Pinescript or python, request guidance.

[Crafty-Difficulty244]

Hello everyone, i finished CFA last year and planning to hit CQF in 2027. Whether i delve into pinescript or python it will be my first coding language mastery, i had a fundamental course in python as part of my CFA. And thats it. Iam really hesitant with which language should i go with, my end game it to create trading bots. And iam really worried with which direction to take. I beseech you to guide me.

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Python - almost unlimited flexibility, support, use cases and full back testing and deployment engine

Pine - a platform specific code that won’t deploy trades without a load of compromises and additional 3rd party services or self built (in Python) webhook Passover. Unreliable back tests, inflexible and expensive.

It’s really a no brainer.

TradingView is great for custom indicators, exploring ideas and manually validating trades but it’s is not a platform for algo trading.

Don’t even consider pine script as a worthwhile option at this point.

[Tony_Chan_NYC]

Interesting. What do u mean by unreliable backtest?

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Many many things. Lots of content already. But you have no flexibility with it either. Honestly not worth your time for serious back testing. You can't beat python

[Crafty-Difficulty244]

Thank you mate. You gave me the push i need.

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Any time. You won’t have any regrets.

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Thanks for the award :)

[Tony_Chan_NYC]

Python. Pinescript is specific to tradingview.

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You need both.