# Alerts

> Be told when a company's sentiment, buzz, forecast or a macro figure crosses a level you choose — in the app and by e-mail.

An alert triggers when its measure crosses your threshold. Every trigger is listed in your [alert history](https://www.finsents.com/help/finsents-follow/alert-history) and counted on the bell at the top of the page. Alerts are part of Premium; your plan sets how many you can keep.

## Create an alert

On **Alerts**, under **Create an alert**:

1. **Symbol** — what to watch: a company (`c_84`), an index (`in_…`), a currency pair (`fx_…`) or a commodity (`cm_…`). For macro figures, `nowcast:us-gdp` or `surprise:US` (see below).
2. **Measure** — what to compare with your threshold.
3. **When it** — *rises to or above* or *falls to or below*.
4. **Threshold**, and for some measures a **Scale** or the number of **Days ahead**.
5. Choose **Create alert**.

## Measures

| Measure | Threshold | For |
|---|---|---|
| **Sentiment**, **Buzz** | −1 to +1, or 0 to 10 (5 neutral), per the **Scale** you pick | companies |
| **Volume (articles)** | a number of articles | companies |
| **Sentiment forecast**, **Buzz forecast** | as above, 1 to 10 **Days ahead** | companies, indices, currencies, commodities |
| **Volatility forecast (annualised)** | a decimal: 0.25 is 25 %, 1 to 21 **Trading days ahead** | companies, indices, currencies, commodities |
| **Macro nowcast (median)** | in the figure's own unit | `nowcast:<key>`, for example `nowcast:us-gdp` |
| **Release surprise (sd vs nowcast)** | −10 to +10 standard deviations; fires on each release at or beyond it | `nowcast:<key>` |
| **Country surprise index (sd)** | −10 to +10 standard deviations | `surprise:<country>`, for example `surprise:US` |
| **Technical indicator** | in the indicator's unit; computed once a day on end-of-day prices | companies, indices, currencies, commodities |

An exchange (`ex_…`) cannot carry an alert.

## Start from a forecast

**Alert me** on a forecast — on a [company page](https://www.finsents.com/help/finsents-read/company-page), the [watchlist](https://www.finsents.com/help/finsents-follow/watchlist) or a [nowcast](https://www.finsents.com/help/finsents-read/nowcasts) — opens this form already filled in. For a forecast it also suggests thresholds, such as the top or bottom of the 90 % interval, and says how likely the forecast makes each one.

## Pause, resume, delete

Each alert shows when it last triggered. **Pause** keeps it without checking it — it still counts toward your plan's limit; **Resume** turns it back on. **Delete** removes it, and its history with it.

## How you are told

- In FinSentS: the trigger appears in your [history](https://www.finsents.com/help/finsents-follow/alert-history) and on the bell, live.
- By e-mail, at your verified address ([verify it](https://www.finsents.com/help/finsents-start/sign-in-and-account#verify-your-e-mail-address)). The history shows, for each trigger, whether it was e-mailed.