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1. Open a strategy in the Strategy Library or your saved Strategy Lab result. Visitors can view a public saved test; sign in to download an eligible script.
2. Choose the Pine Script / TradingView export action. Read the pair, timeframe and Spot or Perpetuals market.
3. Select Download Pine Script or Copy Pine Script. Open a downloaded .pine file in a plain-text editor to copy its complete contents.
4. Keep Testing notes and Reference trades CSV with the original. They identify the period, costs, settings and individual trades.

1. Open Manage layouts → Create new layout in TradingView and give the walkthrough a recognisable name. Keep your existing layouts. If your plan’s saved-layout limit is reached, use a suitable existing workspace deliberately.
2. Use Open this pair in TradingView in the export window, or search for the exact Original chart: symbol in the source. Open this example chart .
3. Set the exported candle timeframe. The interval selector changes candle duration; the viewing-range buttons change how much of the chart is visible.
4. Use standard Candles. Keep one copy of this strategy visible so its settings, panel and report are easy to identify.

TradingView reference: Create, name and save a layout

1. Open Pine Editor. It can appear beside or below the chart, depending on your layout.
2. Open its script-name menu, then choose Create new → Strategy.
3. Click in the code editor, select all starter code and paste the entire export. Mac: ⌘A, then ⌘V. Windows: Ctrl+A, then Ctrl+V.
4. Check the first line is //@version=6 and the original-chart comment matches. WTFutures export version 7 still uses Pine language version 6; they are different version numbers.
5. Select Save and name the private strategy clearly, including the pair and timeframe.
6. Select Add to chart and wait for compilation. When editing the same existing instance, use its update-on-chart action rather than adding a duplicate.

TradingView reference: Pine Editor and script management

1. Open this strategy’s Settings → Inputs. Under History / Live, set Mode to History. Under Chart & test period, keep Match the saved Strategy Lab test checked.
2. Read its status panel. SETUP NEEDED means the original start is not loaded; INCOMPLETE means the required end is missing. Load the full UTC period before comparing.
3. Select this strategy’s Strategy Report. Open its trade list and compare the reference CSV: entry time, direction, exit time, quantity, costs and exit reason.
4. Record the comparison before changing rules, dates, sizing or costs. The public saved result and the current TradingView run can differ. Investigate mismatched trades while keeping the original settings as your baseline.

When more history is needed

Use chart date navigation or load earlier candles, then recheck the status panel. If available for your plan and market, a report date range or Deep Backtesting can calculate a longer period. Deep results appear in the report, not as the same markers on the visible chart. The source’s max_bars_back is a calculation buffer; increasing it does not download history or set the number of tested candles.

TradingView reference: Deep Backtesting and the visible chart

After checking History, select History + Live in Inputs. Keep the saved period, or deliberately choose another bounded Explore period. Set the custom Live capital and allocation described below.

See where the Live phase begins

The labelled amber vertical line marks the actual Live phase activation, not the first Live trade. It appears after the historical test has finished, the position is flat and the Live start has arrived. The actual activation can be later than the requested start; a qualifying signal is still needed for a trade. The marker is absent in History mode and while Combined is waiting. In Live-only mode, it marks the first completed candle in the active Live period at or after the effective start. Show Live start marker is on by default and can be switched off independently of the details panel and indicator lines.

Enter UTC dates in a UTC chart

Notes and status panels use UTC. TradingView’s time-input fields display the chart timezone, even when an older field says “UTC”. Select UTC before typing UTC dates. Changing timezone changes the display, not the stored instant; supplied timestamps do not need re-entry.

Refreshing and alert snapshots

Current scripts retain their fixed entry start when the chart reloads. TradingView alerts run a separate saved copy of the script and its settings. Changing the chart later does not update that copy—including switching the chart back to History. Stop the old alert and create a new one after changes. Matching start times prevents a moving-start mismatch, but feeds, available history and other settings must match too.

TradingView reference: Time inputs and chart timezone

TradingView reference: Recalculation and cached configurations

Combined Live calculates quantity at the signal candle’s close, using the allocation, account-currency conversion, instrument contract value and minimum quantity step. It rounds down. The market order normally fills at the next open, so a price gap changes the resulting position value. A quantity rounded to zero cannot open a trade.

New entries are submitted only while flat. With a Live position open, the panel also includes unrealised P/L and entry commissions already paid; it does not deduct an estimated future exit fee. This balance is a simulation, not your exchange wallet.

• Fees and slippage: read the source comment and notes. The export approximates percentage slippage by adding it to percentage commission, with zero tick slippage. Adding tick slippage introduces another assumption.
• Execution: preserve completed-close decisions, next-available fills, no every-tick or after-fill recalculation, no pyramiding and the exported Bar Magnifier setting for comparison.
• Currency: enter Live capital in the strategy account currency shown in Properties, which may differ from your wallet’s display currency.
• Margin: any enabled emulator margin constraints still apply. Custom Live capital does not fund its native account or override margin rules. Preserve the exported settings for the reference comparison.

TradingView reference: Strategy Properties and order sizing

1. Use Combined or Live mode deliberately. For matching chart and alert anchors, use the same fixed future entry start.
2. Open Create alert. In Condition, select this exact strategy instance, not chart price or another indicator.
3. Choose Order fills only where an event selector is offered. One strategy condition covers its entry and exit messages; do not add separate long and short indicator conditions.
4. Keep Enable Live trade alerts enabled in the settings captured by the alert. History orders stay silent. Combined permits alerts only after its Live handoff.
5. Check the included message, name, expiration and desired notifications. A connector requires its own verified setup; private webhook URLs belong in the intended private notification field, never in public screenshots.
6. Create the alert and inspect its active state and log. A new realtime order fill is required; historical fills are not replayed as notifications.

You can also open this form with Add alert beside the settings button in the Strategy Report. Review the Notifications destinations, including any saved webhook, and disable destinations you do not intend to use.

A fixed start and matching settings make the intended setup repeatable; they do not guarantee identical data or fills across separate calculations. Keep the TradingView alert log separate from any external connector’s receipt or execution log.

TradingView reference: Strategy fill events and alert snapshots

Keep one visible copy and check its title before opening settings or a report. A saved layout can contain several scripts; make sure the report belongs to this one. Save the layout after deliberate changes.