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How to set crypto price alerts that stay quiet

A price alert is a message that a condition you set has become true. The noisy version is that condition staying true, and a new message arriving on every check. Quiet alerts use separate controls for how often one rule may speak, which hours messages may arrive, and how many messages a day is enough. Those controls are not the same knob.

This page describes the controls. It does not tell you which coin to watch, or whether to buy, sell, or hold.

A cooldown limits one rule

A cooldown is a wait after a rule fires. During the wait, that rule does not send another message, even if the condition is still true.

Cryptocurrency Alerting's FAQ, opened 2026-10-11, defines it that way. The cooldown sets an upper limit on how often one alert can trigger. Their example is a setting of 1 hour, which means at most one notification from that alert in an hour. The same FAQ says a new alert may take up to a minute before monitoring starts, and that the service does not promise delivery. The pricing page adds their own speed claim: they are typically able to collect market data and alert on it within 15 to 25 seconds, and the time varies by exchange and API.

A cooldown is per alert. A level rule and a percent rule on the same coin each have their own wait.

TradingView's frequency setting is a different control. The help page "Differences between alert frequencies," opened the same day, lists Once only, Once per bar, Once per bar close, and Once per minute or every time. Once per bar can fire no more than once on that bar. Once per minute checks every minute and can fire whenever the condition is met. That is a chart rhythm, not a clock you set to "wait four hours."

Quiet hours pause delivery, not the record

Quiet hours are a schedule. Inside the window, messages wait. The useful version still writes down that the condition was met.

TradingView documents this on "Notification schedule for alerts," opened 2026-10-11. The schedule blocks every channel it lists: push, email, sound, webhook, toast, and the desktop app. It does not stop the alert from triggering. A fire outside the window is still written to the alert log.

The presets on that page are 24/7, which is the default; weekdays, Monday through Friday, silent on Saturday and Sunday; standard working hours, Monday through Friday from 09:00 to 18:00; and a custom window, down to the minute, in the account time zone. A window that crosses midnight, such as 22:00 to 04:00, runs into the next morning. The same clock in both fields, such as 00:00 to 00:00, means a full day on the days you picked. If you change the account time zone, TradingView says the schedule shifts after you restart the alert.

Crypto spot markets do not close for the weekend the way a US stock exchange does. A weekday schedule stays silent on Saturday and Sunday even when the price moves. That is a choice about your phone. The same page says a Once only alert that meets its condition during the quiet window is not thrown away. The log keeps the event, the alert stays active, and it can send one real notification the next time the condition is met after the schedule resumes.

Robinhood's price-alert article, opened the same day, does not describe a quiet-hours clock. It does describe a crypto frequency labeled Less or More, and up to five timeframes. It does not define Less and More in minutes, and it does not name the five timeframes.

A fixed percent can be the noisy part

Quiet hours and cooldowns sit on top of the rule. If the rule is a small fixed percent on a coin that moves a lot, the rule will qualify often. The cooldown only spaces the messages. It does not make the rule rarer in the record.

Robinhood publishes two price-movement thresholds, 5% and 10%. With 5% selected, alerts cover both 5% and 10% moves. With 10% selected, only the 10% moves qualify. Holdings alerts start if notifications are on. Watchlist alerts stay off until you turn them on. If you both hold and watch a name, the holdings settings apply. A 52-week high or low, if you enable it, is limited to one high and one low per stock or asset per week. Custom alerts are a price you type, above or below, and they arrive as push. Robinhood Financial says it cannot always deliver every push. The article also says the notices are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold.

Kraken Pro's "Market Alerts," last updated 20 January 2026, separates a price you type from a volatility notice on markets you have favorited. The notice includes the 24-hour percent and the current price. The help page does not publish the percent that counts as volatile. Unfavorite a market to stop that notice.

CoinGecko's Auto Price Alerts article, opened 2026-10-11, subscribes you when you search a coin and tap the result, if notifications are on. The push comes when the coin "makes a major move." The page does not publish that percent. Auto alerts expire after 45 days. If a Price Movement Alert already covers the coin, you get one notification, and that alert wins. Auto alerts are on by default.

A volatility-aware rule is the fourth control. The threshold follows how much that coin has been moving, and the screen has to show the percent that means today. A hidden "major move" cannot be checked.

A daily cap is a third door

Cryptocurrency Alerting's free Hobby plan, on the pricing page opened 2026-10-11, allows 3 active alerts and 10 notifications. The FAQ says paid plans do not limit notifications, except SMS and phone calls, which have weekly caps. The pricing page says SMS to the US and Canada is blocked by phone carriers, and that phone calls are not affected.

What to check when the phone is loud

Read the rule, then the wait, then the schedule and time zone, then which channels a daily or weekly cap covers. A volatility notice may use a percent the vendor has not published. Send the test the product offers. Cryptocurrency Alerting shows a status such as Not Configured or Verified on each channel.

Terminal keeps the fire on the record when a message is held for quiet hours or a daily limit, and it fills in the price 1 hour, 4 hours, 24 hours, and 7 days later. The message describes the move. It does not tell you to buy, sell, or hold.

FAQ

Does a cooldown delete the alert?

No. A cooldown or a quiet-hours window limits the next message. TradingView still writes the trigger to the alert log. Cryptocurrency Alerting describes the cooldown as a limit on how often that alert notifies you.

Are weekends part of quiet hours?

Only if the schedule you saved includes them. TradingView's weekday preset is silent on Saturday and Sunday. Its 24/7 preset is not. Spot crypto keeps trading through the weekend.

Is a 5% alert the same on every coin?

Robinhood uses 5% and 10% as the published price-movement choices. The same percent is a larger event on a coin that usually moves less, and a smaller event on a coin that usually moves more. Kraken's favorite-market notice and CoinGecko's major-move notice do not publish the trigger percent.

Sources

Pages opened 2026-10-11 unless noted.

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