Stock Alarm

Overview

Stock Alarm is an alerting platform that helps retail traders track live price movements without staying glued to screens. Users can set conditional triggers for stocks, crypto, and forex to receive instant phone calls, texts, or push notifications when specific market events occur.

What it does

• Calls your phone directly when critical limits hit.
• Tracks over 50,000 stocks, cryptos, and forex pairs.
• Creates alerts for price changes and volume spikes.
• Scans the market for top gainers and active assets.
• Monitors technical indicators like RSI automatically.

Who it's for

• Day traders
• Swing traders
• Retail investors
• Financial advisors
• Wealth managers

Why it works

• Multi-Channel Alerts: It ensures you never miss a trade by calling your actual phone or sending text messages.
• Advanced Triggers: Goes far beyond basic price targets by offering alerts on technical indicators like RSI, MACD, and moving averages.
• Always-On Monitoring: Tracks crypto markets 24/7 on a minute-by-minute basis so you can sleep peacefully.
• Custom Combinations: Allows users to combine multiple alerts using AND/OR logic for highly specific trade setups.
• Screen-Free Trading: Frees up your day by eliminating the need to constantly stare at charts and broker dashboards.

Founder story

As a stressed engineering student, Yahia Bakour hacked together a messy Google Sheet just to track his trades between classes. After spotting a basic alert app on LinkedIn built by Morgan Howell, Yahia sent a direct message packed with feature ideas. Realizing everyday traders were losing their sanity staring at screens, they teamed up to transform that simple alarm clock into a powerful, automated trading platform.

Alternatives

• TradingView
• Webull
• Thinkorswim
• Yahoo Finance

Comparison overview

• TradingView: The industry standard for advanced charting, but relies heavily on complex desktop alerts.
• Webull: A full brokerage platform with basic price notifications, but lacks robust technical triggers.
• Thinkorswim: A heavy, professional-grade trading suite that isn't built for fast, mobile-first alerting.
• Yahoo Finance: Great for broad market news, but strictly limits alerts to simple percentage changes.
• Unlike full brokerages or charting tools that trap you behind a screen, Stock Alarm specializes entirely in the 'delivery' of the alert. It allows for highly complex technical triggers (like RSI cross-overs) and guarantees you never miss a trade by physically calling your phone.