Alerts

The Price Action Concepts® can alert users for multiple events relevant to the existing features in the toolkit. To learn more about how to set alerts in general see how to create alerts on tradingview.

In order for an alert to work in the toolkit make sure the related feature is enabled

Any Alert() Function Call

Users can create a single alert for multiple conditions using the any alert() function call alert condition. Conditions users want to be alerted for are grouped by the type of features they affect (structures, volumetric order blocks, imbalances…etc) and are located at the bottom of the toolkit settings. Once conditions are toggled on users only need to set an alert using the any alert() function call as condition.

Any Alert() Function Call Message

Users can set a custom message that will be used when an any alert() function call condition is triggered in the message field below the list of conditions. Users can use placeholders to customize messages and return useful information, the following placeholders are supported:

Symbol Placeholders

Placeholder	Description	Example
`{default}`	Default message associated with the trigerred condition	`"Mitigated Bullish Imbalance"`
`{ticker}`	Symbol ticker without the exchange prefix	`"MSFT"`
`{exchange}`	Symbol exchange/data source	`"COINBASE"`
`{sector}`	Sector of the symbol, `na` if the symbol has no sector	`"Technology Services"`
`{market}`	Symbol market type	`"Stocks"`

Time Placeholders

Placeholder	Description	Example
`{tf}`	Chart timeframe, includes “S” for seconds, “D” for days, “W” for weeks, “M” for months	`"15"`
`{time}`	Unix time in milliseconds in exchange timezone	`"1705331385158"`
`{year}`	Current year in exchange timezone	`"2024"`
`{month}`	Current month in exchange timezone	`"7"`
`{day}`	Current day of the month in exchange timezone	`"21"`

Data Placeholders

Placeholder	Description	Example
`{open}`	Opening price	`"1.2145"`
`{high}`	High price	`"1.2357"`
`{low}`	Low price	`"1.1983"`
`{close}`	Closing price	`"1.0569"`
`{volume}`	Current volume	`"45216"`
`{ob_buy_volume}`	Most recent order block internal buy volume	`"560"`
`{ob_sell_volume}`	Most recent order block internal sell volume	`"480"`
`{ob_volume}`	Most recent order block total internal volume	`"1040"`

Format as JSON

Use the following message template to receive “any alert() function call” messages in the JSON format:

{
  "alert": "{default}",
  "ticker": "{ticker}",
  "tf": "{tf}",
  "ohlcv":{
    "open": {open},
    "high": {high},
    "low": {low},
    "close": {close},
    "volume": {volume},
    "order block buy volume": {ob_buy_volume},
    "order block sell volume": {ob_sell_volume},
    "order block total volume": {ob_volume}
  },
  "bartime": {time}
}

Custom Alert Creator

Users wishing to construct more complex alerts using features within the toolkit and/or external indicators can use the Custom Alert Creator. The custom alert creator allows alerting when various user-set conditions are met or when a sequence of conditions is complete.

A user wishing to be alerted when any internal market structure occurs within 1AM and 5AM of the symbol timezone could do it as follows:

A custom alert can be triggered as an any alert() function call if the setting is selected or as a regular alert when selected in the Tradingview alert creator menu.

Steps

Steps allow creating a sequence of conditions, which when met trigger an alert. When a condition with a step equal to 1 is met the next condition associated with step 2 will be evaluated (if enabled) and so on for higher steps (if any). Conditions with the same associated step will require both conditions to be true in order for the condition associated with a higher step (if any) to be evaluated. This allows certain conditions to act as filters.

A user wishing to be alerted when the price enters a bullish imbalance after any internal bullish market structure could do it as follows:

Make sure internal market structures and imbalances are enabled.

Make sure steps are set such that they form a linear sequence. For example, if the lowest step is 2 or if the set steps are only 1 and 3 an error will be returned.

