Real-time alert overlay — displays the last 3 triggered symbols with cross detection on drawn levels
Alert Log Monitor displays the last 3 unique alert symbols as a text overlay on your chart, with built-in cross detection on user-drawn levels. It monitors the Sierra Chart alert log file in real time and auto-detects the Logs folder and timezone from your chart settings.
The study reads the Sierra Chart alert log file and extracts the most recent alert events. The last 3 unique symbols are displayed as a compact text overlay directly on the chart, updated in real time.
Each entry shows:
Alert Log Monitor detects when price crosses any user-drawn horizontal line or rectangle marked with a "." text label. When a cross is detected:
This enables cross-chart alerting without configuring Sierra Chart's built-in alert system.
sc.DataFilesFolder (goes up one level to find the Logs directory)sc.TimeScaleAdjustment and applied to all displayed times| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Text Position X | 141 | Horizontal position (0-150) |
| Text Position Y | 4 | Vertical position (0-100) |
| Font Size | 18 | Text size |
| Text Prefix | (empty) | Optional label before the first symbol |
| Show Time | Yes | Display HH:MM for each alert |
| Text Color | White | Overlay text color |
| Background Color | Dark | Overlay background |
| Font Bold | Yes | Bold text |