Alerts

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Add Alert

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Set Condition and Expiration Date

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Customize the Alert Message

Enter a clear Alert Name and edit the Message that will appear when the alert triggers. You can also add placeholders like

• {{ticker}} - ticker of the symbol used in alert (AAPL, BTCUSD, etc.)

• {{interval}} - returns the interval (i.e. timeframe/resolution) of the chart that the alert is created on

• {{strategy.position_size}} - returns the value of the same keyword in Pine, i.e., the size of the current position.

• {{strategy.order.action}} - returns the string “buy” or “sell” for the executed order.

• {{strategy.order.contracts}} - returns the number of contracts of the executed order.

• {{strategy.order.price}} - returns the price at which the order was executed.

• {{strategy.order.id}} - returns the ID of the executed order (the string used as the first parameter in one of the function calls generating orders: strategy.entry, strategy.exit or strategy.order).

• {{strategy.order.comment}} - returns the comment of the executed order (the string used in the comment parameter in one of the function calls generating orders: strategy.entry, strategy.exit or strategy.order). If no comment is specified, then the value of strategy.order.id will be used.

• {{strategy.order.alert_message}} - returns the value of the alert_message parameter which can be used in the strategy's Pine code when calling one of the functions used to place orders: strategy.entry, strategy.exit or strategy.order. This feature is only supported in Pine v4 and higher.

• {{strategy.market_position}} - returns the current position of the strategy in string form: “long”, “flat”, or “short”.

• {{strategy.market_position_size}} - returns the size of the current position as an absolute value, i.e. a non-negative number.

• {{strategy.prev_market_position}} - returns the previous position of the strategy in string form: “long”, “flat”, or “short”.

• {{strategy.prev_market_position_size}} - returns the size of the previous position as an absolute value, i.e. a non-negative number.

Example: Alert name: SMC Backtester Message:

{ "symbol":"{{ticker}}" "size":"{{strategy.order.action}}" "qty":"{{strategy.position_size}}" "price":"{{close}}" "trigger_time":"{{timenow}}" }

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Click Create Alert

Once all settings are configured — click Create Alert to activate it. Your alert will now monitor the (SMC) Backtester trades automatically and send a notification as soon as the trade appears.