Alert Builder

Make an alert

1

Open Alert Builder → New Alert

Every field has a small ? next to it - click it for an explanation with an example.

3

Get JSON → copy into TradingView

Step 1 is the webhook URL, step 2 the message. Paste both into your TradingView alert (see TradingView Alerts).

The fields, one by one

Action - what should happen

How big - lot size

Tip for the multiplier: fire one test trade, look at the lot size in MT5, and adjust until it matches what you want.

Take profit and stop loss

Both are optional, and each can be set three ways:

Multiple take profits (TP1, TP2, TP3)

Instead of one exit, close the trade in up to 3 steps. For each level type a distance in pips and how many lots to close there.

• •Example: buy 0.03 lot. TP1 20 pips close 0.01, TP2 40 pips close 0.01, TP3 60 pips close 0.01.
• •Move SL to entry after TP1 is hit: the rest of the trade can no longer lose.
• •Move SL to TP1 price after TP2 is hit: the rest of the trade keeps at least the TP1 profit.
• •The lots do not have to add up. Whatever is left stays open without a take profit.

Breakeven

When the trade is this many pips in profit (Trigger), the EA moves the stop loss to your entry price plus a small Offset, so the trade can no longer turn into a loss.

• •Example: buy EURUSD at 1.1000, trigger 15, offset 2 → at 1.1015 the stop moves to 1.1002.
• •Use Pips from entry for breakeven - the trigger and offset are always counted in pips.
• •A good start: trigger at about half of your take profit distance.

Trailing stop

Execution mode

Close Opposite and Flip are explained with pictures in Closing Trades. If you choose MT Native for a strategy alert, the builder warns you: every exit of your strategy would open an opposite trade instead of closing.

Magic number

A number stamped on every trade of this alert. Use one number per strategy - the entry alerts AND the close alerts of the same strategy must share it.

• •Quick picks under the field: reuse a magic your other alerts already use, or take the next free one.
• •Empty = the EA's default number. Fine if you run only one strategy on the terminal.
• •Close alert without a magic while other alerts use magics? The builder warns you before saving.

Your saved alerts

What the message looks like

You never have to type this, but it helps to recognise it:

{
  "licenseKey": "TB-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX",
  "symbol": "{{ticker}}",
  "action": "{{strategy.order.action}}",
  "size": "{{strategy.order.contracts}}",
  "size_type": "units",
  "lot_multiplier": "0.0001",
  "sl": "1", "sl_type": "percentage_distance",
  "magic": "5151",
  "execution_mode": "close_opposite",
  "tv_username": "yourname"
}

Every field is listed in Signal Syntax.