Staying glued to the screen all day is the best recipe for making bad decisions. Too much chart watching tires you out, pushes you to trade for trading's sake, and ends up degrading the quality of your entries. The solution: precise alerts that notify you only when something actionable happens. DYOR offers several types, across three different channels.
The three notification channels
Before talking about alert types, let's look at where they can arrive:
- Push (mobile or desktop): the most reactive, perfect for short signals (breakouts, sudden moves). Requires Push service activation in your DYOR preferences. Works even if the tab is closed.
- Telegram: via the DYOR bot. Convenient if you already use Telegram as a central channel (many crypto traders do). You connect your account once, then you receive all your alerts in a dedicated chat.
- Email: the most asynchronous, good for end-of-day summaries. Useful if you don't want your phone buzzing all day.
You can choose a different channel for each alert type. The trick: reserve push for what deserves immediate interruption, and leave Telegram for the rest.
The seven types of available alerts
DYOR offers seven alert categories. Choosing them wisely is the key:
Price alerts
The most classic: "let me know if BTC falls below $60,000". Use them for:
- A critical support or resistance you've identified;
- A target or mental stop level for a position;
- A range break that would validate your thesis.
Tip: set alerts instead of staying on watch. You look less, you decide better.
Smart Setup alerts
As soon as a smart setup reaches a confidence threshold you've defined (e.g., ≥ 7 with bullish bias), DYOR notifies you. This is the most useful alert for finding opportunities without spending 2 hours scanning.
Combine it with a watchlist filter to receive only setups on coins you already care about.
Breakout / pattern follow alerts
When you're following a pattern or trendline and DYOR detects its break, you get an alert. These alerts are particularly reactive — often in the candle following the break — but they also include their share of false breakouts. Use them as a complement, not as an isolated signal.
Cointracker alerts
Alerts on events related to a specific coin: new divergences detected, trend changes, moving above/below a critical EMA, etc. Useful for fine-tuning a live position. Filterable by watchlist to monitor only your coins.
Strategy alerts
When a new coin enters the results of one of your custom strategies, you're notified. Filterable by watchlist to target your trading universe. See Strategy Maker.
AI alerts
When an automatic AI analysis is generated on a coin you're following, DYOR can send you a notification with the summary.
Paper Trading alerts
When a stop loss or take profit triggers on one of your paper positions, you're notified — so you don't miss anything even when you're away from the screen.
Pitfall #1: too many alerts kill the alert
The main danger is not missing a signal, it's receiving too many alerts and ending up ignoring them all. Here are some principles:
- Start small: 3-5 alerts only the first week. See what actually arrives, adjust.
- One threshold per alert: instead of alerting at every move, define a precise threshold that triggers action. "RSI < 30" is not an action threshold ("I buy as soon as it's at 30"), it's an observation threshold.
- Filter by watchlist: useless to be alerted on 1,200+ pairs. 20-30 coins are plenty to feed active trading activity.
- Quiet hours: set silent time windows so you don't receive push notifications at night. Signals missed during a few hours of sleep aren't the end of the world.
An example of a reasoned alert setup
Here's a typical config for a part-time swing trader:
| Type | Channel | Trigger | Estimated frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Setup ≥ 7, "Active watch" watchlist | Telegram | New setup detected | 1-3 /day |
| BTC price alert | Push | Key breaks (52k, 60k, 72k) | Rare, but critical |
| Cointracker on my watchlist | Telegram | Trend change, divergence | 2-4 /week |
| "Swing 4h" strategy | Push | New coin entering | 1-2 /day |
A few well-targeted rules, zero noise. You receive about 5-10 notifications a day — a manageable number that keeps you in control.
Notifications are managed like a watchlist
Same principle: review your alerts regularly. Once a month:
- Remove alerts you haven't used in two weeks;
- Fine-tune the thresholds of those sending too much;
- Add new ones if your strategy has evolved.
A fixed alert config quickly becomes useless. A living alert config is a huge productivity multiplier.
To go further
Open the Alerts page on DYOR and start by enabling just one alert: "Smart Setup ≥ 7 on my Active watch watchlist". See how you receive it, verify it arrives on the right channel, and only then expand. Notification hygiene is the least glamorous but most transformative skill for your part-time trading.