Edit, Reset & Delete Alerts in Tradovate's Log
A price alert that already fired, or one you fat-fingered a level on, both get cleaned up in the same place. Here's how to work the Alerts log without deleting alerts you actually still want.
You set a price alert on ES, it fired an hour ago, and now it's just sitting there in your workspace doing nothing. Or maybe you fat-fingered the level and need to nudge it a few ticks. Either way, the Alerts log is where you clean all of that up. It's the one screen that shows every alert you've built, what state it's in, and gives you the buttons to fix, re-arm, mute, or throw them out.
Here's how to work the log without deleting alerts you actually still want.
What the Alerts Log Shows You
Open the log and every alert you've created lands in one list, sorted by state:
| State | What it means |
|---|---|
| Active | Armed and watching. It hasn't fired yet and will trigger the moment its condition is met. |
| Triggered | The condition already hit. It fired once and won't fire again until you re-arm it. |
| Disabled | Paused. It stays in your list but won't fire until you switch it back on. |
For each alert you can read its condition (the instrument, position, or account value it's watching, and whether price crosses above, crosses below, or touches a level), the message attached to it, an expiration time, and how many times it has fired. That trigger count is handy when you're wondering whether an alert actually did its job while you were away from the desk.
Manage Alerts in the Log: Step-by-Step
Open the Alerts Log
Find the bell-shaped Alerts icon at the top of your workspace, sitting next to the New (+) menu button. Click it to open the New Alert menu, then open the Alerts Log (also labeled the List of Alerts tab). When an alert has fired, that same bell shows a red dot and your browser plays a sound, so it's usually the thing that sends you here in the first place.
Edit an Alert
Hover over the alert you want to change (or right-click it) and pick Edit. That reopens the alert with its current settings, so you can move the price level, flip the condition from crosses-above to crosses-below, rewrite the message, or push out the expiration. Save it and the alert goes back to Active with your new settings. Editing beats deleting and rebuilding from scratch, especially for an alert with a condition you've fine-tuned over time.
Reset (Re-Arm) a Triggered Alert
Once an alert fires, it flips to Triggered and goes quiet. It won't watch that level again on its own. To put it back on duty, hover over the triggered alert and choose Reset. That re-arms it with the exact same condition, no rebuilding needed. This is the move for a level you want to hear about every time price revisits it, like the top of a range you keep fading.
Dismiss or Disable an Alert
Two different jobs here, so don't mix them up. Dismiss clears the triggered notification and the red dot without deleting the alert. Disable pauses an alert entirely, dropping it into the Disabled group so it stops firing but stays in your list for later. Reach for Disable when you're stepping away from a setup for a session but you know you'll want that same level back next week. Nothing's lost, and you flip it back to Active in one click.
Delete an Alert
When you're truly done with an alert, hover over it (or right-click) and choose Delete. That pulls it out of the log for good. There's no undo, so make sure you're deleting the dead level and not the one you meant to disable. If there's any chance you'll want the condition again, disable it instead. A clean log is worth keeping, though. Ten stale triggered alerts make it hard to spot the one that actually matters.
A Few Habits That Keep the Log Usable
Reset the alerts you trade around often instead of rebuilding them. Disable the ones tied to a setup you'll revisit rather than deleting them. And every so often, clear out the truly dead triggered alerts so the log stays readable at a glance. If your alerts are meant to do something, not just ping you, that's where automation comes in.
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