Price Alerts Without Installing a Single New App

Shortcuts + notifications = a free alerting stack most traders pay $30/mo for. The Automate recipes Price Ping, Premarket Radar, and Earnings Alarm cover 90% of what retail alert apps sell.

The pattern

Trigger (time / Siri / webhook)
  → GET quote or earnings window
  → Filter against your watchlist
  → Show Notification (or Speak Text)
  → Optional: deep-link into Stock Picks

Three recipes to install today

1. Price Ping — say "Hey Siri, ping AAPL" for last / % / range
2. Premarket Radar — 8:55 ET push of the five loudest movers in your sectors
3. Earnings Alarm — silent critical alert 15 minutes before a watchlist name reports

Without a new app

You already have:

• Shortcuts (built into iOS / macOS)
• Notifications + Critical Alerts
• Background Automations (Settings → Shortcuts → Allow Running)

The only external piece is market data — which Automate routes through Stock Picks and api.sharptraders.co.

Cost comparison

Next step

Install Price Ping, then paper-trade the names it surfaces inside Stock Picks until the exits feel automatic.