Who is Trade Alert?

The Trade Alert team brings over 40 years experience in derivatives trading and technology from exchange floors and small proprietary operations to the largest derivative desks on Wall Street.

What are stock alerts?

Stock alerts are a type of trading alertwhich you can set to notify you of price action, technical conditions or economic results which could affect the value of underlying stocks. There are three main types of stock alerts available with IG: Price alertsnotify you when a market moves by a certain amount in points, or as a percentage

What is a trade signal?

A trade signal is a trigger for action, either to buy or sell a security or other asset, generated by analysis. That analysis can be human generated using technical indicators , or it can be generated using mathematical algorithms based on market action, possibly in combination with other market factors such as economic indicators.

What are good trading signals?

Great trading signals of this sort would be to look for periods where price action doesn't line up with the underlying fundamentals. An example would be if the market is selling off due to fear headlines, but the fundamental data indicates good health. Traders may decide to buy the dip if their signal is flashing "good deal."