TradingView to TradeStation Automation Platform

How do you automate TradeStation with a TradingView webhook, in 4 steps?

1. 1

   Connect your TradeStation account.

   Create a PickMyTrade account and connect your TradeStation account, live or paper. Set your default risk controls, such as stop-loss, take-profit, and position size.

2. 2

   Generate your webhook URL and alert message.

   In PickMyTrade, generate the webhook URL and the alert message for your buy, sell, and close signals. PickMyTrade writes the message for you, so there is no code to figure out.

3. 3

   Format the alert in TradingView.

   In TradingView, open your strategy or indicator, create an alert, delete the default alert text, and paste the PickMyTrade message. Set the webhook URL in the alert's Notifications tab. Webhook alerts require a paid TradingView plan (Pro, Pro+, or Premium), because free TradingView accounts cannot send webhooks.

4. 4

   Go live.

   Fire a test alert on a short timeframe, confirm the order in your PickMyTrade alert log and in TradeStation, then enable the alert. From here, every TradingView alert routes to TradeStation automatically.

What does a TradingView to TradeStation webhook look like?

You never write this by hand. PickMyTrade generates the webhook URL and the alert message for you; you copy them into the TradingView alert box. Here is what a simple buy alert looks like once PickMyTrade has built it for you:

{
  "symbol": "AAPL",
  "action": "buy",
  "quantity": 10,
  "order_type": "market",
  "token": "your-pickmytrade-token"
}

That is the whole TradeStation webhook setup: a URL and a short message, both generated for you. Change "buy" to "sell" or "close" for your exit alerts, and set the symbol and quantity to match your strategy. The same pattern works for stock, options, and futures symbols on TradeStation. Because the message is plain text, you can read exactly what each alert will do before it ever reaches your account.

What can you automate on TradeStation?

PickMyTrade is built to do more than fire a single order. On TradeStation you can automate:

• Market and limit orders, plus stop orders, straight from your TradingView alert.
• Position sizing your way: a fixed quantity, or a size based on your own risk rules.
• Stop-loss and take-profit attached automatically to every entry.
• Multiple TradeStation accounts from one signal, so a single alert can place the same trade across each connected account at once.
• Stocks, options, and futures, all through the same no-code alert flow.

This is what makes TradeStation automation practical for real strategies, not just demos. You set the rules once in PickMyTrade, and every TradingView alert follows them. If you also trade with prop or funded accounts, note that copy trading and automation rules vary by firm and change over time, so always confirm your firm's current policy before you go live.

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Related guides and next steps

New to webhook trading? Start with the TradingView automation hub for the big picture, then come back here to wire up TradeStation. Trading other markets too? PickMyTrade also connects TradingView to Interactive Brokers and other supported brokers. If you are weighing platforms, our Interactive Brokers vs TradeStation comparison breaks down the differences, and the TradeStation FAQ and the automated stock trading page answer the setup questions traders ask most.