Your watchlist is the personal list of symbols Optionomics treats as "the names you care about". It powers the live watchlist strip in the left rail, the My symbols view of the Calendar, email digests, and the watchlist-only alerts.

Adding and removing

• On any Stock Workspace page, click the star icon in the header to add or remove the symbol.
• Bulk-edit via the Subscriptions / Email preferences page when re-organizing.

What changes when you add a symbol

• The rail's watchlist strip shows its price, and the Strategy Builder offers it as a one-click chip.
• Email digests (Daily Market Summary, Whale Trades, Weekly UOA) pin your watchlist at the top.
• A few alert templates default to "watchlist only" — they only fire on the names you watch.

Tips

• Keep it tight. 5–15 names usually beats 50: the page stays scannable and the digests stay useful.
• Don't over-curate by sector — a mix tends to give more signal because the cross-sector spread shows up clearly.
• Remove names you stop trading. The watchlist is a working set, not an aspirational list.

Related

• Custom Alerts can be limited to your watchlist with a single toggle.