Chainlink price alerts, set from how LINK actually moves
A Chainlink price alert watches LINK and messages you when it hits a level or moves by a percentage you choose. Chainlink moved 1.82% on a typical day over the last 365 days — roughly 1.5 times Bitcoin's typical day, so Bitcoin's thresholds are too tight for it. On one day in ten it moved more than 5.45%, and its worst single day in the window was 14.38%. On that record, an 8% 24-hour alert fired about 0.9 times a month — rare enough to still be worth opening. CoinPriceAlert checks the condition on its servers, so it arrives with the app closed, free for 3 alerts.
What LINK is doing right now
| Price | $11.57 |
|---|---|
| 24 hours | +1.47% |
| 7 days | -6.01% |
| Market cap | $8.86B (rank 16) |
| From all-time high | 78.0% below $52.70 |
| Typical day | 1.82% |
| One day in ten | more than 5.45% |
| Largest day measured | 14.38% |
Price from the live market feed. The move figures are absolute close-to-close changes over the last 365 daily candles, recomputed hourly. Nothing here is financial advice.
What threshold should Chainlink use?
Chainlink moved 1.82% on a typical day over the last 365 days — roughly 1.5 times Bitcoin's typical day, so Bitcoin's thresholds are too tight for it. On one day in ten it moved more than 5.45%, and its worst single day in the window was 14.38%.
That is the number the threshold should come from, because an alert that fires on an ordinary day is one you learn to dismiss — and then you dismiss the one that mattered. The table below is an audit rather than a forecast: for each threshold it counts the days in the last 365 whose move exceeded it, which is exactly what a 24-hour percentage alert measures.
| 24-hour threshold | Fires per month | Fires per year |
|---|---|---|
| 2% | 14.2 | 173 |
| 3% | 9 | 110 |
| 5% | 3.9 | 48 |
| 8% | 0.9 ← rare enough | 11 |
| 10% | 0.7 | 8 |
| 15% | 0 | 0 |
| 20% | 0 | 0 |
| 25% | 0 | 0 |
| 30% | 0 | 0 |
The highlighted row is the tightest threshold that still fired three times a month or fewer for Chainlink: 8%, about 0.9 times a month.
Chainlink is unusually even for a crypto asset: its worst day was only about 8 times its typical one, so the distance between "ordinary" and "notable" is short. That makes a price level the more useful of the two here — a percentage alert has less room to distinguish a real move from a normal one, while a level you chose for a reason still means something.
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Three LINK alerts worth setting
- Chainlink rises above $12.49 — 8% above today's $11.57. It fires once, then re-arms only when the price crosses back and crosses again.
- Chainlink falls below $10.64 — the same distance underneath. If you hold LINK, this is the one that matters at 3am.
- Chainlink moves 8% in 24 hours — direction-agnostic, and still the right alert wherever the price ends up.
Picking a LINK price level
At $11.57, the level most people will be watching on Chainlink is $20.00 — 72.9% from here. Round numbers are not technical analysis, but they are where orders bunch up because everyone can see them, which makes them a sensible thing to be told about.
Chainlink is 78% below its all-time high of $52.70. A drawdown that deep means the old high is history rather than a target, and it also means percentage moves off a low base look dramatic without much money changing hands. That is a good reason to size the threshold from the table above rather than from instinct.
Where LINK has been lately
Over the last seven days Chainlink is 6.0% down, which is inside its normal range: a 8% alert would not have fired on the week as a whole. It is up 1.47% over the last day.
At 8%, Chainlink will reach you less than once a month. That is rare enough to justify the alarm sound, which plays for 28 seconds on a channel that cuts through Do Not Disturb — a reasonable thing to turn on for an alert that almost never speaks, and an unreasonable one for an alert that fires weekly. Whichever you choose, the condition is evaluated on our servers rather than on your phone — and because the usual reason an alert app goes quiet is a revoked permission or a retired push token rather than the alert itself, the app checks that whole chain and names the broken link. Chainlink's live chart, range and extended technicals are on its coin page if you would rather watch than be told.
Frequently asked questions
How do I set a Chainlink price alert?
Open CoinPriceAlert, search for Chainlink, and tap the bell on its row. Choose a price level — $12.49 and $10.64 are 8% either side of today's $11.57 — or a percentage move, then pick push, Telegram or email. No account is needed to start.
What percentage should an LINK alert use?
Start from this coin's own record rather than a rule of thumb. Chainlink moved 1.82% on a typical day over the last 365 days, so an 8% 24-hour alert fired about 0.9 times a month. Anything tighter fires most days and trains you to swipe it away.
Is Chainlink volatile?
Less erratically than most. Its worst day in the last 365 was about 8 times its typical 1.82% move, which is a narrow spread for a crypto asset — the gap between an ordinary day and a notable one is short, so a price level you picked for a reason keeps its meaning.
What price should I set an alert at for Chainlink?
$20.00 is the nearest round level above today's $11.57, and round numbers are where other people's orders cluster. $12.49 and $10.64 are 8% either side, which is the distance this coin's own record says is worth hearing about.
Will a LINK alert wake me up?
It can, and at this threshold that is reasonable: 8% fires less than once a month on Chainlink. There is an alarm sound that plays for 28 seconds on a channel that cuts through Do Not Disturb, set per alert. Quiet hours mute everything else overnight and the alerts still wait for you in Activity.
Is the Chainlink alert free?
Yes. The free plan covers 3 active alerts across every market in the app, with price and 24-hour percentage alerts, the home screen widget and the daily digest, delivered by push, Telegram or email, with no card required.
Do LINK alerts work when the app is closed?
Yes. Every alert is evaluated on our servers against a live price feed, not on your phone, so it fires whether the app is open, closed or swiped away. The app shows you when the servers last checked, so you never have to take that on trust.
Never miss a move in Chainlink
Choose a level worth acting on and let the server do the watching — free to start, delivered by push, Telegram or email, quiet overnight if you want it.
- Fires about a second after the price hits
- Runs on our servers, so it reaches you with the app closed
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