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StockWatch Alerts

Save a screen, enable alerts, and let StockWatch notify you every night when stocks enter or exit your criteria.

What is a StockWatch?

A StockWatch is a saved screen. When you name and save a screen from the Screener, it becomes a watch that StockWatch re-runs against fresh market data every night.

You can view all your watches on the My StockWatches page.

Enabling alerts

Open any saved watch in the screener and toggle Alerts on. That's it -- StockWatch will start monitoring for changes.

You can enable alerts on as many watches as your plan allows. Toggle off at any time to pause notifications without deleting the watch.

What triggers an alert?

Every night, StockWatch re-runs each watch with alerts enabled and compares the results to the previous run. You get notified when:

  • Tickers added -- a stock newly matches your criteria (entered the watch).
  • Tickers removed -- a stock no longer matches your criteria (exited the watch).

If nothing changes overnight, no notification is sent.

Unread changes

When a watch has new changes, an Updates badge appears on the My StockWatches page showing the number of tickers added and removed since you last viewed the watch.

Open the watch in the screener to see the latest results and clear the unread count.

Delivery channels

Channel Plans Details
Email Basic, Pro A summary email listing all watches with changes -- added and removed tickers sorted by market cap.
Webhooks Pro only An HTTP POST with a JSON payload for each watch that has changes. Setup guide
In-app All plans Unread changes badge on the My StockWatches page.

Timing

Alerts are processed nightly after end-of-day market data is updated. The exact time varies but is typically complete before the next trading day opens. Email and webhook notifications are sent as soon as processing finishes.

Plan limits

Plan Saved watches Universe Webhooks
Demo (free) 1 S&P 500 No
Basic 5 3 years of data No
Pro 100 Full universe Yes

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