ALERT LOG MONITOR

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.

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Real-Time Alert Display

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:

• Symbol (first 2 letters for compact display)
• TitleBarName of the source chart (when available)
• Time (HH:MM) with automatic timezone adjustment

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Cross Detection on Drawn Levels

Alert Log Monitor detects when price crosses any user-drawn horizontal line or rectangle marked with a "." text label. When a cross is detected:

1. The symbol is written to the alert log file with a marker line
2. Other instances of this study on different charts pick up the event
3. The crossed symbol appears in the overlay

This enables cross-chart alerting without configuring Sierra Chart's built-in alert system.

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Auto-Detection

• Logs folder — derived automatically from sc.DataFilesFolder (goes up one level to find the Logs directory)
• Timezone — read from sc.TimeScaleAdjustment and applied to all displayed times
• TitleBarName — resolved via chart window text or alert log metadata

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Configuration

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