How do you set a gold price alert on your phone for free?
You can set a free gold price alert on your phone with DoneRoad, a no-code price-alert web app. Pick Gold (XAU/USD), enter the price level you care about, and choose Telegram, Discord, browser push or email. DoneRoad checks the gold price once a minute and messages you when your rule is true. Nothing to install.
Gold can drift sideways for days and then move sharply around a CPI print, a Fed headline or the London open. If you rely on glancing at a chart, you see the quiet sessions and miss the one that mattered. An alert flips that: you decide the level once, while you are calm, and you only open the chart when something you already care about has happened.
Which channel should a gold price alert use?
A gold price alert on DoneRoad can be delivered by Telegram, Discord, browser push notification or email, and one alert can use more than one channel. For intraday gold levels, Telegram or Discord on your phone is the fastest to notice; email works best as a written record for levels you will act on later.
| Channel | Best for | What you need |
|---|---|---|
| Telegram | Intraday levels you want to see within minutes | The Telegram app, connected once to your DoneRoad account |
| Discord | Traders who already live in a Discord server | A Discord server or channel connected to DoneRoad |
| Browser push | Alerts on the device where you use DoneRoad | A browser that allows notifications |
| Longer-term levels and a searchable record | Any inbox |
The simplest setup is two channels: Telegram for speed, email as backup. Because Telegram is already on your phone and desktop, this is the "no app needed" route: you do not install a separate price-alert app or keep a broker platform open.
How do you set up a gold price alert step by step?
Setting up a gold price alert on DoneRoad takes about two minutes: create a free account, choose Gold (XAU/USD), add an above or below condition, optionally add a second condition with AND or OR, check the plain-English preview, connect a channel, and save. The rule then runs on DoneRoad's servers, not in your browser tab.
- Go to doneroad.com and create a free account. No card is needed, and you can try the builder in demo mode first.
- Choose Gold (XAU/USD) as the asset. Silver, oil, crypto, forex pairs and stocks are in the same list.
- Add a condition: price above or below your level. You can also use "at or above" and "at or below".
- If your idea has two sides, add a second condition and join it with OR.
- Read the plain-English preview, for example "Gold rises above $4,500 or falls below $4,300". If the sentence is not what you meant, fix it before saving.
- Connect Telegram (or Discord, push, email) and save. Close the chart.
Nothing touches a trading account. DoneRoad alerts are notifications only: no broker link, no API keys, and no orders are placed.
What gold alert rules are worth copying?
The most useful gold alert rules are a two-sided range fence, a single buy-the-dip level, a fast-move alert based on percentage change, and a breakout confirmed by momentum. Each one below uses conditions DoneRoad supports. The price levels are illustrative examples only, so replace them with your own levels.
| Rule | Example condition | When it fires |
|---|---|---|
| Two-sided range | XAU > 4500 OR XAU < 4300 |
Gold leaves the range in either direction |
| Buy-the-dip | XAU < 4300 |
Gold trades below your buy zone |
| Fast move | Gold rises 2% within 1 hour | Gold's price is at least 2% higher than one hour earlier |
| Breakout with momentum | XAU > 4500 AND gold 1-hour change ≥ +1% |
Gold is above the level and still moving up quickly |
| Metals risk-off (two alerts) | XAU < 4300 on one alert, XAG < 50 on a second, both sent to the same Telegram chat |
Each metal reports its own breakdown; two messages close together mean both are weak |
The two-sided rule is the one most people should start with. A single alert at the level you hope for tells you when you were right and stays silent when you were wrong. Covering both sides in one rule replaces two separate alerts, and if neither side fires you have no reason to open a chart all week.
Percentage-change conditions use a time window of 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours or 1 day. DoneRoad compares the current reading with the reading at the start of that window, as explained in the alert conditions guide. Each alert watches one asset, so to follow gold alongside silver, Bitcoin or oil, set one alert per asset and route them to the same chat. For what AND and OR can do within one asset, see how multi-condition alerts work.
How do you choose gold alert levels?
Good gold alert levels are prices where you would actually do something: the high or low of a recent consolidation, the swing low that would invalidate your view, or the level where you would add to a position. Write down the action next to each level. An alert with no plan attached only helps you react faster, not better.
