Sending automated trade signals

NOTE: This is an optional feature for advanced users.

Many of our customers enjoy chart.observer without automating their trades. But for those who are already using technical analysis tools and charting indicators, we provide a place for you to test those trading signals against near real-time price data^[1]. Your chart observer webhook URL is a unique API endpoint that accepts signals from other places, like Tradingview for example. For the remainder of this tutorial, we will be using Tradingview as an example of the of the buy/sell signal originator. Be aware that any tool will work in a similar way, so long as it can format the message correctly.

The steps required to automate trades is explained in detail, across several of our Knowledge Base articles. But here is the basic idea:

• You are using a charting tool or system outside of chart.observer
• That tool or system has buy and sell alerts configured to your liking
• The alert notification can be sent to a URL called a “webhook” or API endpoint
• You give it the unique URL that we provide you under our “Webhook URL” page^[2]

Tradingview Example

In this very basic example, we will simply use a horizontal line to trigger our trade alerts. While this can be a very common and useful approach, please note that you can initiate alerts with much more sophisticated indicators and strategies.

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_{[1] Trial accounts get pricing data that is up to 15 minutes delayed. Paid subscription accounts get near real-time price data and a very extensive list of tokens
[2] You must be logged in to your chart.observer account to see your unique webhook URL}