Custom alerts
Alerts watch the live tape for you and ping you (email or in-app) the moment something matches your criteria.
The fastest way to start
The Alerts index has a set of recipes — opinionated, pre-built alert templates that work out of the box.
- Whale Watch — pings on every $1M+ option print.
- Directional Pressure — aggressive call and put buying.
- High-Conviction Only — top-decile unusual scores at $250K+ premium.
- Index Pulse — SPY/QQQ/IWM for market-wide turns.
- AI Trade Ideas — high-confidence AI picks ready to journal.
Click Use this recipe and the alerts are created in your account immediately.
Going deeper
You can also build a custom alert from scratch. Common criteria include:
- Premium minimum, side aggression, option type.
- Symbol allow-list (your watchlist) or stock-universe filters.
- Unusual score threshold and cooldown so you don't get hammered.
Outcome attribution shows up next to every alert in the index — once you start journaling trades, the alert page tells you which alerts actually paid off.