Strategy Builder

Introduction

The TradeSgnl Strategy Builder is a customizable TradingView Pine Script that lets you create, test, and automate trading strategies directly in TradingView. It generates alerts that can be sent to your TradeSgnl EA for automated execution.

Key Benefits:

Getting Started

To get immediate access to the Strategy Builder, navigate to the Strategy Builder page in your portal, enter your TradingView username, and click Get Access. This will instantly add the Strategy Builder to your TradingView account under invite-only scripts.

Open a TradingView Chart. Log into TradingView using the account with the username you provided during your TradeSgnl subscription. Open any chart of your choice where you want to apply the strategy.

Click Indicators in the Top Toolbar. Locate and click on the "Indicators & Strategies" button in the top toolbar (or press the / key as a shortcut) to open the indicator browser.

Navigate to Invite-only Scripts. In the indicator browser, look for the "Invite-only Scripts" section. Here you'll find the TradeSgnl Strategy Builder that has been shared with your account. Click on it to add it to your chart.

Automate Any Indicator

Any TradingView indicator that displays Buy and Sell signals can be automated using the Strategy Builder. This walkthrough demonstrates the complete process using the popular Supertrend indicator as an example. The same technique works for any indicator with signal plots.

Add the Strategy Builder and Your Indicator. First, add the TradeSgnl Strategy Builder to your chart from the Invite-only Scripts section. Then add the indicator you want to automate. In this example, we're using the Supertrend indicator with its default settings.

You'll see the indicator plotted on your chart. For Supertrend, this appears as a green line during uptrends and a red line during downtrends, with Buy and Sell arrows at trend reversals.

Open the Data Window to Identify Signal Plots. The secret to automating any indicator is the Data Window. Open it from TradingView's right sidebar (the icon looks like a list). This window shows you the exact plot values of every indicator on your chart.

Hover your cursor over the chart and watch the Data Window. When you hover over a candle where a Buy signal appeared, you'll see the indicator's "Buy" plot showing a numerical value while the "Sell" plot stays empty (shown as n/a or blank). When the trend flips to a Sell signal, the values swap.

Write down the exact names of the Buy and Sell plots you see in the Data Window. You'll use these when configuring your conditions in the Strategy Builder.

Configure Your Entry Conditions. Open the Strategy Builder settings and navigate to the entry conditions. Configure both Long and Short entries using the signal plots you identified:

Long Entry 1

• Source A: Select your indicator's Buy plot (e.g., "Supertrend: Buy")
• Operator: Greater Than
• Use Custom Value: Enable this option
• Custom Value: 0

Short Entry 1

• Source A: Select your indicator's Sell plot (e.g., "Supertrend: Sell")
• Operator: Greater Than
• Use Custom Value: Enable this option
• Custom Value: 0

This tells the Strategy Builder to trigger entries whenever the respective plot has any value greater than zero, which happens exactly when your indicator gives a signal.

Once configured, you'll notice the Strategy Builder plots its own entry and exit arrows directly on your candles. This powerful feature lets you visually verify your logic is 100% correct and matches your indicator perfectly before you ever take a live trade.

Automatic Position Management

By default, TradeSgnl handles position management automatically. When a Sell signal is triggered, it will automatically close any open Buy trade before opening the new Short position, keeping you perfectly synced with the trend.

Copy the Strategy Builder Preset from the Syntax Generator. Open the Syntax Generator in the TradeSgnl Portal. Configure your entry signal: select your license, symbol, risk, and any optional parameters like SL/TP.

Click "Strategy Builder Preset". This generates your complete config with both long and short signals auto-mirrored, including TP/SL exit messages.

Paste into Strategy Builder and Create Alert. In TradingView, open the Strategy Builder settings and paste into the "Signal Preset" field. A confirmation table appears on the chart showing all parsed messages.

Then create a TradingView alert: set the webhook URL and alert message placeholder. See the Setting Up TradingView Alerts section below for details.

Entry Conditions

The TradeSgnl Strategy Builder allows you to create sophisticated entry conditions for both long and short positions. You can define up to four different conditions for each trading direction and combine them using logical operators.

Condition Structure

Each entry condition follows the same structure and consists of the following components:

• Source A: Primary data source (indicator, price data, or other value).
• Operator: Comparison operator (crosses above, is greater than, etc.).
• Source B or Value: Secondary data source or a custom numerical value.

Condition Operators

Available condition operators in the Strategy Builder

Available Data Sources

One of the most powerful features of the Strategy Builder is the ability to use virtually any data source available on your TradingView chart:

• Price Data: Open, High, Low, Close, HL2 (High+Low/2), OHLC4, and other price aggregations.
• Technical Indicators: Moving Averages, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, Stochastic, custom indicators, etc.
• Volume Data: Volume, Volume MA, On-Balance Volume, and other volume-based indicators.
• Custom Values: Fixed numerical values for thresholds (e.g., RSI > 70, Price < 100).

