Step 1

Use forex symbols on TradingView

Choose the forex symbol you want to route to MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5.

Step 2

Add your Pine strategy to the chart

Open Pine Editor, add or paste your strategy, then press Add to chart.

TradingView strategy on chart — Strategy on chart

Step 3

Create a TradingView strategy alert

Verify backtest results in Strategy Tester, then create an alert for buy/sell events.

Step 4

Set alert message and webhook URL

Paste JSON from the template below or use the Message Generator. Add your TradeAdapter webhook URL from your profile page.

TradingView webhook notification — Notifications

Step 5

Monitor signals on MetaTrader MyTrades

If orders do not appear in MT4/MT5, check the MetaTrader MyTrades page for execution status.

JSON

TradingView alert message template

What the Expert Advisor does and how the pieces fit together: TradingView to MT5 and MT4 automation.

{
  "mt_trading_account": "Put here your MT4/5 Trading Account Number",
  "platform": "metatrader",
  "time": "{{timenow}}",
  "ticker": "{{ticker}}",
  "order_type": "Market",
  "order_contracts": "{{strategy.order.contracts}}",
  "order_action": "{{strategy.order.action}}",
  "order_price": "{{strategy.order.price}}",
  "target_type": "none/percentage/pips",
  "stop_loss": "Put SL value like 0.1 / 0.01 / 0.002",
  "take_profit": "Put TP value like 0.1 / 0.01 / 0.002",
  "market_position": "{{strategy.market_position}}",
  "market_position_size": "{{strategy.market_position_size}}",
  "prev_market_position": "{{strategy.prev_market_position}}",
  "prev_market_position_size": "{{strategy.prev_market_position_size}}",
  "strategy_number": "1"
}

Note: order_contracts must be in lots. Recreate the alert whenever you change Pine strategy parameters.