Advanced Alert Tactics: Using Alerts Across Multiple Trading Styles

By now, you’ve seen how alerts can help you act only when your setup is ready.
But most traders don’t trade just one way.

You might take:

• A swing trade that plays out over a few days
• An intraday setup that needs quick execution
• Or keep an eye on a long-term positional entry for weeks

This chapter shows you how to:

• Set up alerts for multiple strategies at once
• Organize alerts across watchlists and timeframes
• Use multi-condition alerts for cleaner execution

Why Use Alerts This Way?

As you scale your process, you’ll find:

• Your watchlist grows
• You’re tracking different timeframes
• It’s hard to mentally juggle swing, intraday, and long-term logic

That’s where advanced alerting comes in, so you only act when each strategy’s condition is met, without being glued to charts.

Step 1: Tag Your Watchlists by Strategy

Create separate watchlists based on trade type:

Switch between these lists based on your daily prep.

Step 2: Set Alerts for Each Style

Here’s how to set different alert logic for each strategy:

Set custom labels like:

• “SWING – INFY breakout”
• “INTRADAY – TATAMOTORS VWAP test”
• “POS – LT MACD Entry”

This keeps your notifications clear, even if multiple alerts fire together.

Step 3: Use Multi-Condition Alerts (If Plan Allows)

TradingView lets you stack multiple conditions using built-in indicators or Pine Scripts™ strategies.

For example:

• RSI > 50 AND Supertrend = bullish
• Volume spike AND price breaks recent high

Set these alerts using:

• “Add Alert” on indicator
• OR use custom script logic (if comfortable with Pine)

This reduces false triggers and keeps your actions more selective.

Pro Tips

• Use alert expiration dates for intraday setups (auto-delete by end of day)
• Create a dedicated “Alert Layout” with open alert logs visible
• Pause alerts that aren’t relevant to current market conditions
• Limit to 5–10 active alerts per strategy to avoid noise

To Sum Up

Alerts aren’t just reminders; they’re filters for your attention.

Organizing alerts by trade type helps you:

• Track more opportunities
• Stay focused per timeframe
• Avoid overreaction or missed entries

Whether you’re holding for 15 minutes or 15 days, let alerts guide your action, not emotion.