
The TradingView Community
Leveraging the social trading network to accelerate your learning and refine strategies.
TradingView isn't just the world's most advanced charting platform — it's the world's largest active financial community. With 100M+ traders across 180+ countries generating 5,300 publications every single day (that's 221 every hour, 4 every minute), TradingView has become the heartbeat of global financial markets.
The social layer transforms what would be isolated chart-reading into a powerful, collaborative intelligence engine. From publishing annotated trade ideas to building and sharing Pine Script indicators used by millions, the community is what truly separates TradingView from every other platform in existence.
The Scale of the Network — Global Reach
TradingView's community isn't a bolt-on afterthought — it's baked into the platform's DNA from day one. The social network connects traders, investors, and developers across every asset class and every timezone into one unified conversation.
Who has the best insight: one isolated Wall Street analyst, or one million sociable traders? TradingView bet on the latter — and the numbers prove it.
| Features | TradingView | Traditional Brokers |
|---|---|---|
| Community Focus | Real-time chart intelligence | Text-based opinions |
| Asset Context | Tightly coupled to live charts | Disconnected screenshots |
| Analysis Verifiability | Hit Play to see trade result | Hard to verify accuracy |
| Tool Sharing | 100,000+ 1-click Pine Scripts | Manual file sharing |
| Moderation standard | Strict rules against spam & signal selling | Commonly plagued by scams |
Every chart layout, indicator, and analysis on TradingView can be shared, discussed, and improved upon by the world's collective intelligence.
The 4 Pillars — Create, Share, Learn, Collaborate
TradingView structures its social experience around a cyclical ecosystem: Create analysis on live charts → Share your perspective publicly → Learn from feedback and others' setups → Collaborate to refine ideas. This virtuous cycle means the collective intelligence of the community grows stronger with every single interaction.
Create
- Build annotated ideas directly on live market charts
- Develop custom indicators and strategies with Pine Script v6
- Record video walkthrough ideas explaining your entire thesis
- Use 110+ drawing tools to annotate your analysis precisely
Share
- Publish ideas visible to 100M+ traders worldwide
- Context turns charts into actionable insights others can use
- Get featured in Editors' Picks for massive visibility
- Share via URL, embed on blogs, or post to social media
Learn
- Follow verified profitable traders and study their setups
- Watch how experts read price action and respond to risk
- Access the Educational Partner Network (Universities worldwide)
- Filter Education-tagged ideas for structured tutorials
Collaborate
- Exchange ideas with millions of traders globally
- Public and private messaging for real-time discussion
- Ideas improve when honest feedback happens
- Crowd-source setups for symbols you're analyzing
Trading Ideas — The Core of the Social Experience
Trading Ideas are TradingView's signature social feature. Any user can publish a detailed, chart-annotated market analysis — complete with trendlines, Fibonacci levels, support/resistance zones, indicators, and a written thesis — directly from their live chart.
Because the analysis is pinned to real market data, viewers can revisit your published idea months later and hit 'Play' to see exactly how the trade unfolded in real-time. This creates accountability — the market either validates or invalidates your published setup, for all to see.
Ideas are categorized into Trading Ideas (specific buy/sell setups) and Education Ideas (tutorials on patterns, indicators, or concepts). The Editors' Picks section features the highest-quality analyses curated by TradingView's editorial team, giving selected authors massive visibility across the platform.

TradingView Ideas feed — filtering for specific assets or analysis types.
Content Discovery Tools
- Trading Ideas: Specific buy/sell setups with entry, target, and risk levels
- Education Ideas: Structured tutorials on patterns, indicators, and strategies
- Video Ideas: Record screen-share walkthroughs explaining your analysis thesis
- Asset-Specific Filter: Find only ideas tagged with NSE:RELIANCE or BANKNIFTY
- Editors' Picks: Curated top-quality analysis featured platform-wide
Professional Tip
Instead of trading in isolation, filter public Ideas for your target asset (e.g., search 'NSE:RELIANCE' or 'Bank Nifty'). Studying how experienced analysts chart the exact same stock you're analyzing will dramatically accelerate your pattern recognition skills.
Minds — Real-Time Market Commentary
Minds is TradingView's integrated social media feed — think of it as a Twitter/X-like experience built specifically for financial markets. It acts as an asset-focused live chat where traders worldwide gather to discuss specific symbols in real-time.
Unlike traditional social media, Minds posts are anchored to market data. When you post a Mind about NIFTY, other traders following NIFTY see your comment in their feed alongside the live chart. This creates a powerful contextual layer that generic social platforms simply cannot replicate.
You can follow specific traders, like and reply to Minds, and build a personalized feed of market commentary from analysts whose judgment you trust.

