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# Automating TradingView Strategy Alerts for Stocks and Futures

**Last Updated:** August 27, 2026  |  **Published:** May 15, 2025

## **Introduction**

Automating TradingView strategy alerts in TradeStation allows you to send real-time orders directly from your strategy or indicator alerts using PickMyTrade. This guide walks you through setting it up for stocks, futures, and options.

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## **1. Select TradeStation as Your Broker**

From the PickMyTrade interface, choose your broker as:  
**`TRADESTATION`**

This ensures that all generated alerts will be routed for execution into your connected TradeStation account.

![](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-78-1024x300.avif)

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## **2. Choose Strategy or Indicator Alert in TradingView**

Select the appropriate alert type based on your TradingView setup:

- **`STRATEGY`**: For alerts generated by a TradingView strategy (e.g., Supertrend Strategy, RSI Strategy). This uses the Strategy Tester and automatically triggers alerts when a strategy’s logic executes.
- **`INDICATOR`**: For alerts based on chart conditions (e.g., RSI crosses above 70). This does not use the Strategy Tester and is based on plotted conditions or alert functions.

![](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-79-1024x276.avif)

![](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-12-1024x149.png)

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## **3. Choose Asset Type for TradeStation Execution**

Pick the asset type that corresponds to your TradeStation instrument:

- **Futures** (e.g., MNQZ5, MESU5)
- **Stock** (e.g., AAPL, TSLA)
- **Options** (e.g., AAPL Call 210 May 17)

This tells PickMyTrade how to structure the trade format (contract vs shares, etc.).

![](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-80-1024x260.avif)

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## **4. Enter the TradingView Symbol for Strategy Alerts**

Enter the symbol used in your TradingView chart.  
Example: `MNQZ5` for Micro Nasdaq futures.

![](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-81-1024x272.avif)

> This field is **optional**, but becomes **mandatory** if you’re using:

- Stop Loss / Take Profit type = **Ticks**
- Stop Loss / Take Profit type = **Total Profit / Loss**

If the symbol is missing or incorrect, PickMyTrade may default to the chart symbol or fail to map orders correctly.

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## **5. Managing Exit Rules in Automated Tradestation Strategies**

Determine how exits will be handled in your strategy:

![](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-82-1024x414.avif)

### Option 1: No SL/TP (Strategy Controlled Exits) {#3-toc-title}

- Select this if your TradingView strategy fully manages entries and exits
- PickMyTrade will NOT place any Stop Loss or Take Profit orders
- All exits will be executed only when TradingView sends exit alerts

**Use this when:**  
Your strategy already includes complete exit logic

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### Option 2: Attach SL/TP to Orders {#4-toc-title}

- Select this if your strategy does NOT handle exits
- PickMyTrade will place Stop Loss (SL) and Take Profit (TP) with each entry

**Features:**

- Choose SL/TP type (percentage, price, Total Profit/Loss, etc.)
- Only **one SL and one TP per order** is supported

**Use this when:**  
You want simple, fixed risk management handled by PickMyTrade

> You can refer to the Stop Loss / Take Profit Types guide in PickMyTrade for exact formulas and examples.  [Click here .](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/docs/automating-tradingview-indicator-alerts-in-tradestation-for-stocks-and-futures/#11-toc-title)

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### Option 3: Multiple Exits (TP1, TP2, etc.) [#](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/docs/automating-tradingview-strategy-alerts-in-bybit-using-pickmytrade/#5-toc-title) {#5-toc-title}

- Select this if your TradingView strategy uses multiple take-profit levels
- PickMyTrade will NOT require SL/TP configuration
- All exits will be executed based on TradingView alerts

**Note:**  
When using multiple exits, SL/TP cannot be attached to the entry order.

**Use this when:**  
Your strategy scales out of positions (partial exits)

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## **6. Connect TradeStation Account for Automation**

#### **6.1 Adding a TradeStation Account in Your Current PickMyTrade Login**

![](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-75.avif)

| Field Name | Example Input | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PickMyTrade Conn. Name | TRADESTATION1 | The TradeStation connection name from your PickMyTrade account |
| TRADESTATION Acc. Name | TS001928 | The actual TradeStation account where trades should be sent |
| Option | Quantity Multiplier / Risk Percentage | Choose how trade size is calculated |
| Quantity Multiplier | 1 | If set to 2, all trade sizes will be doubled |
| Risk Percentage | 2% | Trade size is calculated based on 2% of account capital |

> Ensure these values match your saved TradeStation integration in PickMyTrade.

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#### **6.2 Adding a TradeStation Account from Another PickMyTrade Login**

Use this method if your TradeStation account is linked to a different PickMyTrade login.

![](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-76.avif)

| Field Name | Example Input | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PickMyTrade Token | abcd1234xyz | Token from the external PickMyTrade account you want to trade through |
| PickMyTrade Conn. Name | TRADESTATION1 | Must match the TradeStation connection inside that target account |
| TRADESTATION Acc. Name | TS002091 | Must match exactly as registered in TradeStation |
| Option | Quantity Multiplier / Risk Percentage | As explained above |
| Quantity Multiplier | 1 | All trade sizes are multiplied by this number |
| Risk Percentage | 2% | Each trade will risk 2% of the total account balance |

> Ensure token and connection name are valid, or trades will not execute.

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6.3 Generate Alert Code for Strategy Execution

Once all accounts are added and configured, click **Confirm & Generate Alert** button.

![](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-106.avif)

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## **7. Create and Automate TradingView Alerts via PickMyTrade**

Once you’ve configured everything in PickMyTrade, follow these steps in TradingView:

1. Copy the **alert message JSON**
2. Open **TradingView → Click “+ Create Alert”**
3. Paste the **alert message** into the **Message field**
4. Paste the **Webhook URL** provided by PickMyTrade
5. Set your alert condition and frequency
6. Click **Create Alert**

You’re done! Your TradingView strategy or indicator is now connected to your TradeStation account through PickMyTrade — ready for **automated, real-time execution**.

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## 8. Generate Alert {#block-c7cb1972-eb2c-4e6c-91ce-e423cf789825}

After generating the alert, you’ll receive a JSON payload.

![](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/image-77-1024x420.avif)

Next, follow the link below to learn how to set up your TradingView alert for automated trading:

**[Setting Up TradingView Alerts for Automated Trading](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/docs/setting-up-tradingview-alerts-for-automated-trading-with-rithmic/)**

## More Resources

Want to automate trades on platforms beyond Rithmic, such as Interactive Brokers, TradeLocker, TradeStation, or ProjectX?  
[Explore all PickMyTrade setup guides](https://docs.pickmytrade.io/docs/)

Using Tradovate instead?  
[View the Tradovate automation guide](https://docs.pickmytrade.trade/docs/)

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Last updated: **August 27, 2026**

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