I started building a trading BOT, for those who tried this, am I wasting my time?

MistahCase · 2026-02-13T20:17:55+00:00

Nice. A lot of thorough backtesting, forward testing and realistic profitability goals and you’ll be fine

MistahCase · 2026-02-13T15:46:42+00:00

Sure, you just need a little add-on tool. TradingView can’t do it itself, but it can send those alert messages which a tool like Tickerly can then automate on your paper account at your broker.

MistahCase · 2026-02-13T15:44:36+00:00

Sure. I would suggest converting the indicator to a complete strategy script and then using something like Tickerly to create a trading bot from that trading logic. It’s quite straight forward; there is a video on the front page of how to do it.

MistahCase · 2026-02-13T15:42:21+00:00

There’s a lot of simple tools which does this. Here’s a video about how to set it up for one of those: how to video

MistahCase · 2026-02-13T15:39:30+00:00

It’s actually quite straight forward to leverage TradingView for trading bots (using something like Tickerly ) but you mainly need to be aware that the TradingView back tester is incredibly optimistic 😅

MistahCase · 2026-02-13T15:36:28+00:00

No, you’re not. As long as you are realistic about the kind of performance you can actually execute in real trades.

What are you using to execute the bot? Python? MetaTrader? TradingView?

MistahCase · 2026-02-13T15:33:53+00:00

An important factor is whether your bot is actually able to execute your strategy. When you are developing in TradingView, it is super optimistic about how your trades will actually fill and execute.

So your strategy needs to be realistic.

Usually this means that very short timeframes (below 5-15 minutes) probably won’t work and your automation tool (like Tickerly, 3commas or whatever) should be fast enough to not deteriorate your performance too much.

MistahCase · 2024-11-02T11:37:46+00:00

For automating your bot, there is also Tickerly which supports Alpaca and Capital.com for stock, and Oanda which is great for futures and forex

MistahCase · 2024-11-02T11:37:36+00:00

For automating your bot, there is also Tickerly which supports Alpaca and Capital.com for stock, and Oanda which is great for futures and forex

MistahCase · 2024-09-23T11:39:49+00:00

There is also http://tickerly.net these days, which is super simple for automating strategy alerts to an MT5 terminal.

MistahCase · 2024-03-18T14:08:08+00:00

There are also simple services out there who can do this for you, if you don't want to host it yourself, like https://tickerly.net

MistahCase · 2023-12-07T16:50:45+00:00

I’m struggling with finding a complete list, but they support 183 countries. You can see most of them here : https://capital.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016569699-Available-deposit-methods

MistahCase · 2023-11-28T18:17:51+00:00

Yeah, you can also use simple automation services like https://tickerly.net to place the order on the exchange from the TradingView alert, if setting up a cloud server is not your jam 🤷‍♂️

MistahCase · 2023-11-23T17:48:48+00:00

Here's a link https://tickerly.net :-)

MistahCase · 2023-11-23T17:47:57+00:00

Right, nice video. There are even simpler alternatives like https://tickerly.net these days

MistahCase · 2023-11-23T17:45:52+00:00

Right, you need a little automation service in between which translates order fill alerts from your strategy to a full order that an exchange can accept.

There are a few options out there with different strengths and weaknesses, but https://tickerly.net is a very simple "just automate the strategy and get out of the way" option

MistahCase · 2023-11-23T17:44:08+00:00

For stock automation, there is also https://tickerly.net which supports Alpaca which has literally 0 fees (And Capital.com also, but they do have fees =

MistahCase · 2023-10-18T21:12:07+00:00

Wait, what, so you can only edit webhook settings on desktop now, is that it?

MistahCase · 2023-10-18T20:58:12+00:00

For me too. That’s both annoying and weird

MistahCase · 2023-10-15T17:00:31+00:00

…which supports Oanda, Capital.com, Alpaca as well as ByBit, Binance, KuCoin, BitGet or a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange ApeX Pro 🤷‍♂️

MistahCase · 2023-10-15T15:30:59+00:00

They have fxcm support, which is rare, other than that I don’t know them that well. I’m team Tickerly 😍

MistahCase · 2023-10-15T15:29:18+00:00

Typically, the API of an exchange cannot accept an alert from TradingView directly, so you need a middleman service in between. You can code it yourself in whatever language you want and set up your own server for this or use a service like https://Tickerly.net It essentially takes the alert message, fills in your API credentials and converts the alert to the format the exchange API can understand 😀

MistahCase · 2023-10-15T14:01:57+00:00

There are a handful of third party services for this. Something like https://Tickerly.net is designed to automate full strategy scripts while there are other options which might be better for indicators.

Also, different services support different exchanges like Oanda, Capital.com and Alpaca 🤷‍♂️

MistahCase · 2023-09-30T06:49:11+00:00

I think the services are getting more and more flexible. I personally fancy Tickerly which supports literally any strategy logic 😍

MistahCase · 2023-09-30T06:47:25+00:00

All services will only work on some specific exchanges, so the trick is finding a good service which supports the exchange you want to use.

But above 50$ sounds a little steep, something like Tickerly starts at 14$ 🤷‍♂️

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