Set Alerts

Instructions

Define price, trade, and margin alerts with trigger notifications sent to your email address, or sent as a text message using E-mail to SMS. (Email to SMS only available if your mobile provider supports it. Contact your provider to find the E-mail to SMS gateway address). To do so, please take the steps outlined below.

  1. Tap the Account menu icon (three horizontal lines) on the top left corner of the app and select Alerts.

    • Leave a triggered alert active by enabling Repeatable in the alert Settings.

    • Set an expiration date on the alert using Expires in the alert Settings.
    • Allow an alert to trigger outside regular trading hours by enabling Outside RTH in the alert Settings.

    • Triggered alerts display in your list with a black "!" icon.

      The alerts panel on the Android Phone.

      Setting the alerts on the Android Phone.

To define a Price alert
  1. Tap the Account menu icon (head and shoulders) in the top left corner of the app and select Alerts.
  2. Tap + in the bottom right corner of the list to create a new alert.
  3. Enter a descriptive name and tap Add Price, Trade or Margin Condition to define alert conditions.
  4. Tap Price and select or search for an instrument.
  5. Modify alert criteria by tapping the appropriate line and selecting a new value.
  6. Tap Save. Review alert parameters and if complete, tap Create Alert to activate the alert.
To set a Trade alert
  1. Tap the Account menu icon (head and shoulders) in the top left corner of the app and select Alerts.
  2. Tap + in the bottom right corner of the list to create a new alert.
  3. Enter a descriptive name and tap Add Price, Trade or Margin Condition to define alert conditions.
  4. Tap Trade and define alert parameters including underlying, exchange and financial instrument type.

  5. Tap Save. Review alert parameters and if complete, tap Create Alert to activate the alert.

To set a Margin alert
  1. Tap the Account menu icon (head and shoulders) in the top left corner of the app and select Alerts.
  2. Tap + in the bottom right corner of the list to create a new alert.
  3. Enter a descriptive name and tap Add Price, Trade or Margin Condition to define alert conditions.
  4. Tap Margin Cushion and define boundary settings.
  5. Tap Save. Review alert parameters and if complete, tap Create Alert to activate the alert.

Deactivate, or Delete an alert by tapping it from the Alerts list and then tapping the desired action at the bottom of the active alert. Modify by changing parameters in the alert and then tapping Save.

Triggered alerts remain in the Alerts list labeled with a black ‘triggered’ icon. You can delete a triggered alert by selecting the alert and then touching Delete.

 

Additional Resources

Learn About Alerts in the IBKR Android Interface at IBKR Campus

Visit the IBKR Mobile Website