharper that sentence, the sooner you hear about the right thing and the fewer misses you get. Here is exactly what makes a Cue strong.
Name a subject and an event
A Cue is built from two parts, in one sentence: a subject (a company, sector, person, place, theme, or a list of names you hold) and an event (what should happen to it: earnings, a deal, a launch, a regulation, a downgrade, and so on). Together they tell Cuebit exactly what to watch and exactly what to catch. Add a qualifier only if it narrows things further (major, in the US, government-led, over 5%); a qualifier alone, with no subject or event, never makes a Cue strong.
Fewest words, most information
Every word should earn its place: name the subject, name the event, and drop the rest (tell me about, anything interesting, let me know). One plain sentence in your own words, in any language, reads stronger than a long paragraph or a vague idea, because Cuebit reads for meaning, not for length.
Ask for news, not a market screen
Cuebit watches events reported in the news: earnings, deals, launches, rulings, downgrades, and the like. It cannot rank or screen securities by price, moving averages, valuation or trend (software stocks above their 200-day average), because that is market data, not news. Name the event you want to hear about instead, and Cuebit will catch it, whichever company it touches.
Keep each Cue focused
A Cue can watch one security or a whole list of names you hold, and every one still gets covered. But packing dozens of unrelated names into one Cue trades focus for volume: you hear about all of them, just more of it. A shorter, related list, or splitting a wide interest into a few Cues, keeps each one sharp.
What each band looks like
Vague: "tell me about interesting AI news" names neither a subject nor an event, so Cuebit has nothing concrete to catch. Clear: "NVDA, AMD, AVGO" names a subject (a watchlist) with no event yet; you are covered on those names, but the Cue is not yet sharpened. Precise: "Nvidia, AMD or Broadcom sign or lose a major supply deal" names a subject and an event together, which is what a strong Cue looks like.