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.
Connect a channel
Alerts are delivered to Discord or Telegram. You can use one or both. Both live in the Channels card at the top of the Alerts page.
Discord
- In your Discord server, open Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → New Webhook and copy the webhook URL.
- Paste it into the Webhook URL field on the Alerts page.
- Click Test. If the channel is set up correctly, a test message lands in the chat.
Telegram
- Create a bot through @BotFather on Telegram and copy its token.
- Send any message to your new bot so it can identify your chat.
- Paste the token into the Telegram section and click to verify. Polywhaler picks up the chat ID automatically.
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. The minimum the rule will accept is $10,000.
- 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.
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.