MT4 Frustrating Alerts - Defaults Possible?

 

Does anyone know why we can't set default alerts profile in MT4?

Each time I set an alert I have to change the settings notification, timeout, iterations, selecting the audio file and then add a 2nd alert just to get a mobile notification.

I monitor over 30 instruments and this is just painful. 

Alerting could be improved 100x just by allowing a user to set defaults. I've checked MT5 and it's exactly the same.

Also where does it save the Alert user data file? Can this file be exported to another terminal?

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  1. narco: Also where does it save the Alert user data file? Can this file be exported to another terminal?

    “«DataFolder»/profiles/alerts.ini”. It's a binary file, so it won't help you.

  2. narco: Each time I set an alert I have to change the settings notification, timeout, iterations, selecting the audio file and then add a 2nd alert just to get a mobile notification.

    Create a script or indicator that monitors an hline and does the work for you.