Alert Setup
The My Alerts dashboard is your personal automated watchtower. Instead of staring at charts waiting for a specific setup to occur, you can program the system to monitor the markets around the clock and notify you the exact second your edge conditions materialize.
The Alerts Dashboard
The main table provides a complete, top-down overview of every alert you have ever deployed. It is broken down into four distinct sections to help you manage your automated scanners:
- Alert Configuration: Displays the custom Name of your alert, the specific Type of condition it monitors, and its live Status (Active, Paused, Expired, or Inactive).
- Fire on confirmation: For pattern alerts, shows whether the alert waits for a confirmed candle close or fires as soon as the pattern is detected.
- Scope & Target: Defines exactly where the system is searching. This shows the target Broker, the Broker Type (Spot or Futures), the Daily volume range, and the specific Trading Pair under surveillance.
- Trigger Conditions: Dictates when the alert fires. This displays your selected Time frame, the exact mathematical Condition Value, your chosen Trigger frequency (Only Once vs. Every time), and the Expiration date.
- Metadata: Audit timestamps showing when the alert was initially created and last modified.
Enable Browser Notifications
Before deploying your first market scanner, you must grant the application permission to deliver the messages.
In the top right corner of the My Alerts page, click the Bell Icon, which opens your notification settings. Click Enable push notifications there and your browser will then prompt you to allow them from Trading Metrics. Click Allow. Once authorized, whenever a trigger condition is met, the alert will push directly to your desktop or mobile device in real-time.
Creating a New Alert
To deploy a new automated market trigger, click the blue + New alert button located in the top right corner of your dashboard.
Configure your scanner by following these steps:
Define the Alert Type
Assign a highly recognizable Name to your alert, then select the Type of event you want the system to track. We offer an extensive library of professional-grade triggers, categorized as follows:
- Price Dynamics: Track structural market movements using Price Counter Moving Up, Price Counter Moving Down, Price Value Crossing, Price % Moving Up, and Price % Moving Down.
- Oscillators & Volume: Monitor momentum shifts via RSI Value Crossing, RSI % Moving Up, RSI % Moving Down, Volume % Moving Up, and Volume % Moving Down.
- Market Events & Arbitrage: Scan for structural exchange anomalies using Cross-Broker Price Gap or catch fresh liquidity with New Trading Pair Listing.
- Reversal Candlestick Patterns: Instantly identify exhaustion using the Hammer, Shooting Star, Inverted Hammer, Hanging Man, Tweezer Bottom, and Tweezer Top.
- Momentum & Engulfing Patterns: Catch aggressive institutional participation via Bullish Engulfing, Bearish Engulfing, Bullish Harami, Bearish Harami, Bullish Marubozu, Bearish Marubozu, Bullish Momentum, and Bearish Momentum.
- Complex Multi-Candle Formations: Scan for advanced multi-day structures like Three Outside Up, Three Outside Down, Three Inside Up, Three Inside Down, Three White Soldiers, and Three Black Crows.
- Advanced Divergences: Automate your oscillator reads by tracking Bullish RSI Divergence and Bearish RSI Divergence.
- Volume Spike: Fires when a candle prints abnormally high volume relative to its recent range.
In the alert dropdown every one of these is prefixed with Candlestick: — for example Candlestick: Hammer, Candlestick: Bullish Engulfing, Candlestick: Volume Spike.
Set the Scope and Target
Command the system on exactly where to deploy the scanner:
- Time frame: Select the governing chart interval for the condition (which vary by alert type: price alerts run 30 minutes to Week, RSI alerts offer 1 hour / 4 hours / 1 day / Week, pattern alerts run 1 hour to Week (no 30m), and volume alerts offer Last 24 hours / 1 day / 3 days / Week. Price Value Crossing, Cross-Broker Price Gap and New Trading Pair Listing take no time frame at all).
- Trading pair mode: Choose Specific trading pair to isolate a single asset (e.g., BTCUSDT), or select All trading pairs to deploy a global scanner across the entire exchange.
- Broker Data: Select your desired Broker type (Spot or Futures) and the specific Exchange venue (Binance, Bybit, Coinbase, Kraken, MEXC).
- Trading pair: If you opted for a Specific trading pair, pick the pair from the searchable dropdown.
Configure the Trigger Rules
Finalize the mathematical boundaries for your execution:
- Condition value: Use the slider or input box to dictate the exact target threshold (e.g., if you selected RSI Value Crossing, input
30to instantly know when an asset enters oversold territory). - Trigger: Select Only Once to have the alert disarm after its first firing, or Every time to keep the scanner running continuously.
