New Feature: Intraday Alerts (and a Mobile App Coming Soon!)

Update: The SwingTradeBot mobile app has been released for both Android and iOS.  

You may have seen some new links around the site today.  I've added some intraday alerts ito the mix.  These alerts are *near real time* -- they may be delayed from 1 - 20 minutes.  But I think they're still very useful, as long as you're not trying to be a scalper with them. 

You'll be able to select from a list of things to which you want to be alerted.  This functionality is in beta now and it may be a little buggy.  I'll be tweaking things over the next few days.  So if you noticed anything weird please let me know.

Oh, I should add that these are only available on the US (Nasdaq, NYSE and Amex) version of the site.  That's because that's the only version of the site for which I have intraday quotes. (Edit on May 8th: They are now also available for the Australia/ASX, Canada and UK/LSE markets.)  If I can find a reasonbly priced quote source for Canada, Austrailia and the UK, then I'll turn on these alerts for those markets as well.

Here's the initial list of alerts:

  • Moving Average Breaks/Touches (10, 20, 50 & 200-day MAs)
  • Bollinger Band Breaks / Touches
  • Up / Down x% (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
  • New 52 week high or low
  • Volume on pace for x times average (1.5, 2, 3, 5, 10)

You can choose and set these alerts at a watchlist or portfolio level.  Just use the new "Manage Intraday Alerts" button on your portfolios or watchlists.  There'a also a button on those pages to view those alerts.  Alternatively, you can view all your intraday alerts at once via the "Intraday Alerts" option under the "My Stocks" navigation menu.

I'm considering adding more of types of intraday alerts.  Things like:

  • Up or Down x ATRs
  • Made a new x-day high or low (where x could be 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 30, 60, 90)
  • Chandelier Exit hit

Let me know if you have ideas for othere intraday alerts.

To start, you'll only be able to see these alerts on the site.  You'll have to refresh the page to get updates.  I've only been using them for two days and I'm already itching to get them pushed to me.  I may add an option to receive these as emails -- you'll be able to choose how frequently you want them sent. 

The ultimate goal is to get these pushed to people's mobile devices.  And on that note, I've started working on an app version of SwingTradeBot (iOS and Android)!  

I hope to get a very stripped down version of those apps released by the end of the month.  But in the mean time, email may be the way to get these alerts delivered to you.  So let me know if you'd like to get these alerts via email.  If not, I'll just save myself the trouble and only send them to myself. :-)

 

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by Aneesh Mathew (@disqus_4GISgQQtdt) on 2018-03-13 00:35:13.


that would be awesome, but if you could add different time frames (10 min, 1 hour etc ) for moving average break/ touch, i think its very beneficial for intraday alerts than a day moving average . Mobile App is also very useful for peole who has day job. Thanks.

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by TraderMike (@mseneadza) on 2018-03-13 01:56:14.


Thanks for the feedback Aneesh. I'd like to stick with much higher time frames than that. If people are concerned about a 10 minute bars, they should be at a trading station with streaming quotes and live updating scanners, etc. I'm not trying to get into that space.

These alerts are meant to give a heads up on something that's not quite as pressing as reacting to an intraday moving average touch. For example, that stock you've had on your watchlist that you're waiting for it to pull back but it never has. Then, out of the blue, it drops to its 50 day moving average. An occurrence like that may go missed by somebody who's not at a trading system all day & doesn't happen to have an order waiting in their broker's system. So an alert like that, even if it's 10 minutes late, could be very useful.

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by Dr. Duru (@dr_duru) on 2018-03-13 04:40:42.


Love the intraday alerts. Can't wait for the app.

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by an Anonymous user on 2018-03-13 06:22:24.


First of all Mike, I have to say congrats on building this website! The scanners, alerts, indicators and tech analysis tools are awesome and in a very easy format to follow. I use it quite frequently to screen and follow new entries. Thank so much for sharing all your work with us.

