How to set a price alert on Usko
Get notified when a market reaches the price you care about, instead of watching charts all day.
What you need first
- A Usko account.
- Notifications allowed, if you want to be told on your phone.
- A price in mind that would actually change your decision.
An alert watches a market for you and tells you when it crosses a price you chose. It costs nothing, risks nothing, and is the simplest cure for staring at charts.
Step 1 — Open the Alerts page
Select Alerts from the main menu, or use the alert icon on the trade screen for the market you are already looking at.
Step 2 — Choose the market
Pick the pair you want to watch, for example BTC/USDT. Alerts are set per market, so if you care about the same coin in two different quote currencies, set two alerts.
Step 3 — Set the trigger
- Enter your target price.
- Choose the direction — tell me when the price goes above this, or below it.
- Pick a level that would genuinely make you act. An alert you ignore is just noise.
Step 4 — Save it
Save the alert. It appears in your active list with its market, target and direction.
Step 5 — Make sure you will actually receive it
Check your notification settings so alerts reach you the way you want — on your device, by email, or both. If nothing arrives, look in your notification preferences first, and check that your device has not silenced the app.
Step 6 — When it fires
Crossing your level triggers the notification and the alert is marked as fired. Alerts fire once, which keeps a volatile market from flooding your phone. Recreating one takes a couple of taps.
Step 7 — Keep the list tidy
You can keep a good number of alerts active at once. Delete the ones that no longer matter so the list stays meaningful, and review it occasionally — a target you set months ago may not reflect what you think today.
Good ways to use alerts
- Set one at the price where you would actually buy, and forget the chart.
- Set one near a level that would make you reconsider a position.
- If you have a loan, set one at a collateral price that gives you time to react before the LTV gets uncomfortable.