The Minds feed anchors social chatter directly to live market charts.
Minds Features
- Short-form market commentary anchored to real market data
- Symbol-specific feeds — follow NIFTY, RELIANCE, BANKNIFTY discussions
- Follow/unfollow traders to build a personalized intelligence feed
- Like, reply, and engage in threaded discussion
- Real-time updates during market hours for live commentary
Minds transforms your TradingView into a live market intelligence feed — not just charts, but the crowd's real-time reaction to price action.
Community Scripts — 100,000+ Free Tools at Your Fingertips
TradingView hosts the world's largest open-source library of trading indicators and strategies — over 100,000+ community-created scripts. These range from simple moving average crossovers to sophisticated machine learning classifiers, AI-powered pattern detectors, and institutional-grade volume profile tools.
Every script is written in Pine Script® and can be added to your chart with a single click. Most are fully open-source, meaning you can read the code, learn from it, and modify it to suit your needs. The best scripts are featured in 'Editors' Picks' — a curated selection handpicked by TradingView's editorial team.
Open-Source Library
- 100,000+ free indicators and strategies published by the community
- 150,000+ total Pine Scripts (including invite-only and premium)
- Editors' Picks — the highest-quality scripts curated by TradingView
- Full source code visible for learning and adaptation
- One-click 'Add to Chart' — instantly apply any community script

Pine Script® Wizards — Masters of Chartcraft
The highest honor on TradingView is being named a Pine Script® Wizard. These are the all-time most creative, generous, and impactful Pine Script coders — personally selected by TradingView and celebrated on the dedicated Wizards page.
From math gurus who bend the reality of what Pine Script can do, to experienced traders who build practical day-to-day tools, to hardcore programmers who push the language's limits — Wizards represent the absolute best of the community.

Pine Script Wizards — recognized for extraordinary open-source contributions.
Notable Community Legends
- LazyBear: Considered the foundation of Pine Script with an enormous library of contributions
- LuxAlgo: Institutional-grade algorithms freely released to the community
- jdehorty: The pioneer of bringing machine learning models into Pine Script
- KioseffTrading: Known for stunning volume profile and statistical visualizations
- LucF: The mentor who shaped the Pine language and established quality standards
Professional Tip
Browse the published scripts of any Pine Wizard by visiting tradingview.com/pine-wizards/. Studying their code is the single fastest way to master Pine Script and understand what's possible on the platform.
Paid Spaces — Premium Indicators & Monetization
Paid Spaces is TradingView's built-in marketplace for premium, subscriber-only indicators and strategies from verified community authors. Creators can set monthly subscription prices, and subscribers get instant access to all scripts in that Space.
For creators, it's a path to sustainable income from their expertise. For subscribers, it's access to institutional-quality tools at a fraction of traditional software costs.

TradingView Paid Spaces marketplace for premium scripts.
Pricing Range Overview
- Entry Tier ($5 - $15/mo): Specific utility indicators, alerts suites, and UI enhancers
- Mid Tier ($30 - $50/mo): Complete strategy systems, pattern recognizers, and custom screeners
- Pro Tier ($100 - $200+/mo): Institutional algorithms, machine learning models, and complex quantitative setups
- Subscribers can cancel anytime — one subscription grants full access to all scripts in the Space
Paid Spaces transform Pine Script expertise into sustainable income — the most direct path from coding skill to financial reward in the trading world.
Pine Script Freelancers — Hire a Pro
If you have a custom indicator idea but lack the coding skills, TradingView's official Freelancer marketplace connects you with vetted Pine Script developers who can bring your vision to life.
Freelancers range from specialists in specific indicator types (volume analysis, harmonic patterns) to full-stack developers who can build multi-indicator strategy systems.
How It Works
- 1. Find Developer: Browse the marketplace of vetted Pine Script professionals
- 2. Submit Requirement: Provide your logic, math, or mockups directly in TradingView
- 3. Agreement & Escrow: Agree on a fixed price (usually $50 - $500 depending on complexity)
- 4. Delivery & Revisions: Receive your custom script and test it on live markets
The Leap — Risk-Free Trading Competition
The Leap is TradingView's flagship paper-trading competition where traders compete for real-money cash prizes using virtual portfolios. No real money or brokerage account is required — just skill, strategy, and execution.
Traders challenge others from around the world, track their performance on live leaderboards, and prove their strategies work against real market data. It's designed to be educational, competitive, and community-driven.

