Platform Guide · Lesson 7 of 13
Use Alerts to Focus Attention
Alerts tell you when price reaches a level or the regime changes, so you can look again. They don’t place orders.
In this lesson
- Create an alert for a price, a level or a regime change
- Explain what an alert does and doesn’t do
Open alerts from the bell in the header, or set one straight from a level in Key Levels. Rules cover price, day change, crossing the Flip Line, nearing the Ceiling or Floor, the regime turning Calm or Volatile, and reminders for calendar events.
Pick the symbol and condition
Choose one condition per question you want answered.
Check the threshold
Make sure the price or level is the one you meant.
Choose how to hear about it
Review banner, sound and push settings, and your browser’s notification permission.
Note
An alert is a prompt to look at the market. It doesn’t place an order, and delivery can be delayed. Alerts about levels and the regime say “Model estimate”, because that’s what they are.
Note Which plans include it
Alerts are included in Retail and Advance.
Check your understanding
1 question. Answer each one, then open “Show answer” to compare.
Show answer
Answer: B. Price reached the level, so it’s time to look
An alert only tells you a condition was met. What you do next is a separate decision.
Key takeaways
- Alerts focus attention; they don’t trade.
- Fewer, purposeful rules are easier to act on than many similar ones.
Try it in StratosHedge
Set one alert for when SPY nears its Floor, and decide in advance what you will check when it fires.
Set an alert Needs: Retail plan
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