I want to be able to place a credit spread trade in the market somewhere and then be alerted automatically to my cell phone if the stock reaches a certain level. For example, if I held a 500-510 call credit spread, I would want to be alerted when the underlying reached 495 or higher. I use Trade Monster and noticed that I can have an email sent to me. However, I receive emails all the time throughout the day for various things. I would like it to be sent to my phone as a text message so I can enter in a custom tone for the message so I know what the message pertains to. Are there any reliable, free services out there like this that you would recommend? I have seen some using a Google search, but I was hoping someone here had experience.
Verizon has a feature that let you send an email that turns into message into your cell phone. e.g. phone # is 202 858 2222. You can set up email to 202858222@vtext.com which becomes message to your cell phone.
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/939/sms_email_cingular_nextel_sprint_tmobile_verizon_virgin/ A list of 'sms gateways' for most mobile networks.... Good luck, M
ok thanks for the reply. also, what do you think is the best smart phone for trading on the go? I use Trade Monster which runs a flash website so with the iphone I can't use the website. I can use their trade monster app but it is not nearly as functional.
I used to use Yahoo to send stock alerts to my cell phone. I know some stock brokers have this feature in their software.