OR Step Operator

The “OR” step operator can be used to get alerted for any additional condition using “OR” as a step, in addition to other set custom alert conditions. Conditions using the “OR” step can be highlighted using a different color, which can be set from the Custom Alert Creator settings. Users can choose the location of this visual element (top or bottom of the chart).

All Step Operator

The “All” step operator can be used to filter any set “Step” condition, including “OR” and “Invalidate”. This step operator can be useful if all the steps in a sequence needs to obey a specific rule.

If a user has 2 steps set, and requires both of these to occur at a specific time interval such as 9am to 1pm, then we can use a “Session” condition using the “All” step, requiring our step 1 and step 2 to be occur between 9am and 1pm.

Invalidate Step

The “Invalidate” step allows to set a condition as an “invalidation condition”. When this condition is triggered while a sequence of conditions is incomplete, the sequence will restart at step 1. If multiple steps are set as “Invalidate” any of the conditions being true will reset the sequence of conditions, as such not all of them are required to be true for the sequence of conditions to reset.

Example

Let’s take an example where we use 2 regular steps and one “Invalidate” step. The alert will trigger when step 2 trigger after step 1 has been triggered.

Step 1

Step 1 condition trigger, we will now evaluate step 2 from now on.

Invalidation Step

Invalidation step condition trigger, we reset the sequence and evaluate step 1 just after.

Invalidation Behaviors

Invalidation behaviors allows adding more restrictions to a sequence of conditions, users can use two different invalidation behaviors described below:

Invalidate On Step 1

The “Invalidate On Step 1” behavior allows to reset an incomplete sequence of conditions when the condition on step 1 trigger. This prevents the first step condition from happening in between other steps of the condition sequence. This behavior is useful when the first step of our sequence of conditions needs to never be repeated during the sequence.

Example

Let’s take an example where we use 3 regular steps.

Step 1

Step 1 condition trigger, we will now evaluate step 2 from now on.

Step 2

Step 2 condition trigger, we will now evaluate step 3 from now on.

Step 1 Trigger

Step 1 condition trigger, we start evaluating step 2 from now.

Invalidate On Any Repeated Step

The “Invalidate On Any Repeated Step” behavior allows to reset an incomplete sequence of conditions when a step is triggered such that it does not respect the set order of conditions. This behavior is useful when we want a perfectly ordered sequence of conditions to complete, without any step repeating itself.

Example

Let’s take an example where we use 3 regular steps.

Step 1

Step 1 condition trigger, we will now evaluate step 2 from now on.

Step 2

Step 2 condition trigger, we will now evaluate step 3 from now on.

Step 1 or 2 Trigger

Step 1 or 2 conditions trigger, we start evaluating step 1 from now.

Maximum Step Interval

Users can determine what is the maximum allowed horizontal distance (in bars) between two steps by enabling the “Maximum Step Interval” setting. This allows restricting steps separated by a large amount of bars. If the amount of bars since a step exceed the set threshold, then the conditions sequence is reset, and we start evaluating from step 1 again.

Highlight On Chart

When a custom alert condition is set, a visual element is displayed at the bottom of the chart in order to more easily visualize when the custom alert condition occurs (displayed by default).

