> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.tradingalert.net/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.tradingalert.net/indicator-alert-feature/what-is-alert-exchange.md). # What is "Alert Exchange" ? {% embed url="" %} **Alert Exchange** is the place where alerts are passed around instead of built from scratch: ready-made **Strategy Templates** from us, alerts other traders made public, and the ones you keep for yourself. One tap copies a share into your own alert list, where you can edit it like any alert you made. You can also go the other way and publish your own alerts — for everyone, or privately for the people you give your code to.
*Templates, Community and Favorites — the same card everywhere, with a "Use" button on each.* ### Where to find it * Tap the **people icon** in the top bar of the main screen. * Three tabs: **Templates**, **Community**, **Favorites**. * **My Shares** (top right) is your own side: your name, your private code, everything you published. Some parts can be switched off for a while; then the tab or the button is simply not there. ### The three tabs | Tab | What is in it | | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Templates** | *Ready-made examples from us, here to show how an alert is built and how to use the app.* A template is marked **Example** (made by us) or **User pick** (a member's share we picked). Tap the **i** beside the mark to read what it means. | | **Community** | Everything traders published as **Public**. | | **Favorites** | The shares you kept with the **★**. | Above the list: **Newest** / **Most used** sorting, and a category chip (**All categories**, Trend, Momentum, Volatility, Price Action, Custom). ### What a card tells you * Category and, for templates, the **Example** / **User pick** mark. * Title, author (**@name**, or *Private* when the author has no name yet) and description. * The alert itself: the trigger line — in **Advanced** shares the group logic, e.g. `Trend and (RSI or MACD)` — and the list of conditions. * How many people already used it: **12 uses**. * **★** keep it in Favorites · **⋮** more (Report) · **Use**. Tap the card to open the **Preview** screen, which shows the whole alert plus its **Share ID**. ### Using a share **Use** does exactly what the **Copy** button on your own alert does: it opens the normal "add alert" screen with everything already filled in — symbol, timeframe, conditions, note. Nothing is saved until **you** tap **Add Alert**, so you can change the symbol, the values, anything, first. * You keep the copy. Later changes by the author do not touch your alert. * The usual alert quota and subscription rules apply — the button says **Use — needs a subscription** when your plan does not cover it. ### Finding one particular share Use the box at the top of the list. The small selector picks what you are typing: | Kind | What to type | Answer | | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | | **Private code** | 6–8 letters or numbers | The whole **collection** of that person's private shares | | **Share ID** | numbers only | That one share | | **User name** | 3–20 characters, letters, numbers and `_` | Everything that trader published publicly | You can also tap an author's name on a card to see their other public shares. ### Publishing your own alert 1. In the **Indicator Alert** list, tap the **share icon** on the alert's row. (A brand-new alert has to finish syncing first.) 2. Fill in **Title**, **Description** and **Category**. 3. Choose the visibility: * **Public** — *Anyone can find this in the Community tab.* * **Private** — *Only people you give your private code to can see this. It never shows up in Community.* 4. Publish. You get a message you can copy and send, containing your **private code** or the **share ID**. {% hint style="warning" %} **Your alert note is shared too.** Remove anything private from it before publishing. The characters `"` and `'` are not accepted in the title and description. {% endhint %} How many you may have at a time depends on your subscription; the dialog always shows the real numbers, e.g. **Public 1/3 · Private 0/5**. Favorites have their own count (**Favorites 4/20** on the tab). ### My Shares * **Your name** — 3–20 characters, lowercase letters, numbers and `_`. People can find all your public shares by it. Changing it breaks the links people already have; your share IDs keep working. * **Private code** — one code for **all** your private shares, so a single code gives someone your whole private collection. You can generate a new one, but *the old code stops working right away*. * Each share can be **edited**, **removed** — *this removes the shared copy only, your own alert stays on this device* — and has its own **inbox**. * Two states you may see on your own share: * *We disabled this share. Nobody else can see it. You can remove it, but not edit it.* * *We picked this as a template, so it now shows in Templates for everyone. It stays as it is — contact us if it needs editing or removing.* ### Reporting a share **⋮ → Report** on any card. You choose who reads it: * **Us** — *Only our team sees this. The author is not told who reported them.* * **The author** — *The author reads this. Your name is not shown to them.* Reasons: Spam or advertising · Misleading or wrong · Offensive content · This is a copy of my alert · Something else. You can send this **once per share**. Answers come back to the inbox of that share. ### Rules and limits * Alert Exchange carries **indicator alerts**, not price alerts. * A share is a **snapshot**. Editing your own alert afterwards does not change what other people copied, and editing the share does not change the copies already taken. * Everything a share carries is visible to whoever can open it: symbol, timeframe, every condition, and your note. * When your subscription expires you keep everything, but the app switches to read-only: *Subscription expired. You can view or remove only.* * A share you removed is gone for everyone; people who already used it keep their own copy. ### Good to know * Not sure where to start? Open **Templates** and use one as it is — then edit the symbol and the values once you see how it is built. * **Most used** is the fastest way to see what actually gets copied. * Keeping a share in **Favorites** is not the same as using it: a favorite still lives on the exchange, a used share is your own alert. * A private share is private because of the code, not because it is hidden: anyone you give the code to sees the whole collection behind it. [![](https://tracking.avapartner.com/imp/?affid=214848\&bannerid=35546\&adTheme=768\&campaign=221449\&campaignName=Default%20Campaign\&tag=214848\&source=general_setting)](https://tracking.avapartner.com/click/?affid=214848\&bannerid=35546\&adTheme=768\&campaign=221449\&campaignName=Default%20Campaign\&tag=214848\&source=about_indi_alert)[![](https://d3dpet1g0ty5ed.cloudfront.net/EN_Spreads_Pay_less_keep_more_2-4_Google_300x250.jpg)](https://one.exnessonelink.com/intl/en/a/t7p3v7p3)