Audio Alerts
A scanner board can play an audio alert when a stock matching your criteria is detected. This feature is particularly useful when you are not actively monitoring the scanner board or are away from your screen.
For example, we, the developers of MomentumDetector, actively trade during pre-market hours starting as early as 4AM ET (being based in Europe, this corresponds to 10AM local European time). It’s impractical to remain in front of the screen until regular trading hours. Therefore, we utilize audio alerts to receive notifications when a stock is detected by the scanner.
How to enable audio alerts on desktop computer
Once you have opened a scanner board, you’ll notice a bell icon at the top:
Initially, the icon appears with a slash, indicating that audio alerts are disabled. Click the icon to enable audio alerts.
A browser dialog will prompt you for permission to play audio alerts. Grant permission to activate them.
The icon will change to a bell without the slash:
This indicates that audio alerts are enabled.
If you refused to grant permission on desktop computer
If you declined audio alert permissions when prompted by the dialog, you can still enable audio alerts manually in your web browser:
- Locate the notification icon in your browser’s address bar (see image below). The exact appearance may vary depending on your browser.
- Toggle the button to enable notifications:
After granting audio notification permission in your browser, you can enable audio alerts on the scanner board by clicking the bell icon.
How to enable audio alerts on mobile devices, including iPhones
Due to strict policies on mobile devices, enabling audio alerts requires a few additional steps compared to desktop computers, but remains straightforward to implement.
First, install the MomentumDetector app on your home screen
To enable audio alerts on mobile devices, you must first install the MomentumDetector app on your home screen. This is a one-time process that will add the app icon to your mobile home screen, allowing you to access MomentumDetector like any other app.
The installation process varies slightly depending on your device.
On iPhones, open your browser and navigate to the MomentumDetector app by visiting: bot.momentumdetector.com. Then, tap the browser’s share icon and select “Add to Home Screen” from the ensuing dialog.
The share icon is located at the bottom of the Safari browser and appears as shown below:
On the Chrome mobile browser, the share icon is located at the top within the address bar.
Enable alerts notifications
Once the app is installed on your home screen, MomentumDetector functions like any standard mobile application. To configure notifications, navigate to your device’s notification center and customize MomentumDetector’s notification preferences: badges, sound alerts, and other available options.
Enable audio alerts on the scanner board
Ensure the bell icon is not crossed out on the scanner board. If you see a crossed-out bell, click it to activate audio alerts.
It should appear as shown:
You are now all set to receive audio alerts on your mobile device.