Combining Multiple Conditions

You can define up to four separate conditions for each trading direction (long/short) and combine them using logical operators:

Logical operators for combining conditions

Example Entry Condition Scenarios

1. Moving Average Crossover

Long Entry Condition: Fast MA (e.g., MA 10) crossing over Slow MA (e.g., MA 50).

Configuration:

• Source A: MA 10
• Operator: Crossing Over
• Source B: MA 50
• Logic: Single condition (others disabled)

2. RSI With Trend Confirmation

Long Entry Condition: RSI crosses above 30 (oversold) AND price is above 200 EMA (uptrend confirmation).

Configuration:

• Condition 1:
  • Source A: RSI
  • Operator: Crossing Over
  • Source B: Custom Value (30)
• Condition 2:
  • Source A: Close
  • Operator: Greater Than
  • Source B: EMA 200
• Logic: AND (both conditions must be true)

The same condition structure applies to both long and short entries, but typically with inverted operators (e.g., crossing over for longs, crossing under for shorts).

Exit Conditions

The Strategy Builder allows you to create flexible exit conditions separate from your take profit and stop loss levels. This gives you the ability to exit positions based on technical indicators or price action signals.

Exit Condition Structure

Exit conditions follow the same structure as entry conditions but are specifically designed to close existing positions:

Only Exit on Profit Option

Exit Condition Examples

Here are some common exit condition setups:

Take Profit & Stop Loss

The Strategy Builder provides flexible take profit (TP) and stop loss (SL) settings that can be configured independently for long and short positions. Unlike conditional exits, take profits and stop losses are fixed price levels calculated when a position is opened.

TP/SL Configuration Structure

For each position direction (long/short), you can configure:

• Enable/Disable: Each TP and SL can be individually enabled or disabled.
• Type: Multiple calculation methods for determining the exact TP/SL levels.
• Value: The specific numeric value to use with the selected calculation type.
• Indicator Source: When using Indicator type, the specific indicator to use as the TP/SL level.

TP/SL Types

The Strategy Builder supports five different methods for calculating take profit and stop loss levels:

Alert Messages

Alert messages are the text sent to the TradeSgnl EA when a strategy condition is triggered. Properly formatted alert messages are essential for the EA to execute trades correctly based on your strategy signals.

Signal Preset (Recommended)

The fastest way to configure all alert messages is using the Signal Preset field. This copies your entire signal config from the portal, including License ID, entry, exit, and TP/SL messages for both long and short directions, in a single paste.

Manual Fields

If you prefer to set alert messages individually, you can paste the full signal syntax from the portal's syntax preview into each field under "Long Messages" and "Short Messages". These fields are only used when the Signal Preset field is empty.

Alert Message Format

The Syntax Generator builds these for you, but here's the format for reference:

Format:

LicenseID,SYMBOL,ACTION,risk=VOLUME,sl=SL,tp=TP,comment=TEXT

Entry example:

5643048533453,EURUSD,buy,risk=0.01,sl=30,tp=60

Exit example:

5643048533453,EURUSD,closebuy

Setting Up TradingView Alerts

Once you've formatted your alert messages, you need to create TradingView alerts to send them to your TradeSgnl EA. Follow these steps to set up your alerts correctly:

Click the Alerts Button. Find and click the 'Alerts' button located at the top of your TradingView chart interface. This will open the alert creation dialog where you can set up your strategy alerts.

The alert button appears in the top toolbar of any TradingView chart and has a bell icon.

Configure Alert Condition. In the Settings tab, from the Condition dropdown menu select TradeSgnl Strategy Builder. This ensures that alerts will trigger based on your strategy's signals. You can set other options like Interval and expiration.

Configure Alert Message. Click on the Message tab within the alert dialog. In this tab, you'll configure the alert name and message.

In the Message field enter the following:

{{strategy.order.alert_message}}

This variable will automatically insert the correctly formatted message for any trigger (entry, exit, TP/SL).

Using {'{{strategy.order.alert_message}}'} as your alert message creates a single alert that works for all signal types (entries, exits, TP/SL). The strategy automatically fills in the correct signal format based on which condition triggered the alert.

Set Up Webhook. Click on the Notifications tab within the alert dialog. Check the Webhook URL option.

Enter the following URL:

https://webhook.tradesgnl.com

Click Create to save the alert.

Alert Testing Recommendations

Before relying on your alerts for live trading, follow these best practices: