# TradingViewToTradovate

> Independent, plain-English guide to connecting TradingView to Tradovate for automated futures trading. Covers webhook alerts, JSON payloads, automation bridges, setup steps, risk controls and FAQs. Not affiliated with TradingView or Tradovate.

TradingViewToTradovate is an educational resource, not a broker or trading system vendor. Content is fact-checked against primary TradingView, Tradovate and NFA/CFTC sources. Futures trading carries substantial risk of loss; nothing here is financial advice.

## Core guide

- [How to connect TradingView to Tradovate](https://tradingviewtotradovate.com/): Full walkthrough — why direct order execution isn't possible, and how a webhook + automation bridge routes TradingView alerts to a Tradovate futures account.
- [How it works](https://tradingviewtotradovate.com/#how-it-works): The signal → webhook → bridge → broker order flow explained.
- [Setup guide](https://tradingviewtotradovate.com/#setup): Six-step, no-code setup (about five minutes) with an example JSON alert payload.
- [Risk controls](https://tradingviewtotradovate.com/#risk): Strategy, technical and prop-firm rule risks, plus stops and daily loss limits.
- [FAQ](https://tradingviewtotradovate.com/#faq): Answers on webhooks, paid plans, JSON messages, regulation, prop firms and multi-account trading.

## Key facts

- TradingView cannot send automated orders to Tradovate directly; it requires a webhook plus a middleware bridge.
- Webhook alerts are a paid TradingView feature (Essential tier or higher).
- A cloud-hosted automation bridge executes trades even when your computer is off.
- Tradovate clears through NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC — a CFTC-registered Futures Commission Merchant and NFA member — with access to CME, CBOT, NYMEX and COMEX.
- Strategy alerts expose order-aware placeholders such as {{strategy.order.action}} and {{strategy.order.contracts}}; indicator alerts do not.

## Optional

- [PickMyTrade](https://pickmytrade.trade/): An example of a no-code automation bridge referenced in the guide.
- [TradingView webhook docs](https://www.tradingview.com/support/solutions/43000529348-how-to-configure-webhook-alerts/): Primary source on configuring webhook alerts.
- [Tradovate](https://www.tradovate.com/): Official Tradovate futures platform.