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Smart Price Alerts for Crypto and Stocks: How to Never Miss a Move
A bare price alert fires the moment a level is touched — with no read on conditions. Fynov pairs price levels with % moves and a composite FynovScore threshold, so the alerts that reach you are the ones worth acting on.
The Problem with a Bare Price Alert
A standard price alert fires the moment an asset touches a level. On its own it tells you nothing about conditions — whether momentum is building or fading, or whether the broader picture for the asset is improving or deteriorating. Watch a handful of volatile names with single price triggers and you drown in notifications, react to noise and miss the moves that actually matter.
What Makes a Fynov Alert Smarter
Fynov doesn't try to cram a dozen conditions into one trigger. Instead it gives you four focused alert types so you can watch the dimension that fits your intent — price level, relative move, or overall conditions — and combine them across an asset by running more than one:
- Hypothetical Target: fires when the price rises above a level you set — a clean way to flag a breakout or a target being reached.
- Risk Management Level: fires when the price falls below a level — your mental-stop reminder, so a broken support never goes unnoticed.
- % Change: fires when an asset moves by X% up or down from your reference price — ideal for altcoins that can swing violently within hours.
- FynovScore™ Threshold: fires when an asset's 0–100 composite score crosses a level you choose. This is the "conditions" alert: instead of watching price alone, you watch whether momentum, sentiment, volatility and fundamentals are aligning or breaking down.
How Fynov Delivers Alerts
Every active alert is evaluated automatically every 15 minutes against live market data — fast enough to catch significant moves in crypto, where a swing can happen and reverse within an hour. When a condition is met, Fynov notifies you through two channels:
- Email — sent to your account address the moment the alert triggers.
- In-app — a real-time notification inside the Fynov dashboard.
No setup juggling, no third-party app required — you choose email, in-app, or both when you create the alert.
Practical Alert Setups
Breakout Watch
Set a Hypothetical Target just above resistance, and a FynovScore™ Threshold at 65+ on the same asset. The price alert flags the breakout; the score alert confirms momentum and sentiment are behind it. Two simple alerts, far more context than a single price ping.
Risk Warning
Combine a Risk Management Level a little above your mental stop with a FynovScore™ Threshold set to fire below 40. The first warns you that price is approaching your line in the sand; the second tells you, independently of price, that conditions are deteriorating.
Catch the Swing
On a volatile altcoin, a % Change alert at ±8% surfaces an unusual move worth analysing — without you staring at the chart all day.
Setting Up Your First Alert on Fynov
- Open the Alerts page (or any asset in your portfolio) and click New Alert
- Pick the alert type: Hypothetical Target, Risk Management Level, % Change or FynovScore™ Threshold
- Enter your level (price, percentage or score threshold)
- Choose your notifications: email, in-app, or both
- Save — Fynov checks it every 15 minutes, 24/7
FynovScore™ alerts require FynovScore tracking to be enabled on the asset. Active-alert limits depend on your plan: 3 on the trial, 5 on Pro and unlimited on Business.
FAQ
What makes a Fynov alert "smart"?
It goes beyond a bare price touch. Alongside price targets you can watch a % move or a FynovScore™ threshold — so an alert reflects momentum and conditions, not just a number being crossed.
Does Fynov send alerts to Telegram or as browser push?
No. Alerts are delivered by email and in-app notification only, and each active alert is checked every 15 minutes against live market data.
Can I combine several conditions in one alert?
Alerts are single-condition by design — but you can run several on one asset (for example a price target plus a FynovScore™ threshold) to get the same layered context without the false confidence of an over-fitted trigger.