- Fire on confirmation: For pattern alerts only. Choose Only confirmed patterns to wait until the candle closes and the formation is confirmed, or As soon as detected to be notified the moment the shape appears. Confirmed firing is slower but produces fewer false positives.
- Expires at: Input a definitive calendar date indicating when the system should automatically retire this specific alert.
The Trading Edge: Combine the “All trading pairs” mode with an advanced “Candlestick Pattern” alert (such as a Bullish Engulfing or Bullish RSI Divergence). The system instantly transforms into a global market scanner, pinging your device the exact second any asset across the entire exchange prints your required setup!
Alert Types & Trigger Mechanics
To build an effective automated scanner, you must understand how each specific trigger condition interprets raw market data. Below is a detailed breakdown of the core alert categories and their optimal use cases:
Price Action & Structural Trends
These alerts track direct changes in the underlying asset’s price, helping you catch aggressive market moves, confirm breakouts, or manage drawdown risk.
- Price Counter Moving Up: Fires when the price rises by a fixed number of structural counter steps within your selected timeframe. Ideal for catching sustained bullish momentum or confirming a heavy push higher (Breakouts). Condition value range: 1-15 steps.
- Price Counter Moving Down: Fires when the price falls by a fixed number of counter steps. Perfect for spotting structural market reversals or initiating early risk control mechanisms. Condition value range: 1-15 steps.
- Price Value Crossing: Triggers on the first sync after the asset crosses a hard mathematical level. Market data refreshes about every two minutes, so treat this as a prompt notification rather than a tick-by-tick trigger. Use this for precise profit targets (e.g., locking in gains at exactly $45,000) or executing strict entry and exit levels.
- Price % Moving Up: Detects relative percentage gains within your chosen timeframe. Excellent for spotting aggressive market pumps and measuring overall trend strength. Condition value range: 1-100%.
- Price % Moving Down: Detects rapid percentage drops. Crucial for catching immediate buying opportunities (dips) or reacting to aggressive sell-offs to protect your equity. Condition value range: 1-100%.
This trigger matrix tracks structural and raw price movements over definitive intervals, translating mechanical price changes into hard actionable trade zones or tight defense lines.
An optimized setup precisely captures high-velocity breakouts and protects equity during sharp drawdowns. A poorly adjusted configuration creates excessive noise from market wick liquidations, resulting in over-trading or false stops.
It provides absolute structural validation. Traders eliminate screen-staring by automating hard target hit confirmations and downside boundary tracking.
Momentum Oscillators (RSI)
Relative Strength Index (RSI) alerts help you measure the velocity and magnitude of directional price moves, identifying over-extended market conditions before the price actually reverses.
- RSI Value Crossing: Fires when the RSI indicator directly breaches a specific threshold. Use this to automatically track Overbought territory (watching levels like 70) or Oversold exhaustion (watching levels like 30). Condition value range: 1-100.
- RSI % Moving Up: Tracks relative percentage increases in RSI strength rather than static levels. Great for anticipating momentum shifts and catching early trend signals as buying pressure builds. Condition value range: 1-100%.
- RSI % Moving Down: Tracks sudden percentage drops in the RSI indicator. Alerts you to cooling momentum and provides early reversal signals when buyers start losing control. Condition value range: 1-100%.
This engine captures localized velocity shifts and statistical over-extensions, flagging when an asset's internal buying or selling engines are entering critical exhaustion zones.
A disciplined setup perfectly flags true structural overbought and oversold thresholds. An uncalibrated layout tracks irrelevant minor momentum waves, provoking premature counter-trend entries.
It removes guesswork from timing entry exhaustion. It warns the trader against chasing overextended expansions and signals optimal zones for macro reversion execution.
Volume & Liquidity
Volume alerts act as the ultimate truth-teller in the market, confirming whether a price move has true institutional backing or if it’s a low-liquidity trap.
- Volume % Moving Up: Scans for sudden upward spikes in trading volume over your selected timeframe. Use this to validate price breakouts (volume confirms the move) or to spot unusual market activity early. Condition value range: 1-400%.
- Volume % Moving Down: Detects significant drops in active trading volume. Vital for identifying fading market interest and spotting trend exhaustion signals before the volatility dries up completely. Condition value range: 1-400%.
This metric audits institutional participation rates, cross-referencing pure price change against actual capital volume spikes to verify true market interest.
