What Makes Percentage Alerts Different
A change_pct alert fires when a stock moves a defined percentage from its previous close, regardless of the absolute price. This makes it ideal for catching momentum moves early in the session and for monitoring smaller-cap CSE stocks that can swing sharply on thin volume.
Choosing the Right Threshold
Combining Change Alerts with Watchlists
The most efficient approach is to apply percentage change alerts across your entire watchlist. This turns your watchlist into a live momentum scanner: you go about your day and Investography notifies you only when a watched stock breaks out of its normal range.
Set a 2-3% change_pct alert on every stock in your watchlist. This effectively turns it into a passive momentum scanner without any screen time.