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IG trading alerts
Never miss opportunity in market movement, events or indicators with our free trade alerts.
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Why use our trading alerts?
Know exactly when to expect economic events and what their outcomes are
Find out the second that your target level or price change is hit
Save time – we monitor the markets for you
React instantly to email, SMS or push notifications on the move
What are trading alerts?
Trading alerts are free, automatic and customisable notifications you’ll get whenever your specifications are triggered – when prices move, events happen and technical conditions change. So you can get on with your day, with us monitoring the markets for you, and take advantage of opportunity when it arises.
Types of trading alert
Price alerts
- Be notified when your market moves by a certain percentage or amount in points with price change alerts – you’ll only find these with us
- Know when your market hits support, resistance or breakout by creating price level alerts
- Get these free trade notifications immediately sent by email, SMS or push notification
- Use as part of your risk management strategy – price alerts keep your positions open, so you can decide when to take action
Economic event alerts
- Set alerts for macro events like central bank announcements, and see how the market reacts
- Receive macroeconomic figures as soon as they are released
- Set reminders to notify you 5-60 minutes before events
- Get alerts by push notification on your mobile, in the platform or by email
- Just tick the box next to your event in our economic calendar to set an alert
Technical indicator alerts
- Create alerts using popular indicators: Moving Average, Exponential Moving Average, MACD, RSI, Standard Deviation, Stochastic, Bollinger Bands and Price (share CFDs only)
- Build and set indicator alerts quickly and easily through our free charts
- Get full control over your alert, combining up to four different indicators
Open an account to start setting alerts
Open an account to start setting alerts
Fast execution on a huge range of markets
Enjoy flexible access to more than 17,000 global markets, with reliable execution
Deal seamlessly, wherever you are
Trade on the move with our natively designed, award-winning trading app
Feel secure with a trusted provider
We have over 45 years of experience offering a truly market-leading service
*IG Group’s total markets
Open an account to start setting alerts
Open an account to start setting alerts
Fast execution on a huge range of markets
Enjoy flexible access to more than 17,000 global markets, with reliable execution
Deal seamlessly, wherever you are
Trade on the move with our natively designed, award-winning trading app
Feel secure with a trusted provider
We have over 45 years of experience offering a truly market-leading service
*IG Group’s total markets
How to use trading alerts
- Create a trading account with us
- Log in and open the trading platform
- Find the ‘alert’ tab in your market’s deal ticket
- Choose between price and indicator alerts
- Enter your conditions
- Edit existing alerts from the left-hand flyout
- Or, set event alerts for straight from our economic calendar
- Manage your trade notifications in the ‘settings’ tab of My IG
What markets can I get trading alerts for?
Forex alerts
Set alerts on any currency pair we offer – including EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/JPY.
Stock alerts
Be alerted to share price movement in any of the 13,000+ companies you can trade with us.
Index alerts
Keep an eye on where global stock indices are heading, including the US Tech 100 and Germany 40.
Commodity alerts
Know as soon as gold, silver, oil, or any other commodity we offer moves in the way you choose.
FAQs
You can get trading alerts for economic results, price movements – whether a level is hit, or a price changes by your chosen amount – and technical conditions.
You can receive trading alerts by SMS and push notification on your mobile, in the platform, or by email.
You’d set a trading alerts can be created to notify you of economic releases, price changes and when your technical conditions are met. Trading signals inform you of significant trends or patterns in the markets that could lead to a trading opportunity.
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