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Get alerts when your watchlist changes

Set up added and removed asset notifications, verify your saved preferences and inspect the source behind a watchlist update.

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TL;DR

On a saved watchlist, turn on added and removed asset notifications, choose in-app or email delivery, then save and reopen the preferences. AI research briefs have a separate cadence and can be disabled while change alerts stay on. Notifications cover producer membership updates, not your own edits. Open Recent activity to inspect the changed symbols and source dates before treating an update as a trading signal.

Find these controls on your saved watchlist

Component-derived mock of the Watchlist notifications panel
Component-derived mock, not an account screenshot or a delivered notification. Labels come from the actual Watchlist notifications controls.

The panel illustrates the current product labels. It shows Friday briefs with both change-alert channels enabled. Your saved choices may differ.

Enable added and removed asset alerts

  1. Open Watchlist and select the saved list you want to follow.
  2. Expand Watchlist notifications.
  3. Turn on Notify me when assets are added or removed.
  4. Choose In-app notifications, Email notifications, or both.
  5. In AI research brief, choose a cadence separately. Select No briefs for this list if you only want change alerts.
  6. Click Save preferences. Wait for Alert settings saved.
  7. Reload the list, reopen the panel and check that your choices remain selected.

Follow changes without checking the list every day

Show follow changes without checking the list every day

Use change alerts for a managed watchlist whose producer updates its members. An alert tells you that the list changed; open the activity to see which assets were added or removed and why. You can receive those alerts while keeping Aurora's research briefs weekly or turning briefs off.

Read an update before acting on it

Expand Recent activity and open the update's change details. The product records separate added and removed counts and lists the corresponding assets. A row such as ‘2 added · 1 removed’ means three membership changes, not three orders. This is an illustration of the product's count format, not a claimed delivered alert.

For an institutional watchlist, compare the holdings period with the filing's public availability date. A newly published filing can add a member without proving that the manager bought it today. For insider disclosures, inspect the transaction details and first public availability. A membership change is a reason to review the source, not a forecast.

  1. Added

    The member appears in the new list and was absent from the previous list.

  2. Removed

    The member appeared in the previous list and is absent from the new list.

  3. No membership change

    The producer can refresh without adding or removing anything. That is not a missing change alert.

If the settings or notifications do not look right

Show if the settings or notifications do not look right
  1. The channel switches are disabled

    Turn on Notify me when assets are added or removed. Sign in if the whole panel is disabled.

  2. Saving reports that settings changed elsewhere

    The app refreshes the newer settings. Review them and click Save preferences again.

  3. You edited the list but received no alert

    Your own edits stay in watchlist activity. Change notifications cover producer updates; editing your list is not a delivery test.

  4. The list has stopped refreshing

    For a managed list, inspect Portfolio producer. No successful membership refresh recorded yet, Portfolio needs attention or Portfolio status unavailable requires checking the producer before expecting new changes.

  5. Email is missing

    Change-alert email also follows your trading-alert preference. Research briefs follow the account AI email preference and plan allowance. Check those account preferences; saving this list alone does not prove email delivery.

Optional: the developer configuration

Show optional: the developer configuration

If you are configuring a supported watchlist producer in code, these are the corresponding alert-settings fields. The weekly brief setting is separate from added/removed alerts. Use the normal saved-watchlist interface to check the result.

JSON
{
  "onChange": true,
  "inApp": true,
  "email": true,
  "briefCadence": "weekly"
}

Follow one worked path

watchlist notifications workflow diagram with review boundaries
Source-derived workflow diagram, not a screenshot or an external-client execution receipt.
Step 1 of 4

Open your saved watchlist

Choose the saved list whose updates you want to follow, then open Watchlist notifications.

Open your saved watchlists
What you should see

The preferences belong to this list. Your own membership edits are not a producer delivery test.

Component-derived mock of the Watchlist notifications panel
Component-derived settings example; not your account or a delivered alert.
Step 2 of 4

Choose this notification

Turn on Notify me when assets are added or removed, then choose the in-app and email channels you want.

Example membership preference
Notify me when assets are added or removed: on
Example channels
In-app notifications and Email notifications: on
Separate example brief cadence
Weekly on Friday
What you should see

The panel shows the preferences you selected for this saved list. The figure is a settings illustration; use your own saved choices.

watchlist notifications workflow diagram with review boundaries
Source-derived workflow diagram, not a screenshot or an external-client execution receipt.
Step 3 of 4

Save and check the response

Select Save preferences and look for Alert settings saved. Open the same list again and verify the saved choices.

Reopen your saved watchlist
Expected save confirmation
Alert settings saved.
Readback
Reopen the same saved list and check the selected preferences.
What you should see

After Alert settings saved, reopen the same list. Its selected channel switches and brief cadence persist.

Step 4 of 4

Find the resulting update

For membership updates, expand Recent activity on the saved list and inspect added and removed symbols. For Friday briefs, check the account's AI email preference and plan allowance, then inspect the next eligible research output.

Inspect Watchlist activity
What you should see

A successful producer update can record membership activity. The guide has no captured delivered notification or weekly brief.

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