Alerts Reference

Pre-Set Alerts

Alert	Description
Bullish I-BOS	Triggers on the event of an internal bullish break of structure (BOS)
Bullish I-CHOCH	Triggers on the event of an internal bullish change of character (CHOCH)
Bullish I-CHOCH+	Triggers on the event of a Supported internal bullish change of character (CHOCH+)
Bearish I-BOS	Triggers on the event of an internal bearish break of structure (BOS)
Bearish I-CHOCH	Triggers on the event of an internal bearish change of character (CHOCH)
Bearish I-CHOCH+	Triggers on the event of a Supported internal bearish change of character (CHOCH+)
Bullish S-BOS	Triggers on the event of a swing bullish break of structure (BOS)
Bullish S-CHOCH	Triggers on the event of a swing bullish change of character (CHOCH)
Bullish S-CHOCH+	Triggers on the event of a Supported swing bullish change of character (CHOCH+)
Bearish S-BOS	Triggers on the event of a swing bearish break of structure (BOS)
Bearish S-CHOCH	Triggers on the event of a swing bearish change of character (CHOCH)
Bearish S-CHOCH+	Triggers on the event of a Supported swing bearish change of character (CHOCH+)
Equal Highs	Triggers on the event of an equal high (EQH)
Equal Lows	Triggers on the event of an equal low (EQL)
Bullish OB Created	Triggers when a new bullish order block is created
Bearish OB Created	Triggers when a new bearish order block is created
Bullish OB Mitigated	Triggers when a bullish order block (visible or not) is mitigated
Bearish OB Mitigated	Triggers when a bearish order block (visible or not) is mitigated
Bullish Breaker	Triggers when a bullish order block (visible or not) becomes a breaker block
Bearish Breaker	Triggers when a bearish order block (visible or not) becomes a breaker block
Within Bullish OB	Triggers when the price is located within a bullish order block (visible or not)
Within Bearish OB	Triggers when the price is located within a bearish order block (visible or not)
Bullish OB Entered	Triggers when the price enters a bullish order block (visible or not)
Bearish OB Entered	Triggers when the price enters a bearish order block (visible or not)
Bullish Imbalance	Triggers when a new bullish imbalance is detected
Bearish Imbalance	Triggers when a new bearish imbalance is detected
Bullish Imbalance Mitigated	Triggers when a bullish imbalance (visible or not) is mitigated
Bearish Imbalance Mitigated	Triggers when a bearish imbalance (visible or not) is mitigated
Broken Uptrendline	Triggers when an upward trendline is broken
Broken Downtrendline	Triggers when a downward trendline is broken
Bullish Grab	Triggers when a new bullish liquidity grab is detected
Bearish Grab	Triggers when a new bearish liquidity grab is detected
Custom Alert Condition	Triggers on the event of a user set custom alert condition being true

Any alert() Function Call

Custom Alert Creator

Alert	Description	Default
Trigger as any alert() function call	Triggers on the event of a user set custom alert condition being true

Market Structures

Alert	Description	Default
Bullish I-BOS	Triggers on the event of an internal bullish break of structure (BOS)
Swing BOS	Triggers on the event of a swing bullish break of structure (BOS)
Bearish I-BOS	Triggers on the event of an internal bearish break of structure (BOS)
Swing BOS	Triggers on the event of a swing bearish break of structure (BOS)
Bullish I-CHOCH	Triggers on the event of an internal bullish change of character (CHOCH)
Swing CHOCH	Triggers on the event of a swing bullish change of character (CHOCH)
Bullish I-CHOCH+	Triggers on the event of a Supported internal bullish change of character (CHOCH+)
Swing CHOCH+	Triggers on the event of a Supported swing bullish change of character (CHOCH+)
Bearish I-CHOCH	Triggers on the event of an internal bearish change of character (CHOCH)
Swing CHOCH	Triggers on the event of a swing bearish change of character (CHOCH)
Bearish I-CHOCH+	Triggers on the event of a Supported internal bearish change of character (CHOCH+)
Swing CHOCH+	Triggers on the event of a Supported swing bearish change of character (CHOCH+)

Volumetric Order Blocks

Alert	Description	Default
Bullish OB	Triggers when a new bullish order block is created
Bearish OB	Triggers when a new bearish order block is created
Bullish OB Mitigated	Triggers when a bullish order block (visible or not) is mitigated
Bearish OB Mitigated	Triggers when a bearish order block (visible or not) is mitigated
Bullish Breaker	Triggers when a bullish order block (visible or not) becomes a breaker block
Bearish Breaker	Triggers when a bearish order block (visible or not) becomes a breaker block
Within Bullish OB	Triggers when the price is located within a bullish order block (visible or not)
Within Bearish OB	Triggers when the price is located within a bearish order block (visible or not)
Bullish OB Entered	Triggers when the price enters a bullish order block (visible or not)
Bearish OB Entered	Triggers when the price enters a bearish order block (visible or not)
Bullish OB Exited	Triggers when the price exits a bullish order block
Bearish OB Exited	Triggers when the price exits a bearish order block

