How do I get started?
To get started, you can use the web or download our iOS or
Android app. Then register your phone number (for call notifications), and set
a stock alarm based on whatever conditions your heart desires.
Are the stock and crypto prices real time?
Yes, all stock and crypto prices are streamed in real time during regular and extended trading hours. Nasdaq stocks may have delayed quotes only during extended hours trading.
What triggers are supported?
Our comprehensive platform offers 125+ types of triggers (and we're adding more!). A few examples of our alert types are:
Price limit alerts
- Lower-limit price targets – triggered when the price of a stock or crypto moves below the set target
- Upper-limit price target – triggered when the price of a stock or crypto moves above the set target
Price change alerts
- 1-day price change target – triggered when the stock price changes by a set amount or more from the market opening price
- Price change from current – triggered when the price changes by a set amount from the current price
- Price increase from current – triggered when the price increases by a set amount from the current price
- Price decrease from current – triggered when the price decreases by a set amount from the current price
- Closing price change from current – trigger when the closing stock price changes by a set amount or more in the selected direction from the current price. For instance, setting a $5 change alert with direction "Increase or
decrease" will trigger any day the closing price is $5 higher or lower than the current price.
- Price decrease from current – triggered when the price decreases by a set amount from the current price
Percent change alerts
- 1-day percent change target – triggered when the stock price changes by a set percentage or more from the price at market open. For instance, setting a 2% change alert will trigger any day the price is 2% higher or lower than that days market open price
- Percent change from current – triggered when the price changes by a set percentage compared to the current price
- Percent change increase from current – triggered when the price increases by a set percentage compared to the current price
- Percent change decreate from current – triggered when the price decreases by a set percentage compared to the current price
- Closing percent change from current – triggered when the closing stock price changes by a set percentage or more in the selected direction from the current price. For instance, setting a 2% change alert with direction "Increase or decrease" will trigger any day the closing price is 2% higher or lower than the current price
Recurring time alerts
- Opening price alert – will notify you daily with the opening price of a stock or crypto
- Mid-day price alert – will notify you daily with the price of a stock or crypto at 12:30 EST
- Closing price alert – will notify you daily with the closing price of a stock or crypto
- Interval alert – will notify you on a specified interval (15 min, 30 min, 1 hour) with the latest price of a stock or crypto
Trailing alerts
- Trailing price stop loss alert – triggered when the price of the asset moves below the stop limit threshold initially set at a set amount below the latest price. The threshold moves with the market price, and continually recalculates the stop trigger price at a fixed amount below the market price
- Trailing percent stop loss alert – triggered when the price of the asset moves below the stop limit threshold initially set at a set amount below the latest price. The threshold moves with the market price, and continually recalculates the stop trigger price at a fixed amount below the market price
- Trailing buy stop price alert – triggered when the price of the asset moves above the buy stop limit threshold initially set at a set amount above the latest price. The threshold moves with the market price, and continually recalculates the stop trigger price at a fixed amount above the market price
- Trailing buy stop percent alert – triggered when the price of the asset moves above the stop limit threshold initially set at a set amount above the latest price. The threshold moves with the market price, and continually recalculates the stop trigger price at a fixed amount above the market price
52-week alerts
- 52-week high alert – triggered when a new 52 week high occurs for the asset
- 52-week low alert – triggered when a new 52 week low occurs for the asset
- Percent change from 52-week high alert – triggered when the price of the asset moves a set percentage away from the 52 week high
- Percent change from 52-week low alert – triggered when the price of the asset moves a set percentage away from the 52 week low
Trading volume alerts
- Trading volume percentage deivation from average alert – triggered when the latest volume deviates a set percentage away from the average volume
- Trading volume percentage change alert – triggered when the volume changes a set percentage from the current volume
- Trading volume spike alert – triggered when the volume spikes by 20% compared with the previous day's closing volume
- Trading volume dip alert – triggered when the volume dips by 20% compared with the previous day's closing volume
Technical indicator alerts
Simple Moving Average (SMA) alerts
SMA price target alerts
- 5-day SMA price target alert – triggered when the 5-day SMA crosses the set limit
- 10-day SMA price target alert – triggered when the 10-day SMA crosses the set limit
- 20-day SMA price target alert – triggered when the 20-day SMA crosses the set limit
- 30-day SMA price target alert – triggered when the 30-day SMA crosses the set limit
- 50-day SMA price target alert – triggered when the 50-day SMA crosses the set limit
- 100-day SMA price target alert – triggered when the 100-day SMA crosses the set limit
- 200-day SMA price target alert – triggered when the 200-day SMA crosses the set limit
SMA price cross alerts
