Premarket High and Low Stock Notification System

A Python-based stock monitoring tool that sends real-time alerts when a stock's 5-minute candle closes above or below its premarket high or low.

Built using the Alpaca API for live stock data and integrated with Telegram for fast alerts.

🚀 What it does

• 🕔 Fetches premarket high/low for each ticker from 4:00 AM to 9:25 AM EST
• 📡 Monitors live 1-minute price bars using Alpaca WebSocket
• 🔔 Sends alert only when a 5-minute candle closes above/below the premarket levels
• 📬 Instant alerts via Telegram bot

📦 Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• A free Alpaca paper trading account
• A Telegram bot + chat ID (see setup below)
• API keys stored in a .env file