An optimized volume alert cleanly distinguishes between true high-liquidity breakouts and artificial low-volume traps. A broken configuration triggers false positives during low-volatility weekend dead zones.
It acts as the ultimate filter for trend truth. It prevents traders from entering low-liquidity manipulations and guarantees entry alignment with high-volume institutional surges.
Market Events & Arbitrage
These advanced tools track structural anomalies across the broader market, allowing you to exploit exchange discrepancies or react instantly to fresh liquidity.
- Cross-Broker Price Gap: Detects price discrepancies (arbitrage opportunities) between different exchanges. Crucial for traders looking to exploit market inefficiencies and profit from price spreads on the exact same asset.
- New Trading Pair Listing: Notifies you on the first sync after a new trading pair goes live on your selected broker, typically within a couple of minutes. Excellent for securing a first-mover advantage on new listings and catching initial liquidity volatility.
These two alerts watch for a price gap between brokers on the same pair, and for a new trading pair appearing on your selected broker.
An execution-ready framework catches immediate cross-broker price spreads and early listing volatility for instant execution. A lagging setup delivers alerts after liquidity pools have already synchronized, removing the structural edge.
It locks in a distinct structural first-mover advantage. It allows arbitrage and event traders to capitalize on fragmentation and capture raw pricing inefficiencies before they dissolve.
Advanced Candlestick Patterns
Decode market psychology through classic candlestick formations. These alerts scan the charts on your behalf and ping you the moment a recognizable structural pattern forms.
- Hammer: A classic signal of bearish exhaustion following a price drop. It signals that buyers are stepping back into the market, indicating a probable bullish reversal.
- Shooting Star: Appears after an uptrend. It indicates that sellers have aggressively rejected further price advances, often preceding a sharp bearish reversal.
- Bullish Engulfing: A powerful momentum signal where a green candle completely “engulfs” the previous red candle’s body. Points to an aggressive return of buyers and an immediate trend shift in favor of the bulls.
- Bearish Engulfing: The exact opposite of the bullish setup; a red candle entirely engulfs the preceding green candle. Signals heavy seller dominance and the potential start of a steep downtrend.
- Bullish Harami: An inside-bar formation indicating fading downside momentum. A small candle contained within the previous large red candle often signals an impending upward price shift.
- Bearish Harami: A warning sign that buyers are losing strength after a sustained uptrend. A small candle nested within a prior large green candle foreshadows a potential drop and overall market cooling.
- Inverted Hammer: Similar to the standard Hammer, but featuring a long upper wick. While it looks top-heavy, when formed at key support zones, it flags hidden buyer interest and accumulation.
- Hanging Man: Visually identical to a Hammer, but forms at the absolute top of an uptrend. It serves as a severe warning that buyers are exhausted and the risk of a correction is imminent.
- Three Outside Up: An advanced multi-candle confirmation of a reversal. Consists of three specific candles that validate an aggressive sentiment shift toward the upside.
- Three Outside Down: An advanced multi-candle confirmation that sellers have seized total control after failed rally attempts, signaling a heavy structural downtrend.
This pattern scanner processes localized market sentiment and immediate order rejection cues, converting specific wick and body ratios into psychological turning points.
A sharp configuration flags powerful rejections (like Hammers and Shooting Stars) exactly at major support and resistance zones. A generic approach captures random internal structures inside non-essential consolidation zones.
It automates candle-by-candle chart analysis. It identifies sudden buyer or seller capitulation early, allowing traders to execute tighter risk entries prior to large trend flips.
Complex Multi-Candle Formations
These intricate patterns require three or more candles to complete. They filter out market noise and provide highly reliable confirmations for sustained trend continuations or major structural pivots.
- Three Inside Up: A powerful three-candle reversal setup. Excellent for securing strong confirmations of an early bullish reversal and executing safe entries only after the full pattern completes.
- Three Inside Down: The bearish counterpart that solidifies a market peak. Use this to identify confirmed tops and perfectly time your short entries just as the market rolls over.
- Three White Soldiers: A visually dominant pattern showing three consecutive large green candles. It highlights undeniable, sustained buying pressure, making it ideal for aggressive buys and breakout validation.
- Three Black Crows: Three consecutive large red candles signaling relentless downward pressure. A critical alert for identifying heavy selling momentum and acting as a strict warning to exit longs early.
- Tweezer Bottom: Two consecutive candles with identical lows. It signals aggressive support testing, showing that buyers are heavily defending a specific price floor, often forming structural double bottoms.
