Alerts
An alert describes something observed in the market: unusual activity, an RSI condition, divergence or a change in volatility. It helps you decide where to look. It is not a complete trading plan.
CoinScreener's nine alert types are Unusual Volume, Unusual Open Interest, RSI Overbought, RSI Oversold, Bullish RSI Divergence, Bearish RSI Divergence, Volatility Squeeze, Squeeze Release and Volatility Expansion. Related observations are grouped into five guides in Market Alerts.
Start with the label, symbol, venue and timeframe: what happened, in which market, on which exchange, and over what interval? Then read the chart and evidence cards. An Unusual Volume alert tells you trading activity increased; a Bullish RSI Divergence alert points to weakening downward momentum. Neither answers every question needed to place a trade.
An alert screen explains a market observation through its chart and evidence cards. It does not supply a complete entry, stop and exit plan.
Signals
A Signal comes from a published strategy and presents a trade setup. This library covers Polaris Gold, Polaris Blue and Polaris Meme. Their guides explain market coverage, the displayed setup and how to review the results.
The strategy name identifies the source of the idea. The side tells you whether it is long (benefits from rising prices) or short (benefits from falling prices). Read the entry, stop and any published target together, then compare the reference entry with the price available now.
A Signal is also different from an AI explanation. An explanation can help interpret the setup and its evidence, but it does not create a separate trade strategy or remove uncertainty.
A Signal includes the reference trade setup. This example shows an entry and stop, with no fixed target or reward-to-risk published. Read the actual fields provided and distinguish the strategy’s levels from your own fills.
Read a trade setup
The lesson uses an invented setup with entry 100, a stop two price units away and a target four units away. Compare a long, a short, a stopped trade and an entry that arrives late.
Before the setup
This hypothetical example will introduce an entry, stop and target. Watch when the levels become available, then compare the different outcomes. It is not a Polaris Signal.
Illustrated walkthrough · all scenarios
Long setup
- Before the setup. This hypothetical example will introduce an entry, stop and target. Watch when the levels become available, then compare the different outcomes. It is not a Polaris Signal.
- A hypothetical trade plan. The original idea has entry 100, stop two price units away and target four units away: 2:1 reward-to-risk before costs. A stop is an intended exit, not a guaranteed fill.
- Manage the risk you planned. An open trade's gain or loss is not a closed result. Review actual fills and total exposure; the chart cannot decide an appropriate size for your account.
- The target is crossed. The candle reaches the hypothetical target. The line crossing alone is not proof of your fill. Verify the trade status, execution and costs.
Short setup
- Before the setup. This hypothetical example will introduce an entry, stop and target. Watch when the levels become available, then compare the different outcomes. It is not a Polaris Signal.
- A hypothetical trade plan. The original idea has entry 100, stop two price units away and target four units away: 2:1 reward-to-risk before costs. A stop is an intended exit, not a guaranteed fill.
- Manage the risk you planned. An open trade's gain or loss is not a closed result. Review actual fills and total exposure; the chart cannot decide an appropriate size for your account.
- The target is crossed. The candle reaches the hypothetical target. The line crossing alone is not proof of your fill. Verify the trade status, execution and costs.
Stopped out
- Before the setup. This hypothetical example will introduce an entry, stop and target. Watch when the levels become available, then compare the different outcomes. It is not a Polaris Signal.
- A hypothetical trade plan. The original idea has entry 100, stop two price units away and target four units away: 2:1 reward-to-risk before costs. A stop is an intended exit, not a guaranteed fill.
- Manage the risk you planned. An open trade's gain or loss is not a closed result. Review actual fills and total exposure; the chart cannot decide an appropriate size for your account.
- The stop is crossed. The candle trades through 98. Real execution can be worse than the stop price because of gaps, slippage or liquidity. A losing outcome must fit the risk budget.
Late entry
- Before the setup. This hypothetical example will introduce an entry, stop and target. Watch when the levels become available, then compare the different outcomes. It is not a Polaris Signal.
