TradingView Strategy Builder

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.

Get instant access to TradingView scripts from the Strategy Builder page

Access the Strategy Builder

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.

Click the Indicators & Strategies button

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.

Find the TradeSgnl Strategy Builder in your invite-only scripts

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—but the same technique works for any indicator with signal plots.

Complete Walkthrough

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.

Supertrend indicator added to chart alongside the Strategy Builder

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.

The Data Window reveals which plots have values when signals occur

Tip

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

Select your indicator's Buy plot as Source A for Long entries

Enable Use Custom Value and set it to 0 to trigger on any signal

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.

The Strategy Builder plots arrows on your chart to verify your logic matches your indicator

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 Signal 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 "Copy Signal Preset" — this generates your complete config with both long and short signals auto-mirrored, including TP/SL exit messages.

Configure your strategy, then click "Copy Signal Preset"

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.

Paste your config into the Signal Preset field

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

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.

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

Visual representation of a trading condition structure

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

Selecting data sources from TradingView indicators and price data

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

Example Entry Condition Scenarios

Visual example of configuring multiple entry conditions in the Strategy Builder

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).

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:

Exit conditions use the same structure as entry conditions

Only Exit on Profit Option

The "Only Exit on Profit" option prevents exits during drawdowns

Exit Condition Examples

Here are some common exit condition setups:

Example of configuring a trailing moving average exit condition

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.

Complete Take Profit and Stop Loss section overview in the Strategy Builder

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:

Take Profit and Stop Loss configuration in the Strategy Builder

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.

Click "Copy Signal Preset" in the Syntax Generator to copy your full signal config

Paste the config into the "Signal Preset" field in your Strategy Builder settings

A confirmation table appears on the chart showing all parsed alert messages

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:

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

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

5643048533453,EURUSD,closebuy

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.

The alert button in TradingView's top toolbar

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.

Setting the alert condition in the Settings tab

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).

Configuring the alert message in the Message tab

Tip

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.

Configuring the webhook URL in the Notifications tab

Alert Testing Recommendations

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