How to set everything up

Getting live takes three things working together: your algo on TradingView, a bridge, and a webhook alert that ties them to your broker. Follow the steps in order and you'll be trading on autopilot in about 15 minutes.

1Confirm your algo access on TradingView

2Set up your bridge to your broker or prop account

3Configure the webhook alert in TradingView

Confirm your algo access

Right after checkout we grant your TradingView username access to the strategy — there's nothing to download or copy-paste. It simply appears in your account.

Within 15 minutes of purchase, your strategy shows up under Invite-only scripts in the TradingView Indicators window. To load it onto a chart:

Open any chart and click Indicators in the top toolbar.
Select the Invite-only scripts tab.
Click your strategy (e.g. PS-F1) to add it to the chart.

TradingView's Indicators window on the Invite-only scripts tab, with the PS-F1 strategy listed and ready to add — FIG 1The Invite-only scripts tab in the TradingView Indicators window — your strategy appears here automatically.

Don't see it after 15 minutes?

Double-check the TradingView username you entered at checkout, then just — we'll fix it for you and grant access manually, usually within the hour.

Set up your bridge

TradingView generates the signal; your broker executes the trade. A bridge is the service that sits in between — it receives each TradingView alert and turns it into a real order on your account. Pick one of the two below. Both are fully supported.

ⓘThe bridge is a third-party service you sign up for separately — it is not included in your Plain Street subscription. We never get access to your funds; you stay in full control of every execution.

PickMyTrade

Popular for futures & prop firms. Supports Tradovate, Rithmic and more.

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TradersPost

Broad broker coverage across futures, stocks, options and crypto.

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Walkthrough for your chosen bridge

PickMyTrade

TradersPost

Create your PickMyTrade account and log in.
Go to Add Account and connect your broker or prop account (Tradovate, Rithmic, etc.). Follow the on-screen broker login to authorize it. When asked for the connection type, pick Demo for prop-firm and funded accounts — they run on demo infrastructure even though the payouts are real — and Live only for a real-money personal account.
Open the TradingView / Webhook section and copy your unique JSON message and webhook URL. You'll paste both into TradingView in Step 3.

PickMyTrade TradingView/Webhook screen with the Generate Alert form filled in for a Tradovate account — FIG 2PickMyTrade's webhook screen — generate the alert, then copy the JSON message and webhook URL for TradingView.

PickMyTrade showing the generated JSON alert message with its copy button — FIG 2PickMyTrade's webhook screen — generate the alert, then copy the JSON message and webhook URL for TradingView.

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Configure the webhook alert in TradingView

This is the connection that makes it live. You'll create one alert on the strategy and paste in the code from the bridge you set up in Step 2.

On the chart with your strategy added, open the Alerts panel (the clock icon on the right) and click Create alert.
Set the Condition to your strategy (e.g. PS-F1) so the alert fires on its signals — leave it on Order fills and alert() function calls.
In the Message box, paste the JSON message code from your bridge.
Open the Notifications tab, enable Webhook URL, and paste your bridge's webhook URL.
Click Create.

TradingView Create Alert dialog with the Condition set to the PS-F1 strategy — FIG 3The Create Alert dialog — condition on the strategy, bridge JSON in Message, webhook URL enabled under Notifications.

TradingView alert Message box with the bridge's JSON pasted in — FIG 3The Create Alert dialog — condition on the strategy, bridge JSON in Message, webhook URL enabled under Notifications.

✓

That's it — you're live.

Every signal is now sent to your bridge and executed on your account automatically — 24/7, even with your computer off.

TIP

Keep the alert running — if you delete it or let it expire, execution stops. On paid TradingView plans, alerts run on TradingView's servers, so you don't need your browser open.

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