In this article, I am going to show you how to create an alert that notify you to take either a BUY or a SELL position. Now, in no way, am I suggesting that you abdicate your responsibility from watching the charts and taking care to know what is going on in real time in the markets. We will be able to do this in 2 easy to understand steps, so let’s get started!
As you can see in the following screenshot, there is a SELL signal and a BUY signal. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could be notified when a given strategy tells you that you should take a trade?
TradingView has a feature that allows you to set up “Alerts” where you can be notified from within TradingView, have a pop-up display, or send an email.
Setting up an alert is the same for both a BUY or SELL. I will show you how to set up a BUY alert. Simply follow the step-by-step instructions below to set it up.
Step 1
RIGHT CLICK on a UT BOT Buy Alert and then click on the **Add alert on . . . **. Note that what you see displayed will be different if using a different strategy, but that does not matter. Simply Right Click on the BUY signal, and then select the top menu item from the pop-up that appears, to Add alert, as depicted in the image below.
Step 2
Once you click on the “Add alert” menu item, you will see the following popup that provides the details for the alert that you are looking to create. Note from the following screenshot that you are on the SETTINGS tab (at the top left).
Here you will want to ensure that under TRIGGER section, that you select ONCE PER BAR, and in the MESSAGE section at the bottom, change the alert to read something that is meaningful by typing something like, “BUY ALERT”
Step 3
Now, click on the the NOTIFICATIONS tab at the top of this popup, and you will see the following screenshot. Be sure to place a check in NOTIFY IN APP, and place a check in the PLAY SOUND. Now the default sound is “Beep-beep, which does work and is loud enough to get your attention. In my opinion, the only other sound notification you should consider is 3 NOTES REVERB (you can test the sound by clicking on the triangle play button next to the sound for the sound you select). All other sounds are not loud enough or long enough to get your attention, again, in my opinion. Finally, be sure that ONCE is selected, so that it only plays one time.
Now simply click the blue CREATE button at the bottom right of the pop-up. That’s all there is to it!
To create a SELL alert, simply go back to STEP 1 and anywhere I reference the word “BUY”, simply replace it with “SELL” and follow the same steps.
Now, to manage the alerts, you will need to click on second from the top Alerts Icon at the top right hand side of TradingView, as indicated in the screenshot below.
When you click that icon, the flyout menu appears, and you will see you Alert(s) displayed, (for this example, I just put one alert up). Now, you can’t see it in my image, because it only appears if you hover over the alert in question, but if you hover over the alert, you will see 3 mini-icons. The first is the PAUSE icon, meaning, you are pausing the alert. The second is to EDIT the alert, and the third is to DELETE the alert.
I HIGHLY recommend that you *only run one set of alerts at a time (BUY and SELL), and then when trading a different strategy, you could set up alerts for that strategy. The reason for this advice, is because it can be confusing when looking at multiple charts, using different strategies, with alerts running on each. You’ll end up asking yourself, “What strategy is this alert for!?.
Incidentally, if you have installed the TradingView IOS app on your iPhone, and happen to have an Apple Watch, if when you set up the alert to “Notify in App”, when you get an alert, your Apple Watch will also vibrate and sound an alert.
Finally, remember, the alert will occur at the close of the candle, meaning that you don’t have time to race to your computer, try to figure out what is going on, and then place a trade. You should already be ready and at the helm when placing a trade.
