Push notifications seem to be the buzz on the iPhone recently.  It alerts iPhone users immediately when certain conditions are met at an app even when the app is not being used.  During iPhone stock trading, streaming apps such as iStock Manager may drain up battery power very quickly if it is kept on all the time.  Furthermore, gluing your eyes to streaming stock quotes to wait for a stock price to fall or climb to a certain number probably may not make the best use of your time.

With push notifications, constant checking of stock quotes may be a thing of the past for frequent traders and nervous investors on the iPhone.  Etrade Mobile Pro iPhone app can push stock alert notifications to your iPhone within seconds of your stock reaching its target price.  You can then open Etrade Pro immediately to watch the price action or trade the stock right on the App.

To start using push notification on Etrade Mobile Pro, push notification must be turned on for your iPhone.  On your iPhone home screen, go to Setting –> Notifications-> Mobile Pro to turn on all notification settings.

Notification Settings within the Etrade Pro app also must be turned on.  Once you are in the Etrade Pro app, scroll right to the Settings icon.  Touch the icon and make sure your Stock Alerts is turned on.

To set a stock alert, go to Quotes.  Enter the stock quote you wish to follow, the touch the Set Alert icon on the bottom left.  You can set multiple stock alerts of your choice.  Just set the price you wish to be notified, then touch the set alert icon to finish setting a price.  Repeat if you wish to be notified for other price targets.

Etrade Mobile Pro’s push features require that you have an account with Etrade.  So if getting stock alerts via iPhone’s push notification is important to you, you know what to do.

iPhone users will no longer have to envy Blackberry users for mobile real time streaming stock quotes and trading. The iStockManager App brings real time stock streamer to the iPhone.  However, iStockManager currently only supports users with Ameritrade accounts. Thus to active real time quotes, users must have an Ameritrade account.

It is an essential iPhone app for those who want to keep a constant tab on their portfolio.  With the market making big movements up and down in the matter of minutes, the default Yahoo Stock App just doesn’t cut it. Apple investors and traders want to know what their stock is worth now, not the price 20 minutes ago!

The iStockManager is really a comprehensive mobile trading platform for the iPhone.  Not only does it provide streaming quotes and trading on Apple’s popular touch screen cell phone, it displays level 2 quotes.  If the investor is awarded Level II quote access by Ameritrade, Level II quotes allows traders to see the more details on buyer and seller information close to the current stock price.  Real time charts is also available to help investors and traders gain more insight on their investments.

Finally, real stock trading on this iPhone app is extremely simple.  On the top right of individual stock quotes and charts pages, there is a “Trade Me” button.  When pressed, it brings the user to the trading interface with most the text boxes prefilled.  This page can also be accessed through the “Trade” button on the bottom.  There is even a streaming quote on the top in the trading interface for traders to keep a close tap on the stock price while entering orders.  After entering the orders, just click on place order, enter your password, and the trade is ready to be active in the open market.

The iStockManager is a must have for investors.  It should replace the native Stock App that came with the iPhone.  Who needs delayed quotes when they can get real time quotes with a touch of the finger!

Update:  Currently there is no stock alert push notifications for Ameritrade via iStock Manager.  However eTrade offers stock alert push notifications via its Mobile Pro app.  If you need push notifications immediately when your stock hits a certain price, you may want to check out eTrade’s app.