Gold price alerts, with the numbers that set the threshold
CoinPriceAlert sends gold price alerts as push notifications or Telegram messages, free for up to three active alerts. Set a price level or a percentage move over 24 hours; the condition is checked on our servers, so it fires with the app closed. Silver, platinum, palladium and copper work the same way, in the same watchlist as your crypto.
Key facts
| Instruments | Gold (COMEX front-month), silver, platinum, palladium and copper, quoted in US dollars |
|---|---|
| Alert types | Price level; percentage move over 24 hours; repeat alerts that re-arm when price crosses back |
| Delivery | Push notification, Telegram, or both, with quiet hours |
| Trading hours | Metals futures trade almost around the clock from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon US time, with a short daily pause; closed at weekends |
| Free plan | 3 active alerts across every market; Pro is $2.99 a month for unlimited |
| Numbers on this page | A year of daily closes from Yahoo Finance, recomputed every few hours |
How often each alert would have fired, last 365 days
| Asset | Typical day | 1 day in 10 | Largest day | 0.5% alert fires / month | 1% alert fires / month | 1.5% alert fires / month | 2% alert fires / month | 3% alert fires / month | 5% alert fires / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1.01% | 2.83% | 11.37% | 21 | 15.1 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| Silver | 2.12% | 6.28% | 31.35% | 25.1 | 21.8 | 17.8 | 15.7 | 11.5 | 5.5 |
Close-to-close moves of the front-month futures contract over the last year. A "firing" is a day whose move exceeded the threshold. Highlighted: the tightest threshold that still fired three times a month or fewer. 251 trading days measured; updated 11 September 2026.
What a good gold alert looks like
Gold is a calm asset by crypto standards. Over the last year it moved about 1.01% on a typical day and more than 2.83% on only one day in ten. That is the whole design problem: a 0.5% alert fires most days and teaches you to ignore it, while a 3% alert fired about 2.3 times a month, rare enough that you still open it.
Two alerts earn their place for most holders. A price level below the recent range, at the point where you would buy more or reconsider, and a percentage move above the typical day, which catches the CPI prints, Fed decisions and geopolitical shocks that produce the moves worth knowing about. Set both once, then stop checking the spot price.
Why alerts beat watching the spot price
Gold moves on real interest rates, the dollar and central-bank buying, and most of the moves that matter cluster around scheduled events or land during Asian hours while you are asleep. Refreshing a price page catches none of that at the right moment. An alert that runs on a server does, and quiet hours mean an overnight move is waiting in the morning rather than waking you at 3am.
The point of the numbers above is to set the threshold from how gold actually behaves rather than from a round number. The table is recomputed from a year of daily closes, so it tracks the current regime rather than a textbook figure.
Gold, Bitcoin and the dollar in one list
Gold and Bitcoin are both pitched as hedges against currency debasement, and the days they diverge say something about which story the market is believing. Holding them in the same watchlist, with the dollar index pairs underneath, is the only way that relationship becomes visible rather than something you infer across three apps. The guides below on gold versus Bitcoin cover what the divergences have meant historically.
How to set a gold alert in the app
Open the Markets screen, switch to metals and pick gold, or search for it from any screen. Tap to set an alert, choose a price level or a percentage move over 24 hours, pick push, Telegram or both, and optionally a quiet window. Star gold to pin it to your home screen. The alert is evaluated on our servers from that moment on, whether the app is open or not.
A gold alert app versus a bullion dealer app
Dealer apps such as OneGold or American Hartford Gold exist to sell metal, and their alerts are built around their own buy and sell prices. That is useful if you buy from them. CoinPriceAlert is neutral: it watches the market quote, covers silver, platinum, copper and oil alongside gold, and sits in the same list as your crypto and stocks, without an account at a dealer. It does not sell or store metal, and it never asks for keys or payment details to watch a price.
Three alerts worth setting
- Gold rises above $4,506
- Gold falls below $4,244
- Gold moves 3% in 24 hours
Never miss a move in Gold
Set a price or percentage alert once and get a push notification the moment it triggers — free, with quiet hours so nothing wakes you at 3am.
Frequently asked questions
Is the gold price alert free?
Yes. The free plan includes three active alerts across every market, price and 24-hour percentage alert types, and delivery by push or Telegram, with no card required. Pro removes the alert limit for $2.99 a month.
Which gold price does the alert watch?
The front-month COMEX gold futures quote in US dollars per troy ounce, from Yahoo Finance. It tracks spot gold closely. It is not a dealer's buy or sell price, which includes a premium over the market quote.
What threshold should a gold percentage alert use?
Work from the table on this page. Gold moved about 1.01% on a typical day over the last year and more than 2.83% on one day in ten, so a 3% alert, which fired about 2.3 times a month, is where most people should start.
Do gold alerts fire at the weekend?
No. Metals futures are closed from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening US time, so the price does not move and nothing fires. Crypto in the same app trades all weekend, and its alerts do.
Does the same alert work for silver?
Yes, with a wider threshold. Silver moves roughly twice as much as gold on a typical day, which the table above shows in its own row, so a threshold that is rare for gold fires often for silver.
Can I see gold in my own currency?
The app can display values in USD, INR, GBP, EUR, AUD or CAD. Gold itself is quoted in US dollars per ounce, and that quote is the price the alert watches.
Guides
Gold vs Bitcoin: Two Very Different Kinds of Hard Money
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Does Gold Really Go Up When Stocks Fall?
Usually, eventually, and not immediately — the exceptions are frequent enough that treating it as a rule has c…
How to Set Gold, Silver and Commodity Price Alerts
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Setting Commodity Price Alerts: What Is Different
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Silver Price Alerts: What Makes Silver Different From Gold
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Other alert pages
- Silver price alerts that fire on the days that matter
- Crude oil price alerts for WTI and Brent
- Forex rate alerts for the pairs that move your money
- Stock price alerts in the same app as your crypto
- Crypto price alerts delivered to Telegram
- Percentage change alerts, sized from real volatility
- Bulk market alerts: one rule, hundreds of coins
Data: Yahoo Finance daily closes for the last year, recomputed on a schedule. Nothing here is financial advice. Never asks for a private key, seed phrase or exchange API key; wallet tracking is read-only through public addresses; the app cannot trade or move funds.