Imbalances

Alert	Description	Default
Any New Imbalance	Triggers when a bullish or bearish imbalance is identified
Bullish New Imbalance	Triggers when a bullish imbalance is identified
Bearish New Imbalance	Triggers when a bearish imbalance is identified
Any Imbalance Mitigated	Triggers when a bullish or bearish imbalance is mitigated
Bullish Imbalance Mitigated	Triggers when a bullish imbalance is mitigated
Bearish Imbalance Mitigated	Triggers when a bearish imbalance is mitigated
Within Any Imbalance	Triggers when the price is located within a bullish or bearish imbalance
Within Bullish Imbalance	Triggers when the price is located within a bullish imbalance
Within Bearish Imbalance	Triggers when the price is located within a bearish imbalance
Any Imbalance Entered	Triggers when the price enters a bullish or bearish imbalance
Bullish Imbalance Entered	Triggers when the price enters a bullish imbalance
Bearish Imbalance Entered	Triggers when the price enters a bearish imbalance
Bullish Imbalance Exited	Triggers when the price exits a bullish imbalance
Bearish Imbalance Exited	Triggers when the price exits a bearish imbalance

Liquidity Concepts

Alert	Description	Default
Up-Trendline Break	Triggers when the price breaks above an upward trendline
Down-Trendline Break	Triggers when the price breaks below a downward trendline
Detected Pattern	Triggers when a user-set chart pattern is identified
Equal High	Triggers when a new equal high is detected
Equal Low	Triggers when a new equal low is detected
Bullish Grab	Triggers when a bullish liquidity grab occurs
Bearish Grab	Triggers when a bearish liquidity grab occurs

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Any Alert() Function Call

Any Alert() Function Call Message

Symbol Placeholders

Time Placeholders

Data Placeholders

Format as JSON

Custom Alert Creator

Steps

OR Step Operator

All Step Operator

Invalidate Step

Example

Invalidation Behaviors

Invalidate On Step 1

Example

Invalidate On Any Repeated Step

Example

Maximum Step Interval

Highlight On Chart

Alerts Reference

Pre-Set Alerts

Any alert() Function Call

Custom Alert Creator

Market Structures

Volumetric Order Blocks

Imbalances

Liquidity Concepts

Get Started

Trading Algos

Screeners

Backtesters

✨ AI Backtesting Assistant

​Any Alert() Function Call

​Any Alert() Function Call Message

​Symbol Placeholders

​Time Placeholders

​Data Placeholders

​Format as JSON

​Custom Alert Creator

​Steps

​OR Step Operator

​All Step Operator

​Invalidate Step

Example

​Invalidation Behaviors

​Invalidate On Step 1

Example

​Invalidate On Any Repeated Step

Example

​Maximum Step Interval

​Highlight On Chart

​Alerts Reference

​Pre-Set Alerts

​Any alert() Function Call

​Custom Alert Creator

​Market Structures

​Volumetric Order Blocks

​Imbalances

​Liquidity Concepts

Any Alert() Function Call

Any Alert() Function Call Message

Symbol Placeholders

Time Placeholders

Data Placeholders

Format as JSON

Custom Alert Creator

Steps

OR Step Operator

All Step Operator

Invalidate Step

Invalidation Behaviors

Invalidate On Step 1

Invalidate On Any Repeated Step

Maximum Step Interval

Highlight On Chart

Alerts Reference

Pre-Set Alerts

Any alert() Function Call

Custom Alert Creator

Market Structures

Volumetric Order Blocks

Imbalances

Liquidity Concepts