Hello I'm New, question about forex signals

MugShot · October 13, 2009, 2:13am

Hello,
I’m new here. I am trading with a GFT demo account. My question is, are there any tools that could give send me an alert on my mobile or email when a currency pair reaches a certain exchange rate. For example if the AUD/USD is currently trading at 0.9080 , I would like to get an alert on my mobile or email when it reaches 0.9070.

soul786 · October 13, 2009, 9:06am

If I’m not mistaken, GFT has the abililty to send alerts via SMS or email built into the platform. Check the user guide they may have instructions.

I use MT4 for my charting/trading so am not so familiar with the Dealbook platform.

MugShot · October 13, 2009, 9:22am

ok, thanks man, i’ll take a look into it.

phil838 · October 13, 2009, 9:54am

Yeah, GFT has that feature built in. I wish MT4 did… As it is now you have to do everything short of a human sacrifice to get MT4 to send a text message.

soul786 · October 13, 2009, 9:56am

Haha it is a bit of work but I have managed to set email alerts. The emails that are sent come to my phone because I have a data plan with my carrier for emails. Thus anytime an email comes to my inbox I can read it and act accordingly.

Timony · October 13, 2009, 3:46pm

I think it can be done in many ways. I remember there was a service that offered it…can’t find now.

Jason_Rogers · October 13, 2009, 4:49pm

DailyFX has these types of alerts for prices as well as economic news releases.

Kathryn · October 13, 2009, 5:44pm

Hi! My name is Kathryn and I’m pretty new to forex trading too, but I have some friends who trade and they’ve been full of knowledge for me.
I’ve been told from my friend who trades forex that GFT does have a built in alert system.
I think that most companies offer that now, and if they don’t, then they better soon!

mich · October 13, 2009, 6:37pm

Pretty simple with DealBook360.

Just go to graph of say AUD/USD and right click the mouse. Then choose “Create Alarm” option, set the condition and choose to be notified via email or SMS. It works fine.

Good luck

Mich

soul786 · October 13, 2009, 6:45pm

Are you charged for sms alerts? Or would that be dependent on your cellphone provider?

No charge on a part of GFT?

mich · October 13, 2009, 6:53pm

Good question.

I don’t think you are charged for SMS messages receiving from GFT using normal providers. Although worth checking.

Cheers.

MugShot · October 14, 2009, 1:44am

Thanks man, just what I wanted.

phil838 · October 14, 2009, 5:31am

There is no charge from GFT, but there will probably be a charge from your cell phone provider.

It’s not that expensive. Here in the US I pay $5.00 per month for up to 200 messages.