Browser-based monitoring has one critical failure mode: you close the tab. Whether you are sleeping, working, or simply away from your desk, the signal is flowing whether or not you are watching.

Telegram alerts solve this. PolyMonit's alert system routes notifications directly to your Telegram account — or a private group — so you receive whale activity on your phone, in real time, regardless of whether your dashboard is open.

Why Telegram, Not Email

Email notifications have latency. Push notifications from an email client are unreliable on mobile. Telegram delivers server-sent messages in under one second across all devices and has excellent reliability. For time-sensitive trading signals, the delivery architecture matters.

Setup: Step by Step

01

Create a Telegram account if you don't have one

Download Telegram on your phone or access it at web.telegram.org. You need an account to receive bot messages.

02

Find your Telegram Chat ID

Open Telegram and search for @userinfobot. Start a chat and it will reply with your numeric Chat ID. Copy this number — you will need it in PolyMonit.

03

Open PolyMonit Alerts settings

Navigate to the Alerts page in PolyMonit (sidebar menu). Enable Telegram alerts and paste your Chat ID into the field provided.

04

Send a test alert

Use the "Send test" button to confirm your Chat ID is correct. You should receive a test message in Telegram within two seconds.

05

Configure your minimum trade size threshold

Set a minimum alert threshold — start with $200 to filter out small test trades. Adjust based on the wallets you are tracking and their typical trade sizes.

Reducing Alert Noise

The most common complaint with Telegram alert systems is over-notification. Here is how to keep the signal-to-noise ratio high:

  • Track fewer, better wallets. 3–5 high-quality wallets will generate fewer but more meaningful alerts than 20 average ones.
  • Set a meaningful size threshold. Alerts for $50 trades from a wallet that regularly makes $5,000 trades are noise. Scale your threshold to the wallet's median trade size.
  • Use background worker alerts (Pro/Unlimited). These fire even when your browser is closed, which means you only need one alert per event — not repeated browser-tab notifications that accumulate while you are away.
Note

Background alerts (alerts that work when your browser is closed) require a Pro or Unlimited plan. Free plan alerts fire only while the PolyMonit dashboard is open in your browser.

Advanced: Group Alerts

If you are running a trading team or sharing signals with a group, PolyMonit supports routing alerts to a Telegram group chat. Create a private group, add the PolyMonit bot, and use the group's Chat ID instead of your personal one. All members of the group will receive the same real-time alerts.

This is useful for collaborative research workflows where multiple analysts are covering different market categories and want a shared signal feed.

What the Alert Contains

Each Telegram alert includes:

  • Wallet address (abbreviated)
  • Trade direction (buy or sell)
  • Trade side (YES or NO)
  • Dollar amount
  • Market name
  • Timestamp

This gives you everything you need to decide whether to investigate further, without requiring you to open the dashboard for every notification.