TradingView Strategies
Brokers & Compatibility
Which brokers take TradingView stock, option and spread trades, and how order types, trading hours, sells and exits differ between them.
What each broker trades from TradingView
| Broker | Stocks | Options | Spreads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interactive Brokers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tradier | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Robinhood | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Charles Schwab | Yes | No | No |
The strategy editor only lists the brokers that fit the instrument you picked. Connect a broker on the Brokers page before you build the strategy.
Orders and hours
| Interactive Brokers | Tradier | Robinhood | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock orders | Market or Limit | Market or Limit | Market or Limit |
| Option and spread orders | Market or Limit | Market or Limit | Limit only |
| Pre-market and after-hours | Yes, with Allow extended hours | No | No |
| SPX spreads overnight | Yes, with Allow extended hours | No | No |
Stocks: what a sell alert sells
| Broker | A sell alert sells |
|---|---|
| Interactive Brokers | Only the shares this strategy bought |
| Tradier | The whole position at the broker |
| Robinhood | Up to the share count you set, or everything with a dollar size |
| Charles Schwab | The whole position at the broker |
Heads up
On Tradier and Schwab a sell alert also sells shares you bought yourself. Run a TradingView stocks strategy in an account you do not trade by hand.
Options: what Direction does
| Direction | Interactive Brokers | Tradier | Robinhood |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calls | Buy opens a call, sell closes it | Same | Same |
| Both | Flips between calls and puts | Flips between calls and puts | Buy opens a call, sell closes it |
| Puts | Sell opens a put, buy closes it | Buy opens a put, sell closes it | Buy opens a put |
Calls behaves the same everywhere. See Options Strategy.
Spreads
| Interactive Brokers | Tradier | Robinhood | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built from the live chain | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stop loss and take profit | Watched for you | Watched for you | Watched for you |
See Spreads Strategy.
Not supported from TradingView
- Crypto, futures, memecoins and prediction markets.
- Spreads on futures symbols such as
ES1!. - Options and spreads on Schwab.
- RSA. RSA trades come from the serverside feed. See How RSA Works.