- 5-day SMA price cross alert – trigger when the price of a stock or crypto crosses it's 5-day SMA
- 10-day SMA price cross alert – trigger when the price of a stock or crypto crosses it's 10-day SMA
- 20-day SMA price cross alert – trigger when the price of a stock or crypto crosses it's 20-day SMA
- 30-day SMA price cross alert – trigger when the price of a stock or crypto crosses it's 30-day SMA
- 50-day SMA price cross alert – trigger when the price of a stock or crypto crosses it's 50-day SMA
- 100-day SMA price cross alert – trigger when the price of a stock or crypto crosses it's 100-day SMA
- 200-day SMA price cross alert – trigger when the price of a stock or crypto crosses it's 200-day SMA
Exponential Moving Average (EMA) alerts
EMA price target alerts
- 5-day EMA price target alert – triggered when the 5-day EMA crosses the set limit
- 10-day EMA price target alert – triggered when the 10-day EMA crosses the set limit
- 20-day EMA price target alert – triggered when the 20-day EMA crosses the set limit
- 30-day EMA price target alert – triggered when the 30-day EMA crosses the set limit
- 50-day EMA price target alert – triggered when the 50-day EMA crosses the set limit
- 100-day EMA price target alert – triggered when the 100-day EMA crosses the set limit
- 200-day EMA price target alert – triggered when the 200-day EMA crosses the set limit
Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) alerts
- MACD limit target alert – triggered when the MACD crosses the set limit
- MACD bearish crossover alert – triggered when a bearish crossover occurs. This is when the MACD is below than the MACD Signal line indicating a shift in momentum
- MACD bullish crossover alert – triggered when a bullish crossover occurs. This is when the MACD is above than the MACD Signal line indicating a shift in momentum
Relative Strength Index (RSI) alerts
- RSI limit target alert – triggered when the RSI value crosses the set limit
- RSI overbought alert – triggered when an RSI overbought signal occurs; traditionally this is when the RSI is greater than 70
- RSI oversold alert – triggered when an RSI oversold signal occurs; traditionally this is when the RSI is less than 30
Bollinger Bands alerts
- Bollinger Bands bullish signal alert – triggered when the asset's latest price crosses below the asset's lower bollinger band (20, 2); this is generally considered a bullish signal
- Bollinger Bands bearish signal alert – triggered when the asset's latest price crosses above the asset's upper bollinger band (20, 2); this is generally considered a bearish signal
Technical patterns alerts
- Death cross alert – triggered when a death cross pattern occurs, specifically when the 200-day moving average is above the 50-day moving average
- Golden cross alert – triggered when a gold cross pattern occurs, specifically the 200-day moving average is below the 50-day moving average
Upcoming earnings alerts
- Upcoming earnings date target alert – triggered a set number of days days before the asset's next earnings date
- Upcoming earnings tomorrow alert – triggered 1 day before the asset's next earnings date
- Upcoming earnings 3 days from today alert – triggered 3 day before the asset's next earnings date
- Upcoming earnings next week alert – triggered 1 week (7 days) before the asset's next earnings date
- Upcoming earnings next month alert – triggered 1 month (30 days) before the asset's next earnings date
Price to Earnings (P/E) Ratio alerts
- Upper-limit P/E Ratio alert – triggered when the P/E Ratio rises above the set target
- Lower-limit P/E Ratio alert – triggered when the P/E Ratio falls below the set target
- P/E Ratio change alert – triggered when the P/E Ratio changes a set percentage compared to the current P/E Ratio
- P/E Ratio percent change alert – triggered when the P/E Ratio changes a set percentage from the current P/E Ratio
Market Capitalization (Market Cap) alerts
- Upper-limit Market Cap alert – triggered when the asset's market cap rises above the set limit
- Lower-limit Market Cap alert – triggered when the asset's market cap falls below the set limit
- Market Cap change alert – triggered when the asset's market cap changes by a percentage amount or more
- Market Cap percent change alert – triggered when the asset's market cap changes by a set amount or more
Market status alerts
- Market open alert – triggered when the stock market opens, specifically it will trigger at 9:30 AM EST on trading days
- Market close alert – triggered when the stock market closes, specifically it will trigger at 4:00 PM EST on trading days
Economic data alerts
- New Gross Domestic Product (GDP) alert – triggered when Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data is released
- New Commercial Paper Outstanding alert – triggered when Commercial Paper Outstanding data is released
- New Consumer Price Index alert – triggered when Consumer Price Index (CPI) data is released
- New Effective Federal Funds Rate alert – triggered when Effective Federal Funds Rate data is released
- New Total Housing Starts alert – triggered when Total Housing Starts data is released
- New Industrial Production Index alert – triggered when Industrial Production Index data is released
- New Total Nonfarm Payrolls alert – triggered when Total Nonfarm Payrolls data is released
- New US Recession Probabilities alert – triggered when US Recession Probabilities data is released
- New Total Vehicle Sales alert – triggered when Total Vehicle Sales data is released
- New Unemployment Rate alert – triggered when Unemployment Rate data is released
- New Institutional Money Funds alert – triggered when Institutional Money Funds data is released
- New Retail Money Funds alert – triggered when Retail Money Funds data is released
Commodities alerts
- Crude Oil – Brent Europe alert – triggered when Crude Oil – Brent Europe data is released
- Crude Oil – West Texas Intermediate alert – triggered when Crude Oil – West Texas Intermediate data is released
- Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot price alert – triggered when Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot price data is released
- Heating Oil prices - No 2 New York Harbor alert – triggered when Heating Oil prices - No 2 New York Harbor data is released
- Jet Fuel prices - Kerosene Type US Gulf Coast – triggered when Jet Fuel prices - Kerosene Type US Gulf Coast data is released
- Propane prices - Mont Belvieu Textas – triggered when Propane prices - Mont Belvieu Textas data is released
- US Diesel price – triggered when US Diesel price data is released
- US Midgrade Conventional Gas price alert – triggered when US Midgrade Conventional Gas data is released
- US Premium Conventional Gas price alert – triggered when US Premium Conventional Gas data is released
- US Regular Conventional Gas price alert – triggered when US Regular Conventional Gas data is released
Treasury Bill rate alerts
- 1-month Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 1-month Treasury Bill rate data is released
- 3-month Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 3-month Treasury Bill rate data is released
- 6-month Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 6-month Treasury Bill rate data is released
- 1-year Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 1-year Treasury Bill rate data is released
- 2-year Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 2-year Treasury Bill rate data is released
- 3-year Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 3-year Treasury Bill rate data is released
- 5-year Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 5-year Treasury Bill rate data is released
- 7-year Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 7-year Treasury Bill rate data is released
- 10-year Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 10-year Treasury Bill rate data is released
- 20-year Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 20-year Treasury Bill rate data is released
- 30-year Treasury Rate alert – triggered when new 30-year Treasury Bill rate data is released
CD & Credit card interest rate alerts
- Jumbo CD Rate alert – triggered when new Jumbo CD rate data is released
- Non-jumbo CD Rate alert – triggered when new Non-jumbo CD rate data is released
- Commercial Bank Credit Card Interest Rate alert – triggered when new credit card interest rate data is released
Mortgage rate alerts
- 15-year Fixed Mortgage Rate alert – triggered when new 15-year Fixed Mortgage rate data is released
- 30-year Fixed Mortgage Rate alert – triggered when new 30-year Fixed Mortgage rate data is released
- 5/1 Adjustable Mortgage Rate alert – triggered when new 5/1 Adjustable Mortgage rate data is released
How often are alert triggers checked?
Every few seconds we match current price data (streamed) with your alarms set.
How many securities are supported on Stock Alarm?
Over 65,000 assets are supported and continually adding more. This includes US stocks, international stocks, cryptocurrencies, ETFs, Forex, commodities, mutual funds, major indices, and more!
Why are the extended hours prices 15 minutes delayed for Nasdaq?
There is a 15 minute delay due to the limitations of our data source. This only applies to Nasdaq stocks, all other stocks are real time during extended hours trading. That being said, Nasdaq will usually stream in real-time as expected but we are legally required to show this disclaimer for Nasdaq.
What is the pricing for Stock Alarm?
We have a free tier for basic usage. For the limits and other tiers please take a look at our pricing at https://app.stockalarm.io.pricing.
Why can't I see my stock exchange?
We have deals with the exchanges to directly use their data. Including any extra exchanges not supported is something we’re considering but do not have actively planned for the coming period. If you’re missing an exchange please let us know at support@stockalarm.io.
Will there be support for stock derivatives like options?
We’re working on adding support for stock derivatives including options and futures in the future.
Do you have a referral program?
Yes we do. Many of our users already scored multiple free months of gold by referring others. Stock Alarm has launched this referral program for free-tier users only at this time, you can gain free months of Stock Alarm gold by referring your friends via your custom shareable link in the settings tab on the mobile app. By participating in this program, you are automatically agreeing to our referral program's terms of service.
What is the pricing for Stock Alarm?
Stock Alarm offers free basic alerting and Pro membership. Pro includes the iPhone and Android app, web alerts, and the research terminal with the same Stock Alarm account. Existing Gold members already have Pro access. View current pricing and plan limits.
See what is included. Legacy Bronze and Silver memberships keep their existing benefits.
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What happens with an alert after it gets triggered?
We will immediately notify you when an alert get triggered. After that the alert will be in an active state. Will the alert go back to an inactive state and then trigger again, we will notify you again. An example: you have an upper limit set at $100 with the current price $95. The moment the alert will go above $100 we will notify you. If the price drops below $100 and later moves above $100 again, we will notify you again. We will notify you at most 1 time per 20 minutes to account for noisy alerts.
If two call alerts trigger at the same time, will I be called twice?
Yes! Stock Alarm will notify you for every alert that gets triggered, if two call alerts trigger at the same time, you will receive two back to back phone calls.
Stock Alarm emailed me that I blacklisted you. What can I do to undo that?
Due to regulations that we abide by, you have the ability to blacklist us by sending a text 'STOP’ to the number we call you from. If you want to revert the blacklisting of our phone number you can text ‘START’ to be able to receive calls again.