- Set the level where your idea is wrong, not only the level you are hoping for.
- Offset from obvious round numbers. An alert slightly beyond a round level tells you price has moved into the move, not just touched a spot where it often stalls.
- Write the action next to the price, for example "XAU below 4,300: check the 1-hour candle, then decide".
- If you cannot say in one sentence what you will do when it fires, do not set it.
What are XAU and XAG, and where does the gold price come from?
XAU is the standard currency-style code for one troy ounce of gold, and XAG is the code for one troy ounce of silver. XAU/USD means the gold price in US dollars per troy ounce. DoneRoad reads precious-metal spot prices in USD from gold-api.com and records them every minute.
| Symbol | Asset | Unit | Price source on DoneRoad |
|---|---|---|---|
| XAU/USD | Gold spot | USD per troy ounce | gold-api.com |
| XAG/USD | Silver spot | USD per troy ounce | gold-api.com |
Spot prices come from a third-party source and can differ slightly from the price your broker quotes for a futures contract or a CFD. A spike that starts and reverses inside a single minute is not captured, because DoneRoad works at one-minute resolution. The full detail is on the methodology page.
Why do gold price alerts fail?
Gold price alerts usually fail for three reasons: the alert lives inside a broker app that must stay open, the alert watches only one side of the trade, or the user sets so many alerts that they stop reading them. A server-side, two-sided rule with a small alert list avoids all three problems.
- Platform-bound alerts. Some broker and charting alerts only work on one device or only for instruments that broker carries. DoneRoad runs server-side, so your laptop can be closed.
- Too many alerts. Five alerts on the same asset get muted within a week. Keep a few live rules that each mean something.
- Stale alerts. Delete rules for ideas you have abandoned. An old alert firing on a dead thesis is how impulsive trades happen.
DoneRoad also applies frequency limits, so the same alert does not keep firing while gold stays past your level. Every trigger is logged for 30 days, which makes it easy to review which levels were worth setting.
Can you set a gold alert on a moving average instead of a price?
Yes. A moving-average condition compares the SMA or EMA itself to a number you enter — for example XAUUSD EMA 20 above 2,450 — rather than comparing price to the average. It fires when the average reaches your level, which filters out single wicks that would trigger a raw price alert and then disappear.
| Condition type | Example rule | Fires on |
|---|---|---|
| Price level | XAUUSD above 2,500 | Any touch of the level, including a one-second wick |
| Percent change | XAUUSD up 1.5% in 1 day | A move of a given size over a window |
| Moving average | XAUUSD EMA 20 above 2,450 | The 20-period EMA reaching your number |
Levels above are illustrations, not current prices. You can stack them on the same asset: XAUUSD EMA 20 above 2,450 AND XAUUSD up 1% in 4 hours only notifies you when both are true. One alert watches one asset, and prices are checked once a minute, so a spike inside a single minute can be missed.
For stacking conditions in general, see multi-condition alerts. If you are deciding whether an alert or an order is the right tool, see price alert vs stop-loss.
FAQ
Common questions about DoneRoad gold price alerts cover cost, whether an app is needed, delivery speed and silver. In short, a gold alert on DoneRoad is free during beta, is built in a browser, is checked once a minute, and can be delivered to Telegram, Discord, browser push or email.
Is a gold price alert on DoneRoad really free?
Yes. DoneRoad is free during beta with unlimited alerts, every asset and every channel, and no credit card. Accounts created during beta keep those features if paid plans arrive later.
Do I need to install an app to get gold alerts on my phone?
No. You build the alert in a web browser and receive it in Telegram, Discord, email or a browser push notification, so the apps you already have on your phone are enough.
How quickly does a gold alert arrive?
DoneRoad reads the gold price once a minute and sends the notification when a reading meets your rule. Delivery after that depends on Telegram, Discord or your email provider.
Can I set a silver price alert the same way?
Yes. Choose Silver (XAG/USD) instead of gold. To watch both metals, set one alert on gold and one on silver and send them to the same channel.
Does DoneRoad alert me when gold crosses its moving average?
Not as a crossover. The condition compares the moving average to a number you enter — for example “EMA 20 above 2,450” — so you choose the level yourself rather than relying on a price-versus-average cross.
Ready to stop watching the chart? Create your free gold price alert.
