TRADINGVIEW ALERTS TO QUANTOWER TRADE COPIER

 

This is the user guide for 'TradingView Alerts to Quantower' trade copier.

Reminders:

1. This copier consists of 

- 'TVBridge' TradingView bridge app - 

that locally fetches TradingView alert at Chrome browser

- 'TVQTCopier' copier bot for Quantower - 

that receives alert signals from TVBridge and then places copy order at Quantower

This copier uses local Chrome browser to fetch TradingView alert signal and then copies trades to Quantower. No webtrader is required.

This adhoc approach requires Windows 10 or 11 or Windows Server 2016 or above environment. 

Kindly be aware this Quantower copier bot uses Quantower API to design.  The working hierarchy is: Quantower copier bot -> Quantower API -> Third party data-feed vendor plugins.  This bot has no visibility how Quantower API interacts with those data-feed vendor plugins.  However it will seamlessly output the order entry or exit execution results at log window from Quantower API.

2. This copier can work on both futures and forex brokers or prop firms or support multiple accounts of different brokers or prop firms.

3. If a TradingView strategy order flow is:

trade action: long -> short -> long -> short -> short

its net lot position shown on TradingView backtest drawing will be:

1 -> -1 -> 1 -> -1 -> -2

1 -> -1 should be 1 -> 0 -> -1 but TradingView strategy auto close the prior opposite position without waiting for a close signal.

as such, to comply with TradingView signal flow, this copier will do the following

- when receive a new long signal from TradingView alert signal

- to check if any open short position at Quantower first

- if yes, close all short positions at Quantower

- then open a new long order to Quantower

vice versa for short signal

4. Besides futures Rithmic and DxFeed connections, Quantower provides connections with various crypto exchange futures, InteractiveBrokers (IBKR), LMAX, etc.  You could refer to 'Leverage Quantower To Expand Platform Coverage' article: https://boolapi.blogspot.com/2025/02/leverage-quantower-to-expand-platform.html

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Installation

- TVBridge - TradingView bridge app

1. Unzip 'TVBridge.zip'.  It has to run on Windows 64-bit OS (e.g. Windows 10 or 11 or Windows Server 2016 or above)

2. Fill in your license key at 'config.ini' file inside that unzipped folder

for instance

license_key=wallstreetbulls

You could set chrome browser height, width, sound option at this config.ini file as well.  

Save that config.ini file

* If you don't have Chrome installed at your computer or VPS, please install Chrome in advance.

3. Run 'TVBridge.exe' and wait for 'Ready to start' message appears.  Then click 'Start' button.

It will print a reminder message at the bridge log window:

'Have enabled a new session of special mode of Chrome.  Please login your TradingView account at that Chrome.  To click 'Start' button again will close that Chrome'. 

It will initiate a new session of special mode of your Chrome browser with Tradingview home page. 

Please login your tradingview account at that Chrome window.

If you're using TradingView gmail account, please log in at the 'Email' section other than 'Google' section of TradingView page.

If you have any concern on this login method, you could enable TradingView 2FA login.

Please keep one TradingView chart opened when you receive alerts.

Enable your indicator or stragegy alert at the indicator menu by selecting 'Add alert on xxxxx'

This copier is to fetch TradingView alert popup.  Please ensure you've selected 'Show toast notification' at that alert setup window.

4. Back to Quantower side.  

Unzip TVQTCopier.zip and move that unzipped folder to below folder:

[your Quantower install folder]/Settings/Scripts/Strategies/

Note: If you install Quantower by their default path, Quantower folder should be at your computer 'Desktop' folder.

Note: If you install Quantower by their default path, Quantower folder should be at your computer 'Desktop' folder.

At Quantower, click the Quantower icon at chart upper right (circled in red at below screenshot) and select 'Strategy Manager' (circled in red at below screenshot)

At 'Strategy Manager', click + sign and choose 'TVQTCopier'.  if you cannot see it, restart your Quantower.

At that bot setting window, select Quantower account and symbol you want to copy to.  If you want to copy to other symbols or accounts, just add this copier bot and set different symbol or account.

Set 'TradingView symbol name' that generates signal to your target Quantower symbol.

Lot mode - 'fixed lot' and 'follow lot info from Tradingview'.  default is 'fixed lot' that will use the input at 'fixed lot' variable

Close trade by opposite signal - default is enabled.  this copier will close the opposite trades first when receiving a new signal.

Max Lots Of This Symbol - restrict the total max lot of that Quantower account symbol.

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Below are the explanations of TradingView signal parsing variables at copier bot:

long_keywords - buy,long,up,bullish,bull

If any keyword is included at TradingView alert text, it will be treated as NEW LONG signal.  Modify it or add with comma separator

short_keywords - sell,short,down,bearish,bear

If any keyword is included, it will be treated as NEW SHORT signal.

exclude_trade_keywords - close,exit

If any exclude keyword is included, it won't be treated as new trade signal.

close_long_keywords - closebuy,closelong,close buy,buy close,close long,long close,exit buy,buy exit,exit long,long exit

If any keyword is included, it will be treated as CLOSE LONG signal.

close_Short_keywords - closesell,closeshort,close sell,sell close,close short,short close,exit sell,sell exit,exit short,short exit

If any keyword is included, it will be treated as CLOSE SHORT signal.

close_all_keywords - close,exit

If any keyword is included, it will be treated as CLOSE ALL signal.  The priority of match sequence is lower than previous two.

tv_lot_text_tag - Lot:

If lot_mode set to 'follow lot info from Tradingview', copier will parse out the lot value with this header text

e.g.

BUY, Lot: 0.02

0.02 will be parsed