When do the 1-2-3 alerts come?
Quick answerAt 3:45 PM Eastern, before the close, the day a 1-2-3 triggers, so you can buy before the 4:00 bell. After the close a short note confirms it, and the daily recap comes about 4:40 PM.
The details
The day of a call
- 3:45 PM Eastern: our engine reads the day so far. A stock over candle 2's high is the call: it posts in Telegram, in Discord and on your page, with the entry (the price then), the stop, the target and day 30. Buy before the 4:00 close.
- After the close: one short note on each 3:45 call: "✅ Confirmed at the close", or "closed back under the line: the 3:45 buy stands" with its stop and target. Nothing to do either way.
- About 4:40 PM: the daily recap (what is in it). On a slow data day it can come later in the evening, never twice.
Why 3:45, not after the close
An alert is only worth something if you can take it. A call posted after 4 PM gives a price that is already gone. So the call comes while the market is still open. We tested it on every call since June 2025: buying at 3:45 did better than waiting for the next morning, and about as well as the close itself.
A stock that crosses in the last minutes
If a stock gets over the line only after 3:45 and closes there, it posts after the close as a buy at tomorrow's open, its stop and target set from your fill (the entry).
Setups forming, updates and endings follow the daily closes.
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