Real Time Alerts - Redundancy

[lassiter]

Does anyone know of a real time alert service for both futures and stocks that will notify you by email if your price is hit?

Here is one, but they are stocks only

http://www.softwinc.com/bin/stockboss

Thanks.

 

[dcraig]

Email is NOT real time. Never was, and probably never will be.

 

[IanMacQuaide]

I don't know your situation, but I do know Hotmail servers can take more than 5 minutes to send an email.

Most brokerage/charting platforms have audible alerts on the charts.

There's some handheld doohicky that's like a portable Quotron, but I can't remember it's name. Costly, I'm sure.

If you'd outline your situation I'm sure someone can step up and recommend a solution.

 

[lassiter]

I should have been more specific...it doesn't have to be email

I'm simply looking for third party verification that a price was reached. If I'm outside, I can be notified and then verify the trade executed properly.

I would prefer third party as I have had platforms lock up in the past.

Thanks.

 

[trader225]

Have your machine running, monitoring quotes. If something interesting happens, have it send a text message to your cell. Don't know if it's commercially available, but it is in the realm of the possible.

 

[Bernard111]

Quote from trader225:

... have it send a text message to your cell. ...

Let's suppose that the trading platform is able to launch an exe file if some alert conditions are met: how can be write a script or other command able to send a SMS?

 

[trader225]

Quote from Bernard111:

Let's suppose that the trading platform is able to launch an exe file if some alert conditions are met: how can be write a script or other command able to send a SMS?

Could get the PC to send to a phone near the PC via bluetooth or something. That phone could send to the phone you're carrying.

I don't know of anything yet to do it directly from the PC.

 

[lassiter]

Thanks for the replies.

I can install watchdog software to monitor system performance and alert me. However, if the entire system crashes/locks up it won't matter the watchdog will most likely fail as well...thus the request for third party notification.

I realize I could always opt for a second system monitoring the first, but wanted to avoid the expense.

 

[Bernard111]

Quote from trader225:

Could get the PC to send to a phone near the PC via bluetooth or something. That phone could send to the phone you're carrying.

I don't know of anything yet to do it directly from the PC.

How do you instruct the PC...without an exe or a command? You sugggestion is not clear...

 

[auspiv]

sending a SMS message should be as easy as sending an email..<br>verizon for example has a system where you can send an email to XXXXXXXXXX@vtext.com (where xxxxxxxxxx is your phone number) and the message will get delievered to your cell phone