Alerts

Alerts send whale trades that match your rules to Discord or Telegram in real time. Set up a channel once, build a rule or two, and Polywhaler pings you the moment something interesting happens.

What free gets, and what Pro adds#

Every account, free included, gets the daily digest: one message a day with the largest whale trades Polywhaler saw, delivered to whichever channels you have connected. Sports and esports are left out of it, matching the Home feed default.

Pro adds custom rules: your own filters, evaluated continuously, delivered the moment a trade matches rather than once a day. The rest of this page is about those.

Connect a channel#

Alerts go to Discord or Telegram. You can use one or both. Both live in the Channels card at the top of the Alerts page.

Note

There is no email or SMS alert channel. Discord and Telegram are the two delivery channels Polywhaler supports.
The Alerts page with Discord and Telegram channel cards, the daily digest, and the custom rules section.
The Channels card. Telegram connects through the shared Polywhaler bot; Discord takes a webhook URL you paste in.

Telegram#

  1. Click Connect Telegram. It opens a chat with the Polywhaler bot.
  2. Tap Start. That is the whole setup. The Alerts page notices and updates itself, so you do not have to come back and paste anything.

You do not create a bot, and you do not handle a token. The link carries a one-time code that ties that Telegram chat to your account.

Discord#

  1. In your Discord server, open Server Settings, then Integrations, then Webhooks, and create a new webhook. Copy its URL.
  2. Paste it into the Webhook URL field on the Alerts page.
  3. Click Test. A test message should land in the channel.

Using your own Telegram bot (advanced)#

The older setup still works, behind Use your own bot instead under the connect button. Create a bot through @BotFather, send it any message so it can identify your chat, then paste its token into the Telegram section to verify. Polywhaler picks up the chat ID automatically. There is no advantage to this unless you want alerts arriving from a bot you control.

Build a rule#

Each rule has a source (which whales to watch) and a set of filters (which of their trades qualify). Hit Add rule in the Rules card to create one.

  • All tracked whales: every whale Polywhaler sees. Best for catching market-wide signals.
  • My watchlist: only the whales on your Watchlist. Quiet inbox, high signal.
  • Specific wallets: paste up to 25 wallet addresses for a single rule. Good for tracking one well-known trader or a small cluster.

Filter the noise#

Every rule supports the same filters. Most of them are optional. Stack them to narrow the rule down to exactly the trades you care about.

  • Category: all, crypto, politics, economy, world, tech, culture, science, sports, or esports.
  • Minimum trade size: the floor in USD. All tracked whales rules require at least $10,000. My watchlist and Specific wallets rules have no required minimum — leave it at $0 to fire on any size, or set your own.
  • Side: buys, sells, or both.
  • Impact level: low, medium, or high. The impact score blends trade size, market significance, and probability shift.
  • Insider risk: low, medium, or high. Use high to catch only the trades that score 70+ on the insider model.
  • Probability range: a min and max on the implied probability at trade time. Useful for catching big bets on long-shot outcomes.
  • Time to expiry: 0DTE, this week, this month, or longer term. Late-cycle bets are often the most interesting.
  • New wallets only: trip the rule only on wallets that are new to Polymarket. Useful for spotting fresh insider accounts.

Limits and management#

  • You can have up to 10 rules at one time. Toggle a rule off if you want to pause it without deleting.
  • A single Specific wallets rule can hold up to 25 wallet addresses.
  • Edits are live the moment you save. There is no draft state, so test on a quiet rule first if you are changing thresholds aggressively.
  • Turning every custom rule off still leaves the daily digest running. Switch that off separately in notification preferences.

Three rules to start with#

  • Insider sweep: source All tracked whales, insider risk High, side Both. Catches the most suspicious trades across the whole feed.
  • Watchlist heartbeat: source My watchlist, no other filters. Every trade from a whale you trust, in real time.
  • Big money only: source All tracked whales, minimum trade size $100,000. The volume-only signal, no other noise.

Tip

Start with one rule and watch your Discord or Telegram for a day. If you are getting too many pings, tighten the filters. If you are getting none, loosen them.