--- title: "Price Spike Alerts" id: product/price-spike-alerts section: product canonical: https://umbrafeed.com/en/products#price-spike-alerts publisher: Umbra updated: 2026-08-31 --- # Price Spike Alerts Detect sharp price movements in real time The Splash service monitors abnormal price movements across every exchange Umbra tracks. When a token suddenly moves beyond a configured threshold within a given time window, you get an instant alert, whether it's a pump or a dump. ### How it works Splash analyzes real-time trade streams from all connected exchanges. It tracks rolling price windows at multiple intervals and detects when the percentage change exceeds your configured sensitivity. A 7% spike on SOL/USDT within 5 minutes on Binance futures? Alert. A 12% dump on a micro-cap on MEXC spot within 3 minutes? Alert. Each notification includes the exchange, market type, percentage change, time window, start price, and current price. ### Technical detail The detection engine uses sliding time windows rather than fixed intervals. This means a spike that starts at minute 2:30 and ends at minute 7:30 is still caught, even if no single 5-minute candle shows the full move. Multiple detector versions run in parallel, each tuned for different volatility regimes. Short windows (1-5 min) catch flash moves. Longer windows (15-60 min) detect sustained momentum shifts. ### Features - **Pump & Dump Classification** — Every alert is tagged as pump (upward) or dump (downward). Filter for only the direction you care about. - **Multi-Window Detection** — Short-term (1-5 min) and long-term (15-60 min) windows run simultaneously. Catch flash spikes and sustained moves. - **Per-Exchange Sensitivity** — Set different thresholds per exchange. A 5% move on Binance is significant. A 5% move on a low-cap MEXC pair is noise. - **Volume Anomaly Context** — Alerts include volume context so you can distinguish organic moves from thin-market noise. ### Use cases - **Momentum Context** — An alert on the first leg of a move surfaces the event quickly. On high-volume pairs the initial spike often indicates genuine demand; on thin pairs it may just be a single market order. The alert is informational — what to do with it is your decision. - **Mean-Reversion Context** — Spike alerts also indicate overextension. Multi-percent short-window moves are partially mean-reverting on average across large samples, but any individual spike can extend further or fail to retrace at all. Educational context, not a trading recommendation. - **News-Driven Move Detection** — Major news often reaches price before it reaches a news feed. A sudden cross-exchange synchronous move can indicate a market event in progress. Umbra surfaces the event through its sub-second pipeline; interpretation and action remain yours. ### Configurable options - Global minimum threshold (default 7%) - Per-exchange percentage ranges - Market type filter (spot, futures, DEX) - Direction filter (pump/dump/both) - Token blacklist - Telegram delivery toggle ### FAQ **How is this different from a price alert on my exchange?** Exchange price alerts trigger on fixed price levels ("alert me when BTC hits $100K"). Splash detects percentage-based anomalies across time windows ("alert me when any token moves 7%+ in 5 minutes on any exchange"). It's monitoring the entire market, not a single asset. **Can I detect spikes on DEX tokens?** Yes. Umbra monitors AMM pools on Ethereum, BSC, Solana, and Base. DEX spikes are often the most dramatic because pool liquidity is thinner. **Won't I get flooded with alerts on volatile days?** The global minimum threshold (default 7%) and per-exchange sensitivity controls prevent alert fatigue. You can also blacklist tokens that are known to be volatile noise. --- Source: https://umbrafeed.com/en/products#price-spike-alerts (Umbra, reviewed 2026-08-31). Umbra publishes read-only market monitoring and data; it holds no funds, connects to no exchange accounts and places no orders, and nothing here is investment advice.