Note: Stocks must meet our minimum share and dollar value criteria before an alert will be triggered. Stock alert times and prices are noted by the yellow cross-hairs on the stock chart and in the panel above the chart. There are NO alerts for the after-hours trading session. Our alert algorithms are recalibrated during the lunch timeframe so few alerts will appear after the lunch time frame.

Alert notifications: Turn on visual alert notifications – use the toggle next to ‘ALERT LOG’. Visual alerts are enabled when the toggle is green. Visual alert color-coding: green for stock alerts; pink for options alerts; and red for stock halts. Visual alerts are disabled by default. Enable/disable audio alerts using the speaker icon.

Premarket alerts – These alerts occur only during the premarket trading session: Premarket: Triggered when a stock is experiencing unusually high volume or breaking certain volume thresholds within this designated time-period. The stock must also be trading within certain price parameters respective to the previous day’s close before this alert can trigger.

Rapid Decline: Triggered when the stock price is down significantly from the previous days close and continues to trend downward within a certain time frame. The percentage by which a particular stock must be down to trigger this alert varies based on the stock price.

Note: Due to the increased risk associated with shorting stocks, you must enable the Rapid Decline alerts if you want them to appear in your Alert Log. To enable the alerts, go to ‘Account’, then ‘My Settings’, then check the ‘Show Rapid Decline Alerts’ box. Enabling the alerts also displays the Top Decliners list in the lower left-hand corner of the screen.

Usual Suspect: Triggered by multiple real-time and historical criteria. The alert criteria focuses on stocks that have recent recurring patterns of large intraday gains.

Regular session alerts – These alerts occur during regular market trading hours: Volume Active: Triggered when a stock is experiencing an unusual increase in volume, breaking certain technical volume thresholds, or a specific combination of both these factors. This type of alert also requires that the stock be trending upward briefly when the other volume required criteria are met.

Price Spike Alert: (White): Triggered when a stock experiences a rapid increase in price in a very short time frame. The percentage of the price increase required to trigger this type of alert is calculated by and proportionate to the stock price. The stock must also continue its upward trend after the initial trigger.

Rapid Fire: Triggered when our Rapid Fire options alert is triggered indicating substantial options activity has occurred within a 2-minute window.

Retracement: The initial trigger for this alert occurs when a stock experiences an extreme increase in price in the premarket compared to the previous days close. Our system then waits for the stock to retrace or experience a significant decrease in price before it will qualify and meet the final criteria to trigger this alert.

The Alert Log can be filtered to show stocks that meet your trading criteria. Click the NASD/NYSE, the choose the exchange or stock price limits you wish to view.