I love the idea of the intraday alerts. I felt these were much needed as I had to wait until the end to the day to look at the alerts generated for the day. In regards to receiving these alerts, I would prefer to receive them in the app, and if possible also integrate them to the web version (sounds like thats already in motion), rather than via email as I feel these alerts would get lost in the number of emails received on a regular weekday. Another recommendation to add to these alerts, if I may, would be to add predetermined momentum (RSI, stochastic) indicators and a predetermined price alerts. Would this intraday option allow you to choose what type of alerts you want to receive?

Thank you again for all your work in making this powerful website so accessible and very useful for us swing traders!

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by TraderMike (@mseneadza) on 2018-03-13 07:56:07.


Well you *are* partially responsible for putting the intraday alerts idea in my head. 😁

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by TraderMike (@mseneadza) on 2018-03-13 08:04:42.


Thanks Ivan. Yes, right now you can choose which of the intraday alerts you'd like to receive.

A predetermined price alert will probably come later - after the mobile apps are released. That will require me to attach alerts (and for people to set them) at the individual stock level and I'm not quite ready to go there yet. I want to see what kind of load these "list level" alerts put on the system first and focus my time of working on the apps.

Can you give me an example of what you'd want to be alerted to with RSI or stochastic? I imagine with stochastic, it would be something like it crossing 20 or 80.(?)

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by an Anonymous user on 2018-03-13 13:49:18.


Thanks for responding, I figured price alerts would have to be predetermined first by the user and probably is more complex to integrate. However, both the apps and the alerts are definitely the way to go.

In regards of the RSI/Stochastic, I think your current scanners for 80/20 levels would work just fine for both or even crossing 90/10 for some stocks to get them in the extreme overbought /oversold territory. Don't sweat it though as I think your MAs and volume intraday alerts are already a fantastic tool to add to the website.

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by Akbar Aziz (@akbaraziz) on 2018-03-13 23:26:02.


i would love for you to add me on email alerts when ever they are available. You have a great platform to build on, One oyjer thing that I had asked a while back and you had told me that you are working on it, It is the back test and how it gives you the A, B ,C etc based on today's result and on the results of the day you are testing it for, any progress Thank you for everything

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by Armeo (@SirContraire) on 2018-03-15 12:25:14.


Looking forward to trying this out. Will definitely provide some feedback if I can :)

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by Armeo (@SirContraire) on 2018-03-15 12:38:26.


Oh damn. Just saw you don't have this for the ASX version ... :(

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by TraderMike (@mseneadza) on 2018-03-15 13:03:39.


Unfortunately it's impossible to get intraday ASX quotes for a reasonable price .

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by an Anonymous user on 2018-07-11 02:12:21.


I know how to setup intraday alerts for a specific stock, but how do we setup alerts for things like "stocks which triggered: down 5%"? The list is shown here: https://swingtradebot.com/a... but I don't know how to get a notification when a new stock hits this list.

Best regards.

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by TraderMike (@mseneadza) on 2018-07-11 02:29:06.


In case you haven't already noticed, I do now have intraday alerts for ASX

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SwingTradeBot over 6 years ago

This comment was originally posted by TraderMike (@mseneadza) on 2018-07-11 02:34:40.


That's still on my to do list. For now, the only alerts which are pushed are those which occur on stocks in your watchlists & portfolios.

When I add the tyoe of notifications you asked about, I'll also filter them by (customizable) price per share and average volume. Otherwise people would be bombarded with alerts.

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SwingTradeBot over 3 years ago

This comment was originally posted by THIS I LOVE (@thisilove) on 2021-02-19 23:27:22.


What I need is really simple, I want to create a watch list, then the internet site or app (on my PC desktop, preferably but smartphone app is fine too) should alert me whenever the stock on my watch list hits intraday high throughout the day, any help on this? thanks.

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SwingTradeBot over 3 years ago

This comment was originally posted by an Anonymous user on 2021-03-10 02:16:30.


I really like your apps. Your efforts are great and I love using your site.

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