How to place trading alerts with my US options and futures account?
To keep track of price targets, you can generate alerts based on the Bid, Ask, or Last Price of an underlying. Alert notifications display on the platform when triggered are also sent to your e-mail address or to your phone via push notification.
Alerts menu location
To create an alert in the web trading platform, open the right-hand sidebar menu. Along the right-hand side of the sidebar menu, click on the alerts menu bell icon.
Alerts tab on the web platform
How to set an Alert
- Type the symbol you want to track into the Alert Symbol text field.
- Select which type of price you want to track by clicking the Alert On dropdown menu. There, you can select to track the symbols Last Price, Bid Price, or Ask Price. After you choose what you want to track, you can select how you want to track it. Beneath the Operator dropdown menu, you will have the option to choose < (less than) or > (greater than).
- Lastly, you’ll be able to enter a Threshold number or the number you want to base your alert on.
- Once ready, click 'Create Alert'
