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Alerts & Notifications
Astral has multiple event systems that look similar but serve different purposes.
- Manual chart alerts - user-created conditions from the Alerts panel.
- Strategy notifications - events generated by deployed strategies.
- Trade/order notifications - broker or manual-order lifecycle events.
- Product notifications - app-level updates, announcements, or account prompts.
Manual chart alerts
Manual alerts are created from the terminal alerts workflow. They are useful when you want Astral to watch a specific market condition without turning it into a full strategy deployment.
Manual alerts can include:
- symbol context,
- price or volume conditions,
- expression/condition builder logic,
- generated descriptions,
- trigger behavior,
- expiration,
- review/edit flows,
- alert detail pages/modals,
- deletion and visibility controls.
The alert condition builder is designed to make generated conditions inspectable. If Astral proposes a condition, review the actual fields before saving.
Strategy notifications
Strategy notifications come from deployed strategy behavior. They depend on:
- saved strategy rules,
- deployment mode,
- notification profile,
- channel settings,
- whether the strategy actually fired,
- account/broker status if connected execution is involved.
Notification profiles can include channel settings such as in-app, email, SMS, push, or web push depending on account configuration and rollout.
Trade and order notifications
Manual trading and broker execution can produce order lifecycle notifications. These are separate from manual chart alerts.
Examples:
- order submitted,
- order accepted,
- order rejected,
- order filled,
- order canceled,
- deferred status,
- broker/account issue.
Where to review alerts and notifications
Create and manage manual chart alerts. Use this when editing conditions, reviewing generated descriptions, or deleting alerts.
Review app, trade, alert, and strategy notification history. Use this when checking what fired recently.
Review notification summaries and strategy/account status from monitoring widgets.
Review deployed strategy state and notification routing in saved/deployed strategy surfaces.
Troubleshooting
I created an alert but nothing fired
Check that the condition is saved, the symbol is correct, the expiration is still valid, and the market has actually crossed the condition.
A strategy did not notify me
Check deployment state, notification profile, channel settings, and whether the strategy condition fired.
I see an order notification but not an alert
Order notifications come from trading workflows. Manual alerts come from condition monitoring. They are related but not the same event stream.