The Leap: TradingView's community paper-trading competition.
Competition Features
- Zero Capital Risk: Compete for real cash prizes with $0 personal risk
- 1-Month Sprints: Competitions usually run on a 30-day timeline
- Live Leaderboards: Track your rank globally in real-time
- Strategy Validation: Prove to yourself that your edge exists before risking real money
The Leap proves that trading skill is a meritocracy — anyone from any country can compete on equal footing.
Ways to Earn — $13 Million+ Paid Out
TradingView aggressively rewards its community members. To date, over $13 Million has been distributed through the Refer-a-Friend program, the Partner Program, and creator tools.
Between Paid Spaces subscriptions, Freelancer commissions, partner affiliate income, referral bonuses, and The Leap cash prizes, TradingView has created one of the most developed creator economies in the financial technology space.
Refer a Friend
- Earn rewards when friends sign up via your link
- Applies to both free and paid signups
- Part of $13M+ total paid to users
- Simple share URL — no complex tracking
Partner Program
- Affiliate income for content creators and educators
- Recurring commissions on referral subscriptions
- Dedicated partner dashboard with analytics
- Support for blogs, YouTube, social media promotion
House Rules & Moderation — Quality Control
TradingView maintains strict House Rules to ensure the community remains high-quality and constructive. Spam, signal selling, and misleading content are actively moderated by both automated systems and a dedicated team of community moderators.
This moderation layer is what separates TradingView's community from the noise on generic social media platforms. Ideas must contain genuine analysis — not just 'buy now' calls or promotional content.
Snapshot & Takeaways
Critical Warning
Publishing ideas with vague calls like 'NIFTY going up!' without analysis will be removed by moderators. Always include your reasoning, charts, and risk management in your published ideas.
TradingView Community for Indian Markets
For Indian traders specifically, TradingView's community offers a massive advantage. You can filter all Ideas, Scripts, and Minds by NSE, BSE, and MCX symbols — instantly finding analysis on Nifty 50, Bank Nifty, Reliance Industries, TCS, HDFC Bank, and every other actively traded Indian security.
Indian Pine Wizards like UDAY_C_Santhakumar have built tools designed for Indian market dynamics, including Supertrend variants, Indian market session indicators, and NSE-specific option chain analyzers.
Indian Market Focus
- Asset Search: Filter strictly by 'Exchange: NSE' or 'BSE'
- Index Analysis: Unmatched community coverage of NIFTY and BANKNIFTY
- Indian Educators: Hundreds of professional Indian traders publish daily
- Local Chat Rooms: Participate in real-time India-specific chat & Minds feeds
TradingView's community is truly global, but it has become the de facto standard for Indian retail traders — with more community analysis on NSE symbols than any other platform.
Professional Tip
Use the Ideas search bar with symbols like 'NSE:NIFTY' or 'NSE:RELIANCE' to find detailed Indian market analysis. Many of these ideas include multi-timeframe setups, Fibonacci levels, and support zones — ready-made templates for your own analysis.
Getting Started — Your First Steps
Here's the exact workflow to maximize your TradingView community experience from day one.
Community Success Workflow
- 1. Follow: Find 5-10 traders whose analysis style you respect (use Editors' Picks to find them)
- 2. Engage: Start commenting on and liking Ideas — ask questions directly on the charts
- 3. Publish: Post your first Idea — even simple support/resistance analysis counts
- 4. Script Discovery: Add 3-5 high-ranked community scripts and study their logic
- 5. Connect: Join Minds discussions on your most-traded symbols (NSE:NIFTY)
Publishing ideas isn't just about sharing — it's a discipline. Publicly committing to an analysis forces you to think more rigorously about every trade. The community feedback loop accelerates your growth 10x faster than trading in isolation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this topic
Open any chart on TradingView, add your analysis (trendlines, indicators, annotations), then click the 'Publish' button in the top-right corner. Choose between Trading Idea (specific buy/sell setup) or Education (tutorial). Add a title, description with your thesis, and select the privacy level. Your idea will be visible to 100M+ users and anchored to the live chart data so others can verify your analysis over time.
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Written By
Rohit Singh
Mr. Chartist
With 14+ years of experience in Indian financial markets, Rohit Singh (Mr. Chartist) is a SEBI Registered Research Analyst, Amazon #1 bestselling author, and the founder of Investology — a premium trading ecosystem trusted by a 1.5 Lakh+ strong community across India.
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