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Pushover is a paid mobile app (one-time purchase, around $5) that delivers reliable, low-latency push notifications to iOS and Android. Because it operates independently of email and SMS, alerts arrive fast and with consistent priority — making it a solid choice for time-sensitive trading signals. Once you link your Pushover account to StratAlerts, in-force setup alerts and simultaneous break alerts are pushed to your device as they trigger, without you needing to have StratAlerts open.

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What you need

  • A Pushover account at pushover.net
  • The Pushover app installed on your iOS or Android device
  • An active StratAlerts subscription

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Setup

1

Create your Pushover account and install the app

Sign up at pushover.net if you don’t have an account. Then install the Pushover app from the App Store or Google Play and log in with the same credentials.
2

Copy your User Key

Log in to pushover.net on the web. Your User Key is displayed on the main dashboard — it’s a 30-character string at the top of the page. Copy it.
3

Enter your User Key in StratAlerts

In StratAlerts, open Alerts → Settings and paste your User Key into the Pushover User Key field. Save the settings. StratAlerts will send a test notification to confirm the connection.
The test notification confirms that your User Key is valid and the connection is live. If it doesn’t arrive within 30 seconds, double-check that you copied the User Key from your Pushover dashboard, not an app token.

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What alerts you receive

Once connected, Pushover delivers two types of alerts:

In-force alerts

Triggered when a setup goes in-force — meaning price has broken the trigger level and the trade is live. Each alert includes the symbol, timeframe, setup type, and direction.

Simultaneous break alerts

Triggered when multiple instruments break together in the same direction within a short window, signaling a potentially broader move.

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Alert message format

Each Pushover notification includes:
  • Symbol — the ticker (e.g., SPY, NQ=F, BTC-USD)
  • Timeframe — the candle timeframe that triggered (e.g., Daily, Weekly, 60m)
  • Setup — the candle scenario and direction (e.g., 2U, 2D, 1-2U)
  • Direction — Up or Down
A typical alert looks like:
example alert
SPY — Daily — 2U — Up
In-force at 561.40

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Tips

In the Pushover app, you can configure alerts from StratAlerts to use high-priority delivery, which bypasses Do Not Disturb and quiet hours. This is useful during the regular trading session (9:30 AM – 4:00 PM ET) when you need every alert to cut through.Open Pushover → Settings → Sounds → find the StratAlerts notification source and set it to high priority.
Pushover groups notifications by app. If you use Pushover for other services, tap the StratAlerts group on the notification screen to isolate your trading alerts from unrelated messages.
On iOS, make sure Pushover has background app refresh enabled and notifications are allowed from Settings → Notifications → Pushover. On Android, exclude Pushover from battery optimization to prevent the OS from delaying delivery.

Telegram notifications

Set up Telegram as an alternative or complementary notification channel.

Alerts settings

Learn how to filter which setups and timeframes trigger push notifications.