TradingView alerts to broker orders: a webhook guide for Indian traders

TradingView can call a webhook URL whenever an alert fires. A trading platform listening on that URL can turn the alert into orders in your accounts.

The message

Use TradingView placeholders so the alert carries the strategy's action and size:

{
  "secret": "YOUR-SECRET",
  "action": "{{strategy.order.action}}",
  "symbol": "{{ticker}}",
  "quantity": "{{strategy.order.contracts}}"
}

For futures and options it is usually clearer to send lots instead of quantity, for example "lots": 2.

Exits

Send "action": "EXIT" to square off the symbol in every account linked to the webhook, rather than calculating the opposite quantity yourself.

Duplicates

Alerts can be delivered twice. A good receiver ignores the same alert within a few seconds and logs it as a duplicate instead of doubling your position.

Security

• Keep the secret private — anyone with the URL and the secret can place orders.
• The receiver should store only a hash of the secret and log every attempt, including invalid ones.
• Alert orders should pass the same lot, price-band, kill-switch and risk checks as manual orders.

Requirements

TradingView needs a public HTTPS address and a paid TradingView plan that supports webhooks. Test the whole flow on paper accounts first.