Managing your trade alerts

Discover how to set up and manage trade alerts in your account.

The markets move fast, and we want to help you move faster! One of the great ways to keep up with the markets is to identify opportunities as they happen. But if you can’t spend the entire day watching charts. You need tools to keep you informed, and we’ve got them— alerts. You can set up alerts to see price or volume changes on specific investments, and see whether investments are hitting new 52-week highs or lows.

You can access two kinds of alerts available on your platform:

• Smart alerts. Get essential email updates on securities you either hold already or have in your watchlist

• Custom alerts. Stay informed of opportunities as soon as they emerge with alerts you tailor to your needs, delivered via email, SMS, or-in platform notifications. Available with Questrade Plus.

Alerts are based on a set of pre-defined conditions you choose. They can include price movements, 52-week highs or lows, and high trading volume. Here are some examples of how alerts work. Set an alert to notify you when:

• Stock XYZ is trading for less than $100. If the price of stock ABC falls below $100, you’ll receive an email/message about the price change

• Stock XYZ has reached a high trading volume of trades

• An ETF has reached a new 52-week low

Below, learn how to set up Custom alerts on Questrade Edge Web.

Questrade Edge Web

To set up Custom alerts on Questrade Edge web, do the following:

1. Log in (opens in a new tab)

2. In the left toolbar, click/tap the Alerts icon

3. To create a new alert, click/tap + Custom Alert

4. In the symbol lookup field, type the ticker and enter the details of your alert

5. To select how you’ll be notified when your alert is triggered, click/tap Notification Methods. You can choose from emails and SMS text message

6. To set an expiry time for your alert, click/tap Alert duration

7. Once your alert is ready, click Activate

Modifying custom alerts:

To modify your custom alerts, go to Alerts and click on the symbol you’d like to make changes to. A settings window will open up and allow you to make changes to your alert triggers, notification methods, and duration.

Deleting active alerts:

1. Click/tap the Alerts icon

2. Click/tap the X icon beside the symbol