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You can use timetotrade to set up MACD Alerts to let you know when your investment conditions are met.
If you're away from your computer, timetotrade will watch the markets for you. As soon as your alert conditions are met this will trigger an email or SMS text alert to be sent to your pc or mobile phone.
Create and customise your own alerts using price and technical indicator triggers:
Simple, intuitive "point and click" system - no programming required.
You can even build compound multi-condition Alerts which will be triggered if a series of events occurs, for example you could create an alert on a stock that will trigger if: the MACD rises above zero and then crosses over; or the stochastic rises above 80 and the MACD falls below the smoothed MACD; or the RSI of a stock was to fall below 70, followed by a price pull back and a stochastic crossover.
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How to Set Up MACD Alerts
To create an alert, go to the timetotrade CHARTS page and enter the ticker symbol for the stock or currency pair that you wish to follow. This will take you to the chart / alert creation page. The system is defaulted to show a 6 month price chart, based on 1 day interval period with the MACD (10,35, 5) technical chart below, however once you have set up your own timetotrade account you can customise your own preferred default chart settings, interval periods and parameters to suit your personal investment strategies.
On timetotrade's MACD chart, the MACD is represented by a dark green line and the Smoothed MACD by a red line.
To the right hand side of timetotrade's price and technical indicator charts are sets of "Alert Trigger Buttons".
To create a MACD alert, just click on the Alert Trigger Buttons to the right hand side of the MACD chart, as illustrated in the screen shot below:
There are no programming languages to learn, no macros or complex forumulas for you to write. Just click a button, enter your parameters, "activate", and your alert is created. Simple!
There are six types of MACD Alert Triggers available on the timetotrade system:
 | MACD Cross-Over Alert Trigger (Positive)
Click the positive MACD cross over trigger button to create alerts to notify you when the MACD crosses above the Smoothed MACD
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 | MACD Cross-Over Alert Trigger (Negative)
Click the negative MACD cross over trigger button to create alerts to notify you when the MACD falls below the Smoothed MACD
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 | MACD Rising Threshold Alert Trigger
Click the MACD falling threshold trigger button to create alerts to notify you when the value of the MACD falls below a particular value (eg the MACD rises above 0)
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 | MACD Falling Threshold Alert Trigger
Click the MACD falling threshold trigger button to create alerts to notify you when the value of the MACD falls below a particular value (eg the MACD falls below 0)
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 | MACD Break-out Alert Trigger
Click the MACD breakout trigger button to create alerts to notify you when MACD value increases by a specified amount within a certain period of time (eg the MACD increases by 0.1 points)
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 | MACD Pull-back Alert Trigger
Click the MACD pullback trigger buttons to create alerts to notify when you MACD value decreases by a specified amount within a certain period of time (eg the MACD decreases by 0.1 points)
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MACD Rising Alerts
To create an alert that will be triggered and notify you when the MACD rises above a certain value, just click the MACD "Rising Threshold" Trigger button:
A text box will appear on the MACD chart.
Step 1: Input the value you wish to be alerted that the MACD has risen above
Step 2: Click the "create trigger" button:
The alert conditon will then appear in the "Alert Creation" box on the right hand side of the chart page.
Step 3: Enter the alert message you wish to receive
Step 4: Click the "activate" button.
And that's it! Your alert is created. It really is that simple.
The next time the MACD rises above your pre-defined value, you will receive an alert to your email, instant messanger or cell phone.
You can customise the alerts further to suit you: for example you can edit the alert message you will receive, add additional alert trigger conditions, set the alert to re-activate itself once triggered and amend which email or mobile phone you would like the alert sent to.
MACD Falling Alerts
To create an alert that will be triggered and notify you when the MACD falls below a certain value, just click the MACD "Falling Threshold" Trigger button, input the value you wish to be alerted that the MACD has fallen below, click the "add trigger" button and "activate" and customise the alert as discussed above.
The next time the MACD falls below your pre-defined value, you will receive an alert to your email, instant messanger or cell phone.
MACD Crossover Alerts - Positive
To create an alert that will be triggered when the MACD (dark green line) rises above the Smoothed MACD(red line), just click on the "Positive Crossover" Trigger button, as shown below:
As before, click "add trigger" and "activate". The next time the MACD crosses above the Smoothed MACD you will be notified by an alert sent to your email, instant messanger or cell phone.
Again, you can customise the alert to suit you: for example you can edit the alert message you will receive, add further alert trigger conditions and amend which email and/or mobile phone you would like the alert sent to.
MACD Crossover Alerts - Negative
To create an alert that will be triggered and notify you when the MACD (dark green line) falls below the Smoothed MACD (red line), just click the "Negative Crossover" Trigger button, and activate and customise the alert as discussed above.
The next time the MACD crosses below the Smoothed MACD, you will receive an alert to your email, instant messanger or cell phone.
MACD Break-Out Alerts
To create an alert that will be triggered and notify you when the MACD increases by a certain value, just click the MACD "Break-Out" Trigger button, input the value you wish to be alerted that the MACD has increased by, and activate and customise the alert to suit.
The next time the MACD increases by your pre-defined value within a specified time interval, you will receive an alert to your email, instant messanger or cell phone.
MACD Pull-Back Alerts
To create an alert that will be triggered and notify you when the MACD falls by a certain value, just click the MACD "Pull-Back" Trigger button, input the value you wish to be alerted that the MACD has fallen by, activate the alert and customise to suit.
The next time the MACD falls by your pre-defined value within a specified time interval, you will receive an alert to your email, instant messanger or cell phone.
Adjusting the Parameters
The chart parameters and interval period displayed on the chart as you click the "Alert Trigger" buttons to create your alert are the same parameters and interval period that will be used to check when your alert conditions are met.
If you are looking at a MACD (10,35,5) chart on a 1 day interval period when you are creating your alert, then timetotrade will check to see if your MACD (10,35,5) alert conditions are met at the end of each trading day. If you are looking at a MACD (12, 26, 9) chart on a 1 minute interval period, then timetotrade will check to see if your MACD (12,26, 9) alert conditions are met every minute - at the end of each minute interval period.
You can adjust the MACD parameter and interval values to find the best fit between price movement and the MACD indicator to suit.
To change the parameters enter your preferred values into the parameter text boxes, then press the 'refresh' button to update the charts.
To save your changes as your default chart setting, click on the 'save' button to the right hand side of the chart "settings" menu.
Multi-Condition Alerts
timetotrade can also be used to create alerts on Price and Volume as well as the technical indicators: Stochastic, RSI, Bollinger Bands and Moving Averages.
Once you are familiar with creating basic alerts you can use timetotrade's advanced features to customise your alerts to suit you. You can build compound alerts containing multiple trigger conditions against price and multiple technical indicators; for example:
you could set up rule that will trigger an alert to be sent to you when the share price falls below a defined value followed by the stochastic increasing above 20 and a positive MACD crossover.
You can also edit the alert message you will receive and you can specify where particular alerts are to be sent - to your email and/or mobile phone or PDA.
Real-Time Alerts
We are now able to offer FREE Real-Time Price and Technical Indicator charts and alerts for Forex and stocks traded on the Chi-X, Turquoise and BATS exchanges
For more information, click on this link Real-Time Stock Quotes & Alerts >>
Please Note: When creating a MACD alert, consider the Interval that you are using. If for example you select a 1-day Interval, your alert will be based on the end of day close price, and therefore you will not be notified until the market has closed. If alternatively you select a 1 hour Interval then your alert will be checked every hour during market hours, and if your MACD condition is met at the close of the hour, you will receive an alert.
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