Workflow

Setting your first price alert (and why it beats staring)

You do not have to watch the chart. That is the entire idea. You decide the level that matters — say BTCUSD tapping 65,000 — and TradingView watches it for you, down to the second, while you close the tab.

Add the alert in two clicks

Right-click the price axis on the right edge of the chart, or right-click a specific level you care about, and pick Add alert. The condition dialog opens pre-filled with that price. Leave the condition as Crossing a price for your first one — it fires when price touches the line from either side, which is what most people actually mean. There is a keyboard shortcut too: press Alt+A (Option+A on Mac) and it drops an alert at the current level. Better trick: right-click a trendline you already drew and pick Add alert on Trend Line — the alert then follows the sloping level instead of pinning to one fixed price.

One-time or repeating

• Only Once: the alert deletes itself after firing. Use it for a single event — a breakout level you will act on once.
• Once Per Bar Close: it keeps checking every candle. Use it when you want to keep hearing about a level that price is chopping around.

Getting pinged five times in a minute usually means you left it on repeating for a level price is sitting right on.

Where it fires, and what to call it

In the same box, tick the delivery: Notify on app for a push to your phone, a desktop Popup, or Send email. App push is the one that reaches you away from the desk — see desktop vs web vs mobile for how these sync. Then name it. "BTC 65k break" tells you which alert fired at 3am; "Alert" tells you nothing.