- A hypothetical trade plan. The original idea has entry 100, stop two price units away and target four units away: 2:1 reward-to-risk before costs. A stop is an intended exit, not a guaranteed fill.
- The price has already moved. Entering at 102 with the original stop at 98 and target at 104 risks 4 to seek 2: only 0.5:1 before costs. The old reward-to-risk no longer describes this entry.
- The target is crossed. The candle reaches the hypothetical target. The line crossing alone is not proof of your fill. Verify the trade status, execution and costs.
For a long, price gains help the position; the stop is below entry and the target above. For a short, the directions reverse. The lesson does not reproduce a Polaris strategy and is not an instruction to trade these prices.
What the levels mean
- Entry: the strategy's reference price for opening the position.
- Invalidation: the price event that would make the trade idea no longer hold.
- Stop: a planned exit intended to limit loss. A stop order is one way to act on the plan.
- Target, when provided: a planned price for taking profit.
Some Signals have no published fixed target. In that case, a target-based reward-to-risk ratio is unavailable; do not assume a line elsewhere on the chart supplies the missing level. A fill is the price at which an order actually executes.
A stop price does not guarantee an execution price. A market can gap, trade rapidly or have insufficient liquidity. A target touching on a chart does not prove a particular order filled. Your account's actual fills, fees and position status remain separate from the published setup.
Timeframe, trigger and delivery
A candle timestamp identifies an interval in the chart; a candle-close label tells you when it finished. Trigger time tells you when the condition or setup was recorded. Received time tells you when it was delivered. For example, an alert about a candle that closed at 12:00 may reach you later, after price has moved again.
Strategy evaluation cadence is not a promised notification rate or holding period. A strategy can check frequently and find no valid opportunity for an extended period. Changing the chart interval in a viewer does not reconfigure the published strategy.
When opening a notification late, inspect the current price. If a long setup's original entry was 100 and price is now 102, its original stop at 98 is four units away rather than two. Its target at 104 is only two units away. The original reward-to-risk no longer describes your possible entry.
Ongoing and closed trades
An ongoing trade has not yet reached its recorded closure. An unrealised gain can disappear, and an unrealised loss can grow. A closed result reflects the closure recorded by the product; it is not a statement about execution in your account.
Read historical examples alongside their status, dates and cost assumptions. Avoid comparing an open position's current movement with a completed backtest trade as though they were measured the same way. The backtest guide explains those distinctions.
A practical review sequence
- Identify whether you opened an alert or a Signal.
- Verify the market, venue, direction and relevant time information.
- Read the evidence and chart before looking at a headline historical statistic.
- Check whether the available price still fits the idea.
- Define invalidation, costs, size and total exposure before any trade.
- Check recorded trade status and your actual execution separately.
If the product shows a preview or locks trade levels, it does not provide enough information to reconstruct a live trade plan. Education remains available, but guessing missing prices from a thumbnail is not a substitute for the full setup.
When doing nothing is appropriate
A quiet feed is not necessarily broken. Selective strategies can have long periods without a new opportunity, and alerts need not repeat continuously while one condition holds. Avoid treating notification frequency as proof of quality.
Skip when the idea is unclear, required information is unavailable, price has moved too far, or existing positions already give you similar exposure. Several signals across related crypto markets can all be affected by the same broad move.
Common questions
Did CoinScreener place the trade? A displayed alert or Signal is not evidence of an order in your exchange account. Check your exchange independently.
Does the displayed stop cap my exact loss? No. It is part of the plan; gaps, costs and execution conditions can change the realised result.
Why are there no new signals? A strategy may have found no qualifying opportunity. Its evaluation frequency is not a promise of a trade every interval.
Sources and further reading
Product terminology and public strategy information were checked on 5 September 2026. Start with candlestick reading if the chart itself is unfamiliar, then work through risk management.