TradeStation Development Environment

Notification Preferences

The Notification Preferences dialog allows you to set global messaging preferences for TradeStation windows that have alert capabilities. If you prefer, you can select multiple notification types simultaneously.

From the Message Center window, access from the Message Center toolbar. The Notification Preferences dialog is displayed.

Audible

Contains the settings to receive sound notifications while you are in TradeStation.

Beep - Select this setting to hear a beep sound for your sound notification.
Sound - Select this setting to hear the selected sound for your sound notification. Using the Sound setting allows you to customize the type of sound and how it is played using Play once or Play continuously.
- Select the desired sound from the drop-down list.
- Configure - Click this button to browse for a .wav file to use for the sound notification.
- Play - Click this button to listen to the sound you selected from the drop-down list.
- Play once/Play continuously - Select the desired setting in how you want the sound to be played.
Voice (text to speech) - Select this setting to have your alerts spoken to you in a computer voice.

Visual

Contains the settings to receive a notification window while you are in TradeStation. You can select a pop-up notification window and set the amount of time it is displayed or you can select a flashing icon displayed in your taskbar.

Pop-up window: [time duration] - Select this setting to have a window pop-up for a selected period of time.
- Configure - Click this button to set the configuration for the pop-up window.
Flash icon in system tray - Select this setting for the alert to notify you by using the Windows system tray.

Contains the settings to send a text message to one or more e-mail addresses.

Configure - Click this button to select the type of message you want to receive. The Messaging dialog is displayed.

Click OK to apply changes or Cancel to exit without changes.