Guide
Why isn't my Discord alert placing a trade?
A Discord alert places no trade when the Nyria bot cannot see the channel, the author or keyword filter excludes the message, the message was edited, or it was posted in a thread or a DM. Nyria reads messages posted in the picked channel. Post the alert again as a new message in that channel.
Official documentation
Find out why a Discord alert placed no trade
- 1
Check the channel
Confirm the alert was posted in the channel the strategy reads. Threads, other channels and DMs are not read.
- 2
Check the bot's access
The Nyria bot needs View Channels, Send Messages, Embed Links and Read Message History on that channel. Give it access if it is missing.
- 3
Check the filters
Open Message filters. The author filter matches all or part of the poster's display name, ignoring case. The keyword filter needs its text in the message.
- 4
Test without the keyword
Remove the keyword filter for one test. If the alert now reads, the keyword was the cause.
- 5
Post it again
Send the alert as a new message. Edits are not read again.
What Nyria reads
- Messages posted in the picked channel of the picked server.
- Posts from any member, bot or webhook, whatever their roles.
- The ticker, direction and action, from the message's embeds or its text.
What it skips
- Threads, other channels and DMs.
- Later edits to a message.
- Messages that fail the author or keyword filter.
Check the reading before you deploy
- The Alert format card on the strategy's Integration tab shows what Nyria would have traded from a past message.
- If the channel's messages show on that card, Nyria is reading the channel.
- Use one channel per strategy so alert rules, sizing and broker accounts stay separate.
Questions
- Does an edited Discord message trade?
- No. Post the alert as a new message.
- Does Nyria read threads?
- No. Threads, other channels and DMs are not read.
- Can a bot or webhook post the alert?
- Yes. Nyria reads messages from any member, bot or webhook.
- Is the keyword filter case sensitive?
- No. It ignores case, and so does the author filter.
- What does it cost?
- Paper is free. Live trading from $15 a month.
Next
- Paste an alert into the alert tester to see how Nyria reads it.
- Step by step for one account: how to automate Discord to Alpaca.
- Step by step for one account: how to automate Discord to Nyria Paper.
- Alert tester.
Guides
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Read guideTry a paper bot first
No card required. Paper is free. Live trading from $15 a month.