--- title: "Alerts: start here" slug: "alerts-start-here" kind: "HELP_ARTICLE" category: "alerts" locale: "en" canonical: "https://help.forecastcity.com/alerts/alerts-start-here" published: "2026-09-08T17:58:35.210Z" updated: "2026-10-27T16:58:07.547Z" description: "Build 4CastMachine AI forecast, price and indicator alerts in ForecastCity, or ask AI Trading Assistant to create one in seconds." --- # Alerts: start here ForecastCity alerts in 4CM-AI Charts watch 4CastMachine AI forecasts, price levels, drawings, indicators and candlestick patterns while you are away. Tell or ask AI Trading Assistant by voice or in writing to build an alert in seconds. You can also set it up yourself in a few clicks. Start with one condition, or combine several in one alert. For example, wait for a 1h Buy zone visit, a bullish 4h forecast and RSI above 50. The [multi-timeframe forecast alert guide]() shows how these conditions work together. A forecast shows the most likely price path. An alert tells you when to look. You create every alert in one window with two tabs. On **Conditions** you choose what to watch. On **Options** you choose how often the alert can fire and where it reaches you. ![The alert editor on the Conditions tab with one price row and the summary beside it.](https://m.forecastcity.com/t/tnt_forecastcity/media/3c/3cb708919739e9dfe94892405f888c668d247868cea22a68a87c6231a7b38ef6.png) The Conditions tab: the condition on the left, and the same alert in plain words on the right. 1. **Price**: what the alert watches. You can also choose a 4CM-AI forecast, a drawing, an indicator or a candlestick pattern here. 2. **crosses above**: what has to happen. 3. The price level to compare with. 4. **Alert me on EURUSD if:** the whole alert in plain words. Read it before you save. ## Start here - [Quick tour: create and check an alert](). Have you used alerts before? This tour shows the whole workflow on one page. - [Step-by-step guides: learn alerts by example](). Learn in a set order, or find the guide for what you want to watch. - [Create your first price alert](). New to alerts? Begin with this guide. ## 4CM-AI forecast conditions - [Get an alert when a forecast changes]() - [Get an alert when price reaches a forecast zone]() - [Combine forecasts from several timeframes in one alert]() ## Price, lines and drawings - [Alerts for price moves and price ranges]() - [Create alerts on chart lines]() - [Create alerts on rectangles and Fibonacci levels]() ## Indicators, volume and candlestick patterns - [Create RSI, moving average and ATR alerts]() - [Create MACD, Bollinger Bands and Stochastic alerts]() - [Get an alert when volume is unusually high]() - [Create candlestick pattern alerts]() ## Combine conditions and set the timing - [Combine several conditions in one alert]() - [When does an alert fire? Timeframes and repeats]() - [Choose how often an alert fires and when it is active]() ## Notifications and messages - [Choose where your alert arrives]() - [Write your own alert message and use webhooks]() ## Organize alerts and fix problems - [Organize alerts with setups, groups and watchlists]() - [Adjust alert lines, list details and sound]() - [Find out why an alert did not arrive]() ## Good to know - Your subscription plan decides which kinds of alerts you can create and how many you can keep. Active and paused alerts count toward that number. Alerts that stopped after firing or expiring do not. - 4CM-AI conditions work on symbols that have a 4CastMachine AI forecast, in the markets your subscription plan includes. If your subscription plan does not include 4CM-AI alerts, choosing **4CM-AI** opens an upgrade card. - **4CM-AI** is greyed out in the first box of a condition only when the symbol itself has no 4CastMachine AI forecast. Rest the mouse on that box to see why.