There are Three Types of Alerts:
There are
alerts written into studies. They only alert when the chart w/ the study is open on your screen
They cannot be sent to phone/email. They cannot have custom sounds.
https://usethinkscript.com/resources/how-to-add-alert-script-to-thinkorswim-indicators.9/
https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/howToTos/thinkManual/MarketWatch/Alerts/studyalerts
There are
alerts created on a chart for
one specific stock that you want to alert
Right-click on your chart and choose alerts.
There are
scanned watchlist alerts which alert whenever the results of the scan changes.
These alerts can be 3min delayed. They can have
custom sounds, they can be sent to phone/email, if you have notifications turned on in the app setup.
https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/howToTos/thinkManual/Scan/Stock-Hacker#:~:text=Scan results are,scan results change…
For study alerts and chart alerts, the ToS platform requires all the conditions for an alert to be within a single study.
For scan alerts, several studies on different aggregation can be used to create an alert.
https://usethinkscript.com/threads/how-to-use-thinkorswim-stock-hacker-scans.284/