EA Setup – MetaTrader 4
Click ‘Download’ in the ‘Download EA’ section in Dashboard page
Click ‘Open data folder’ in MT4
Click on MQL4 in Data Folder; then click on Experts to place the file in Experts folder
Then click on Experts in MQL4 folder; paste the EA file in Experts folder
Paste the EA file in Experts folder
Click “Tools” → “Options”. Tick 'Allow automated trading', 'Allow DLL imports' and add following URL:
https://tradingviewlink.com
Ensure that ‘AutoTrading’ button is in green.
TradingView Link EA should be appeared.
Note: You only need to run the EA on one of the charts with any timeframe in order to trade all symbols in MT4.
Tick ‘Allow live trading’ and ‘Allow DLL imports’
For ID please input your webhook ID for TradingView Link. For other parameters, please refer to the ‘Documentation’ section.
For example, it is needed to input 65e5a5fc5ba53fa8264bb08f in the webhook ID field.
You need to set up webhook password first before sending alert messages from Telegram / TradingView. You can generate this password from the dashboard's settings section. Simply click on 'Add Secret' to generate the password.
Note: Please save the password as it will not be shown again. If you forget the password, you can delete the password and generate a new one. Changing the password will require setting up the Telegram bot and TradingView alert again.
If you would like to automate trading signals from TradingView strategies, you can copy the webhook URL in dashboard to TradingView alert section. For the syntax of TradingView alert messages, please refer to ‘Components of Alert Message’ section.
You may link your webhook ID with our Telegram bot in order to send and view trading messages via our bot. Type following message to our bot to activate it for your personal use:
/setup Webhook ID Password of Webhook ID
Following message will be replied if the webhook ID and password are correct:
Note: Once setup, it is not needed to fill in password for webhook ID when sending trading messages from Telegram
Example:
The alert sharing feature works for MT5 to MT5 / MT4 to MT4 account only. The availability of this feature is limited to the Pro plan. This feature allows you to share alerts sent to the webhook ID of the Pro plan with specific shared targets. You can configure these shared targets within your Pro plan account by clicking on the 'add' option in the Shared Target field found in the Alert Sharing section.
You will get a shared target ID. Input the shared target ID on the TradingView Link EA in the MT4 trading account that you would like to share your signal to:
Signals to the Pro account will be shared to the shared target onwards once setup.
Trading account with Pro account webhook:
Trading account with shared target ID:
To stop the alert sharing to this target, click ‘Remove’ in the Shared Targets field.