This report looks at what DoneRoad users actually set price alerts on: which assets, how far from the current price, how often those alerts fire, and where the notifications go. It is built from 538 alerts created by 161 people on DoneRoad up to November 13, 2026, counted in aggregate. It is a first edition with a small sample, and every number below comes with its count so you can judge it yourself.
Key findings
- Gold is the most-watched asset. 43% of users have at least one gold alert, ahead of Bitcoin (25%) and EUR/USD (18%).
- Metals lead by people, crypto leads by alerts. More users watch metals than crypto (73 vs 56), but each crypto watcher sets about 4.1 alerts, against 1.8 for metals.
- Most alerts are one simple rule. 78% of alerts have a single condition.
- Levels within 5% of the price usually fire within a week. 76% of those alerts did (69 of 91). Beyond 10%, 1 alert in 29 did.
- Dip alerts sit further away than breakout alerts. The median "price below" level was 3.9% under the price; the median "price above" level was 1.8% over it.
- Telegram carries two thirds of all notifications, though only about one account in four has connected it. Those who have keep 6.3 alerts on average, against 1.8 for everyone else.
Which assets do traders set price alerts on?
Gold is the asset the most DoneRoad users watch: 69 of 161 users (43%) have at least one alert on XAU/USD. Bitcoin is second with 41 users (25%), and EUR/USD third with 29 (18%). Ranking by users rather than by alerts keeps one very active account from pushing its favourite asset to the top.
| Asset | Users watching | Share of users | Alerts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold (XAU/USD) | 69 | 43% | 118 |
| Bitcoin (BTC) | 41 | 25% | 66 |
| EUR/USD | 29 | 18% | 48 |
| Ethereum (ETH) | 14 | 9% | 17 |
| GBP/USD | 11 | 7% | 18 |
| Silver (XAG/USD) | 8 | 5% | 11 |
| Solana (SOL) | 6 | 4% | 16 |
| WTI crude oil | 6 | 4% | 10 |
The long tail is wide: alerts covered 110 different assets, from Hyperliquid and Uniswap to NVIDIA and E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures.
Metals, crypto or forex: who watches what?
By market, metals have the most watchers and crypto the most alerts. Crypto and stock watchers set several alerts each. Gold and forex watchers tend to keep one or two.
| Market | Users | Share of users | Alerts | Alerts per user |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metals | 73 | 45% | 131 | 1.8 |
| Crypto | 56 | 35% | 232 | 4.1 |
| Forex | 39 | 24% | 82 | 2.1 |
| Oil | 9 | 6% | 17 | 1.9 |
| Stocks | 8 | 5% | 62 | 7.8 |
| Futures | 5 | 3% | 12 | 2.4 |
Shares add up to more than 100% because one person can watch several markets.
How far from the price do traders set their alerts?
Half of all "price above" levels were set within 1.8% of the price at the time, and half of all "price below" levels within 3.9%. Traders put dip alerts further away than breakout alerts: they wait for a deeper pullback, but want to hear about a breakout early.
How close depends on the market. Forex levels sat a median 0.3% from the price (14 alerts by 11 users), gold and silver levels 0.5% (44 alerts by 27 users), and crypto levels 2.0% (41 alerts, but from only 9 users). That roughly follows how far each market moves in a normal day.
How often does a price alert actually fire?
A level set within 5% of the price fired within seven days 76% of the time (69 of 91 alerts). Between 5% and 10% away, 42% fired (8 of 19). Over 10% away, 1 alert in 29 fired within the week.
| Level set this far from the price | Alerts | Fired within 7 days |
|---|---|---|
| Under 0.5% | 35 | 80% |
| 0.5% to 1% | 15 | 67% |
| 1% to 2% | 18 | 83% |
| 2% to 5% | 23 | 70% |
| 5% to 10% | 19 | 42% |
| Over 10% | 29 | 3% |
Read the buckets as a direction, not a forecast: each holds a few dozen alerts at most, and most alerts over 10% away are share-price targets from a handful of users. The practical point holds anyway. A level a few percent away is a level for this week. A level 10% or more away is a level for this quarter, so expect silence, and check that the alert is still switched on when the market finally gets there.
If you want a heads-up rather than a verdict, a common pattern is two levels on the same asset: one close (a warning) and one at the price you actually care about (the decision). See our guides for examples.
How complex are price alert rules?
Most alerts are a single condition. 78% of the 538 alerts have one rule, such as "gold above $4,200" or "Bitcoin down 5% in 24 hours". About one in five uses two OR-ed groups, typically a level plus a sudden move, so the alert fires on whichever happens first. Fewer than 2% combine three or more conditions.
The conditions themselves are mostly about price: price above or below a level, and price up or down by a percentage over a time window. Volume and moving-average conditions together make up about 5% of all conditions (36 of 680).
Where do traders want their alerts?
Telegram delivered 66% of the 4,889 notifications DoneRoad sent, email 31%, Discord 2% and browser push 1%. Only about one account in four (61 of 248) has connected Telegram, but those people are the heaviest users: users with Telegram connected keep 6.3 alerts on average, against 1.8 for everyone else. Every account starts with email, which is why email is the second channel even for users who never changed a setting.
| Channel | Share of notifications sent |
|---|---|
| Telegram | 66% |
| 31% | |
| Discord | 2% |
| Browser push | 1% |
Methodology
- Data: every alert created on DoneRoad up to November 13, 2026: 538 alerts by 161 users on 110 assets. DoneRoad's own staff, demo and test accounts are excluded. All figures are aggregates; no individual alert or user is shown.
- Popularity counts users, not alerts: a user with ten Bitcoin alerts counts once for Bitcoin.
- Distance from the price compares each alert's first "price above" or "price below" level with the asset's last hourly closing price before the alert was created. Alerts created before August 16, 2026 (before notification history was kept), alerts with no hourly price on record, and 33 alerts whose level was already on the other side of that hourly close (the price had moved within the hour) were left out, leaving 155 alerts by 50 users.
- Fired within 7 days uses only the 139 of those alerts that were at least seven days old on November 13, and counts an alert as fired when DoneRoad delivered its first notification.
- Not reported: the size of percentage-move alerts. The most common values match DoneRoad's own defaults, so they say more about the form than about traders.
We plan to update this report as the sample grows. You are welcome to quote or chart these figures; please link to this page as the source.
Set your own alert
You can build a price alert on the DoneRoad homepage without an account and get it on Telegram, Discord, email or browser push. It is free during the beta.
