DXtrade gives you two paths to the same destination.

Path 1: From your Watchlist. Right-click any instrument in the Watchlist widget and select Create alert. The alert dialog opens with that symbol pre-filled.

Path 2: From the Alerts widget. Open the Alerts widget. Click the Create Alert button at the top. The alert dialog opens blank, and you select the instrument manually.

Both paths produce identical alerts. Use whichever fits your workflow.

The simplest alert: notify me when one market hits one price.

The alert is now live. When the market reaches your level, you get notified.

Example. ES is trading at 4,985. You believe a breakout above 5,000 matters. Set: instrument ES, Ask, Above, 5000.00. The alert fires the moment ES ticks above 5,000.

The real power of DXtrade alerts is multiple conditions. You can stack conditions and choose how they interact.

"At least one condition" triggers the alert when ANY of your conditions becomes true. Use this for range-break setups.

"All conditions" triggers only when ALL conditions are true at the same time. Use this for confluence setups.

To add another condition, click + Add Condition in the dialog. Each condition has its own instrument, side, comparison, and price level.

Example: range break (at least one condition). NQ is trading in a range between 21,500 and 22,500. You want to know the moment either side breaks.

Mode: at least one condition. Either break fires the alert.

Example: confluence (all conditions). You only want to trade ES if both ES and NQ are above their key levels at the same time.

Mode: all conditions. The alert fires only when both markets are above their levels at the same time.

To change an alert after you create it, open the Alerts widget, find the alert row, and open it to edit the conditions, price level, expiration, or description. Save your changes and the updated alert stays live.

Expiration is worth getting right. By default, alerts have no expiration. They stay live until you delete them.

This sounds convenient. It is actually a trap.

If you set 30 alerts during one trading session, then forget to clean up, those alerts keep firing for weeks. You will get notifications in the middle of the night about a level you do not care about anymore.

Always set an expiration on day-trading alerts. Toggle the Expiration switch in the dialog and set a date and time. End of session is a good default. Note that the futures trading day and the funded daily drawdown both reset at 5:00 PM ET, so an alert set to expire at the session close will not carry stale levels into the next day.

For longer-term setups (key support and resistance levels you care about for weeks), expiration can stay off. But be intentional.

Every alert has an optional description field. Most traders skip it. Use it.

A few minutes from now you will have 20 alerts in your panel. A week from now you will have 200. Without descriptions, you have no idea why you set each one.

Good descriptions:

A few words. Enough to remember the context when the alert fires.

The Alerts widget is your command center. Open it to see every alert you have created.

Each alert row typically shows:

To delete an alert: click the X button on its row.

To filter: use the dropdown at the top to show All Alerts, Active only, or Triggered only.

Cleanup discipline. Delete alerts that no longer matter. A panel cluttered with 50 dead alerts hides the 3 that matter today.

Alerts can reach you several ways: a visual notification on the platform, a sound, and (where enabled) email or SMS.

Visual notifications are always on. Triggered alerts appear in the Alerts widget with status "Triggered."

Sound notifications are controlled in the DXtrade Settings menu. Enable them there.

Email and SMS. DXtrade can also route alert notifications to your email and phone. Turn on the channels you want so an alert reaches you even when you are away from the platform.

Active traders should enable the channels that reach them fastest. The combination means you never miss a level whether you are at your desk or in the kitchen.

Price levels are the most common alert, but DXtrade alerts are not limited to price. You can also create alerts tied to news and to economic-calendar events (for example, a scheduled CME data release). Set these the same way, from the Alerts widget. News trading itself is permitted on Upcomers Futures (it is not on the prohibited-strategy list), so alerting yourself to a release is fine. Just be aware that holding large positions through high-impact events like FOMC, CPI, or NFP can trigger a drawdown breach, and any slippage that results is not reimbursed.

Do not confuse your own alerts with Broker Price Alerts. Broker Price Alerts is a separate toggle in the Settings menu. Those are firm-pushed notices about volatile market conditions, not the price levels you set yourself. Turning Broker Price Alerts on or off does not change any alert you created in the Alerts widget.

1. Alert at decision levels, not entry prices. Set the alert a few ticks before your intended entry so you have time to react. Alerting at the exact entry price means you are scrambling when it fires.

2. One alert per setup, not one alert per level. If you are watching ES and NQ for a confluence setup, use one multi-condition alert instead of two separate alerts. Cleaner panel, smarter logic.

3. Set expiration on day trades. Always. End of session at the latest.

4. Clean up triggered alerts. Once an alert fires, decide whether you took the trade or not, then delete it. Triggered alerts left in the panel become noise.

5. Use descriptions religiously. Future you will thank present you.

6. Do not rely on alerts for risk management. Alerts notify you, they do not act. For automatic exits, use a Stop or Stop Limit order (or an attached Stop Loss and Take Profit) on your position. Alerts are for getting your attention, not protecting capital.

Setting alerts without expiration. Becomes alert spam within a week.

Bid versus Ask confusion. A buy-side breakout uses the Ask price. A sell-side breakdown uses the Bid. Mixing these up means your alert may fire late or not at all.

Too many alerts. If you have 50 active alerts, you have turned alerts into chart noise. Trim to the levels that actually matter today.

Skipping descriptions. You will never remember the context behind alert number 37 from three weeks ago.

Using alerts as stops. An alert tells you the level was hit. It does not exit your position. Use Stop or Stop Limit orders for automated exits.

Alerts are how professional traders cover multiple markets without staring at screens all day. Set them at decision levels. Add expiration. Write descriptions. Clean up regularly.

Five minutes spent organizing alerts saves five hours of missed setups.

Still stuck? Reach us anytime through the in-app chat, the Help Center, or at [email protected] and we will walk you through it.