TradingView Platform Explained: Features, Benefits & How to Use It with FxPro

TradingView is one of the most widely used and respected charting and trading platforms in the world, offering advanced tools for market analysis, trading strategy development, and community engagement. Whether you're a beginner exploring the basics of technical analysis or an experienced trader running complex strategies, TradingView provides an intuitive and powerful environment to support your decisions.

Originally developed as a browser-based charting tool, TradingView has evolved into a comprehensive platform where traders can access live charts, technical indicators, financial news, trading ideas, and much more, all from a single interface. Its flexibility, accessibility, and global reach have made it the preferred choice for over 100 million traders worldwide.

TradingView’s popularity is driven by a combination of usability, performance, and versatility. Here are some of the key benefits that have attracted traders and investors across all levels:

TradingView is fully cloud-based, which means your charts, layouts, and indicators are stored online and accessible from any device, including desktop, tablet, or mobile, without the need to install separate software. You can start a chart on your laptop and continue analysing it later from your phone.

The platform is known for its clean and intuitive interface. You can easily fully customise your charts, add indicators with a few clicks, or draw trendlines and patterns with precision. Even first-time users can quickly navigate the platform and begin charting effectively.

TradingView supports a wide range of asset classes, including forex, stocks, indices, commodities, cryptocurrencies, and more. This broad market coverage makes it an ideal tool for traders who diversify their strategies across different instruments.

Real-time market data and price alerts ensure you never miss an important market move. Traders can set price alerts for any asset and receive notifications via email, SMS, or in-app pop-ups.

At the heart of TradingView is its powerful charting engine. The platform offers a wide range of chart types, including candlestick, bar, line, Heikin Ashi, Renko, and others. These charts are visually clean and highly responsive, updating in real time across multiple devices. Traders can zoom in on price action, add overlays, and compare multiple instruments in a single view or across a multi-panel layout. Whether you're focused on short-term volatility or long-term trends, the flexibility of the charting system makes it suitable for any trading style.

TradingView includes a vast library of technical indicators; over 400 built-in options such as RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, moving averages, and Ichimoku Cloud. Beyond these, users have access to thousands of custom indicators developed by the TradingView community. All indicators can be fully customised, and for advanced users, TradingView’s scripting language, Pine Script^TM, allows for the creation of entirely new tools tailored to individual strategies.

The platform provides a comprehensive suite of drawing tools for manual analysis. Traders can mark up charts with trend lines, channels, Fibonacci retracements, support and resistance levels, Elliott Waves, and much more. These tools are easy to use and help visualise important price zones, patterns, and trade setups. Everything drawn on a chart is saved to the user’s account and remains accessible across devices.

For traders who want to go beyond standard tools, TradingView’s Pine Script^TM is a game changer. This scripting language allows users to code their own indicators, alerts, and strategies from scratch or modify existing ones. The platform’s public script library is also a valuable resource, offering thousands of scripts shared by other traders that can be studied, tested, or adapted.

TradingView’s built-in strategy tester enables users to backtest their ideas against historical data. The tool provides in-depth performance metrics such as win/loss ratios, drawdown levels, and net profit, helping traders evaluate the effectiveness of their systems before risking real capital. Additionally, the bar replay feature lets users scroll through past price action and simulate trading decisions in a controlled environment.

Traders can analyse instruments across different timeframes simultaneously. Whether you’re comparing the 5-minute and daily charts or watching several markets at once, the layout can be tailored to your needs. You can sync timeframes, indicators, and drawings across charts, making TradingView highly efficient for managing multiple strategies or tracking correlated assets.

TradingView’s alert system is one of the most advanced in the industry. Users can set alerts based on price levels, technical indicator signals, drawing tool conditions, or even custom scripts. These alerts can be sent via email, push notification, SMS, or webhook, allowing traders to stay informed and act quickly without having to be glued to their screens.

TradingView supports smarter trading decisions by integrating real-time news headlines and a global economic calendar into the platform. Events such as central bank meetings, inflation data, and employment figures can be viewed alongside the relevant assets, helping traders understand both technical and fundamental influences on price movements.

A major advantage of TradingView is its ability to connect directly with live brokerage accounts. FxPro clients, for example, can now link their cTrader accounts to TradingView, allowing them to trade directly from the chart interface. This integration brings together TradingView’s analytical capabilities and FxPro’s fast, reliable trade execution, providing a seamless end-to-end trading experience.

One of TradingView’s unique features is its built-in social network, which fosters an active and engaged trading community.

Users can publish trading ideas, follow other traders, and join discussions on market movements. The platform encourages transparency and collaboration, allowing traders to learn from each other’s successes (and mistakes).

Many professional traders and influencers use TradingView to share their charts and market outlooks, helping others better understand price action, market structure, and risk management.

This collaborative aspect turns TradingView from a charting platform into a dynamic learning environment, especially valuable for new traders seeking insight and inspiration from experienced market participants.

FxPro clients can now connect their cTrader accounts directly to TradingView, combining the best of both platforms: TradingView’s world-class charting tools and FxPro’s award-winning trading infrastructure and excellent trading conditions.

Here’s how it works:

1. Log in to TradingView: Create or log in to your TradingView account at tradingview.com.

2. Select a Market: Choose the instrument you want to trade from FxPro’s wide range of available markets, including forex, indices, commodities, and cryptocurrencies.

3. Click ‘Trading Panel’: At the bottom of the TradingView interface, click the ‘Trading Panel’ tab and find FxPro listed as a supported broker.

4. Log in with cTrader: Use your FxPro cTrader login credentials to securely connect your live or demo account.

5. Trade Directly from the Chart: Once connected, you can open, manage, and close trades directly from your TradingView chart using the integrated trade ticket.

This integration is ideal for traders who rely on technical setups and visual confirmation. In one place, you can analyse the market using TradingView’s powerful tools and execute trades seamlessly.

TradingView has redefined how traders interact with markets. Its powerful charting tools, intuitive design, and active social community make it invaluable for anyone serious about trading. With FxPro’s cTrader integration, clients can now fully take advantage of TradingView’s capabilities while benefiting from FxPro’s deep liquidity, fast execution, and reliability.

Whether you're a seasoned trader or just getting started, TradingView with FxPro gives you the tools and the confidence to take your trading to the next level.