- Tweezer Top: Two consecutive candles with identical highs. It highlights heavy resistance testing, showing a firm ceiling where sellers are stepping in, effectively validating double tops.
This system analyzes complex, multi-candle sequences to validate systemic shifts in macro order flow, filtering out intraday noise via structural confirmation rules.
An ideal deployment registers completed structural shifts (like Three Inside Up/Down setups) for verified trend reversals. A low-timeframe setup reacts prematurely before the closing prints confirm the multi-bar pattern.
It dramatically increases execution win rates. By forcing the system to wait for layered structural confirmation, it prevents chasing false breakouts or early counter-trend fakes.
Momentum & Dominance Patterns
These triggers focus on sheer market aggression. They alert you when one side of the market (buyers or sellers) has completely overwhelmed the other, leaving no shadow of a doubt about the current trend direction.
- Bullish Marubozu: A massive green candle with little to no wicks. It signals total dominance from the buyers and is the ultimate confirmation for momentum riding during a strong uptrend.
- Bearish Marubozu: A massive red candle with no wicks, indicating a total collapse in buying interest. It shows sellers are in absolute control, making it a prime trigger for executing momentum shorts.
This module identifies extreme directional conviction, tracking candles that close with near-zero shadows to highlight total institutional dominance by one side of the book.
A validated scanner flags high-probability expansion phases where a trend is rapidly accelerating. A reactive setup flags extensions at the tail end of a move right before mean reversion occurs.
It lets traders scale into aggressive trend extensions with absolute confidence, verifying when market participants are heavily committed to a clear directional imbalance.
Advanced Divergences
Divergences are the holy grail of early reversal trading. These alerts automatically calculate the mathematical disconnect between raw price action and underlying indicator momentum.
- Bullish RSI Divergence: Fires when the raw price drops to a lower low, but the RSI indicator prints a higher low. This exposes hidden strength in the market, allowing you to catch early bottoms and front-run the reversal before the price actually reacts.
- Bearish RSI Divergence: Fires when the price pushes to a higher high, but the RSI indicator prints a lower high. This uncovers hidden weakness and exhaustion, helping you spot early tops so you can secure profits before the inevitable sell-off.
This mathematical engine uncovers hidden structural decoupling by tracking instances where pure price action completely disconnects from internal momentum oscillators.
A precise setting isolates classic higher-low oscillator prints against lower-low price action at major pivot floors. A loose setting flags microscopic momentum shifts that lack macro structural backing.
It serves as an early-warning radar for macro trend exhaustion. It empowers traders to anticipate major trend reversals and position themselves at early tops and bottoms before the mass market reacts.
Trend Velocity & Momentum Continuations
These specialized candle alerts bypass structural geometric shapes to focus entirely on the velocity of localized order flow, identifying powerful trend expansion phases in real-time.
- Bullish Momentum: Triggers when a candle prints high-velocity upward expansion, closing with an overwhelmingly strong directional body. Perfect for identifying active institutional buying legs and confirming high-probability breakout continuations.
- Bearish Momentum: Triggers when a candle breaks down with extreme directional speed, flashing aggressive market distribution. Vital for spotting sudden liquidation flushes, allowing you to protect your capital or scale into an active momentum short.
This scanner monitors the sheer physical speed and size of localized order flow expansion, alerting on intense momentum continuations regardless of chart geometry.
An optimized alert captures sudden, high-velocity institutional buying or liquidation flushes immediately as they begin. A delayed alert pings the user after the entire move has already expanded, causing late entry chasing.
It provides real-time situational awareness during volatile sessions. It lets momentum traders hop onto high-velocity legs instantly, while signaling long-term position holders to tighten stops or lock in profits.
Next Up: Want to review the historical accuracy of the alerts that have already fired? Learn how to audit your past notifications in the Alert History guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers based on this page's topic.
When configuring a new alert, set the Trading Pair Mode to 'All trading pairs' and select a pattern or indicator condition. The system will continuously monitor the entire exchange and notify you whenever any asset triggers your setup.
Ensure push notifications are enabled by clicking the bell icon in the top right corner of the My Alerts dashboard and selecting 'Allow' on your browser permission prompt. Active registration displays a green checkmark in your settings.
'Only Once' automatically deactivates the scanner after its initial trigger, which is ideal for single price target hits. 'Every time' keeps the automated scanner active continuously to capture recurring technical setups.