Price Alerts Complete Guide

What this helps you do

This guide helps you use Price Alerts to keep track of key price levels without babysitting a chart. You will learn where to find the Alerts panel, how to create and manage alerts (including One-Click Doji Price Alerts), and how the Alert Logs work.

This matters because you can stay on top of important price moves without constantly watching the market, so you act when it counts instead of reacting late.

What Price Alerts are

A Price Alert notifies you when a symbol hits a price level you set, using a condition like Greater than or Less than. Alerts can be created manually from the Alerts panel, created directly from the chart, or generated automatically as One-Click Doji Price Alerts from the Doji Screener. All alert types appear in the same Alerts list.

Where to find the Alerts panel

Open the Alerts panel from the right-side workspace tools area, then click the Alerts tab (next to Watchlist and Chatroom).

The panel has two main sections:

  • At the top, Alerts, which shows your current alerts.

  • At the bottom, Alert Logs, which shows your alert history (including deleted alerts).

    • Ways to create a Price Alert

    Create an alert from the Alerts panel

    Alerts can be created by clicking the plus icon at the top-right of the Alerts section, or clicking on “Create” button at the center of an empty panel.

    This opens the Create Alert window, where you configure:

  • Condition: Choose the symbol, then choose whether the alert triggers when price is Greater than or Less than your level.
  • Price: Enter the exact price you want the alert to watch.
  • Expiration: Choose the date the alert should expire. Alerts expire at market close. You can use quick options like Tomorrow, 1 Week, or 1 Month, or select a custom date from the calendar up to three months from today.
  • Alert Name: Optional, but helpful. The field supports up to 40 characters.

    • In the Create Alert window, you can also select one or more notification options:

  • Notify in app: Sends a push notification through the mobile app
  • Show pop-up: Displays an in-platform pop-up notification
  • Play Sound: Adds sound to the pop-up notification (only available when pop-ups are enabled)
  • Send email: Sends an email notification when the alert triggers

    • Clicking Create will save these changes.

    Create an alert from the chart (right click)

    You can also create a Price Alert directly from the chart.

    Right click on the chart at a price level, then choose the option to create a Price Alert.

    The platform opens the Create Alert flow using that chart level as your starting point, so you can confirm the condition, expiration, and notifications before creating it.

    Create One-Click Doji Price Alerts

    One-Click Doji Price Alerts are created in the Doji Screener, but they appear and are managed in the same Alerts panel as your regular alerts.

    When you create a Doji alert for a symbol, the system allows you to create one single alert or two parallel alerts:

  • A bullish alert that triggers at the Heikin-Ashi high + $0.01
  • A bearish alert that triggers at the Heikin-Ashi low – $0.01

    • Expiration matches the Doji timeframe:

  • Daily Doji alerts expire at the end of the next trading day
  • Weekly Doji alerts expire the following Friday

    • Default notifications for One-Click Doji alerts are created with email, mobile push, and in-app pop-up enabled, with sound off by default.

    How alerts appear on the chart

    Alert lines

    When an alert is active, the platform can display a horizontal alert line on the chart at the alert’s price level. This makes it easy to confirm where your alert sits without opening the Create Alert window again.

    Hover details and quick actions

    When you hover over an alert line, the chart can display quick details like the alert price and percent distance, plus quick action icons such as Stop and Delete.

    Drag to adjust the alert price

    You can drag an alert line up or down on the chart to change the alert’s price level.

    The platform automatically updates the alert condition to match where the line sits relative to the current price. If you drag the line above current price, the condition updates to Greater than. If you drag it below current price, it updates to Less than.

    Turn alert lines on or off

    Alert visuals on the chart are enabled by default, but you can turn them off from the Chart Settings menu if you prefer a cleaner chart.

    Understand the Alerts list

    Each alert row shows the essentials at a glance:

  • The alert name (example: “AAPL Bull”)
  • The symbol and condition (example: “Greater than $267”)
  • The status and expiration line (example: “Active” and “Expires tomorrow”)

    • On the right side of each alert, you will also see quick controls (such as stop and start), plus a three-dot menu for additional options.

    Link between the list and the chart

    Alerts stay visually connected across the panel and the chart:

  • Selecting an alert in the Alerts list highlights the matching alert line on the chart.
  • Clicking an alert line on the chart highlights the matching alert in the Alerts list.

    • This helps you quickly confirm which alert is which, especially when multiple alerts are close together.

    Alert statuses

    Alerts can appear in different states:

  • Active: The alert is running and will trigger until it expires.
  • Stopped: You manually paused the alert, so it will not trigger until you start it again.
  • Expired: The alert reached its expiration date.

    • Reactivating older alerts

    When you reactivate an older alert, the platform automatically updates the expiration to one week from today.

    Watchlist alert indicators

    In Watchlists, symbols can show an alert indicator so you can see how many alerts are active for that ticker at a glance.

    You can also use the alert indicator as a shortcut. Clicking it opens the Alerts panel already filtered to that symbol, so you only see the alerts tied to that ticker.

    Sort and filter what you see

    Use the three-dot menu at the top-right of the Alerts section to control what is displayed.

    Delete visible alerts

    Removes all alerts currently shown in the list. This respects any filters you have applied, so only the visible alerts are affected.

    Filter alerts

    Current Symbol

    Limits the list to alerts related to the symbol currently loaded on your chart. This is useful when you want to focus on one ticker at a time.

    Show alerts

  • All: Displays every alert, regardless of status.
  • Active only: Shows only alerts that are currently running.
  • Inactive only: Shows alerts that are stopped or expired.

    • Sort alerts

    You can change how alerts are ordered in the list:

  • Default: Shows alerts in their standard order (typically based on creation time).
  • Expiration: Sorts alerts based on their expiration date.
  • Status: Groups alerts by their current state (Active, Stopped, Expired).
  • Symbol: Organizes alerts alphabetically by ticker symbol.

    • Alert limits

    Price Alerts have a limit. The UI shows an indicator near the Alerts header (a count next to the clock icon, and a ring indicator) to help you track how close you are to the cap.

    If you hit the limit while creating alerts (including Doji alerts, which create two at once), you will see a notice and will need to delete older alerts to free up space.

    Alert Logs

    Alert Logs is the history area at the bottom of the panel. It shows items like deleted alerts, along with the symbol, the condition, and when the log entry was created.

    At the top-right of Alert Logs, you have two controls:

  • Restore Logs: Choose a date and recover logs starting from that point.

  • Delete All Alert Logs: Remove all log entries. The platform warns you that you can restore them later using Restore Logs.

    • You can also remove individual log entries by clicking the X on the far right of a specific log row.

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