1. Send SMS via Email
Computers for traders are designed as communication hubs. Yet many traders end up communicating from the small screen of their mobile devices, texting clients and colleagues. Sometimes they might even have to send the same message to multiple people (but one at a time) and end up re-typing. Instead of typing a message on a small cell phone screen, you can easily send a text message (SMS) from your trading computer by sending an email to an address of this format:phone_number@carrier_texting_domain
Sending to an address in this format will deliver the text message to the intended mobile phone number. For example, say you want to send a text message to your colleague at this mobile phone number: 213-555-0555. And say you know that said colleague uses AT&T as their mobile service provider. You should address your email to 2135550555@txt.att.net. Here are some of the most popular carrier SMS domains:- AT&T SMS domain: @txt.att.net
- Boost Mobile SMS domain: @sms.myboostmobile.com
- Sprint SMS domain: @messaging.sprintpcs.com
- T-mobile SMS domain: @tmomail.net
- U.S. Cellular SMS domain: @email.uscc.net
- Verizon SMS domain: @vtext.com
- Virgin Mobile SMS domain: @vtext.com
- AT&T MMS domain: @mms.att.net
- Boost Mobile MMS domain: @myboostmobile.com
- Sprint MMS domain: @pm.sprint.com
- T-Mobile MMS domain: @tmomail.net
- U.S. Cellular MMS domain: @mms.uscc.net
- Verizon MMS domain: @vzwpix.com
- Virgin Mobile MMS domain: @vmpix.com
2. Send SMS from an Apple Platform
If both your trading computer or laptop and your mobile device are Apple products, then you can use iMessage to cross-connect the devices. Here are the steps to set up iMessage on your mobile device to forward SMS messages to your trading computer:- Make sure your Apple trading computer and your iPhone are signed on with the same iCloud account and are connected to the same WiFi.
- Go to your iPhone’s (or iPad’s) Settings > Messages > Turn on iMessage.
- Click on Text Message Forwarding > Select your trading computer.
- Your trading computer will pop up a code that you will have to enter on your mobile device.
3. Send SMS from an Android Platform
Google has created a messages page for Android devices to let you text from your trading computer via the internet. Here are the steps:- Go to https://messages.android.com
- On your phone, open the Messages app and tap on the three dots icon to select “Messages for web”
- Scan the QR code shown on the web page to connect your trading computer and cell phone.