Guide
Crypto alerts without a password
There is no password to create, no app to install and no card at any point. What there is: a one-time code sent to your email, because that address is where the alerts go.
Worth being precise, since this is the thing people actually want to know before starting. You do verify an email address. You do not create a password, fill in a profile, confirm a phone number, or hand over payment details. The email is not an account formality. It is the delivery channel, so the service needs a working one either way.
Why passwordless
A password on a service like this protects a list of price levels. That is not nothing, but it is not worth much either, and in exchange it creates a credential you have to invent, a hash the service has to store, and one more entry in a password manager.
Sending a one-time code to the address that already receives your alerts gets to the same place: whoever controls that inbox controls the alerts, which was already true the moment alerts started arriving there. Removing the password removes a liability without weakening anything meaningful.
What you never hand over
- No password: nothing to invent, store or rotate.
- No card: there is no paid tier, so payment details are never requested.
- No exchange keys: TriggerX reads public market data from Binance. It never asks for API keys and cannot place, cancel or view orders.
- No app install: email and Telegram are the delivery channels; the Chrome extension is optional.
The exchange-key point matters
Plenty of portfolio and alerting tools ask you to connect an exchange account with API keys. That is a much larger trust decision than it looks, because those keys are a standing grant to something outside the exchange.
An alerting service does not need them. Prices are public data, so TriggerX watches the public Binance feed and has no read or write access to your account whatsoever. The most it ever knows about you is an email address and a list of price levels.
Getting started
- Enter your email. A one-time code arrives.
- Type the code. That is the entire sign-in.
- Arm an alert. Pick a pair and a level, or type it in plain English.
- Close the tab. Monitoring runs server-side.
TriggerX is built to inform, not to replace your trading safeguards. No alert service can guarantee delivery every time: network interruptions, exchange feed delays and downtime can all make a notification late or missed. For risk that actually matters, use exchange-native stop-losses or limit orders, which execute without depending on you reading a message.
Questions
Do I need to create an account to set a crypto price alert?
You need to verify an email address with a one-time code, because that address is where alerts are delivered. There is no password to create, no profile to fill in and no card required.
Why is there no password?
A password would only protect a list of price alerts, while creating a credential that can be reused, leaked or forgotten. Sending a one-time code to the address that already receives the alerts gives the same assurance without storing a secret.
Do I have to install an app?
No. Alerts arrive by email or Telegram, both of which you almost certainly already have. There is an optional Chrome extension, but nothing needs to be installed for alerts to work.
Is it actually free?
Yes, with no paid tier and no card at any point. The backend is open source on GitHub.