Knowledge Base · KNOWLEDGE BASE
Learn the terminal, one short guide at a time.
Ten beginner-friendly TradingView guides — reading charts, watchlists, quotes, alerts, and desktop vs web — each one something you can do in the next ten minutes.
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Your first ten minutes in the TradingView terminal
Open a chart as a guest, type BTCUSD to jump to any symbol, set a timeframe, save it to a watchlist, add one indicator. A working setup in under ten minutes.
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How to actually read a candlestick chart
Stop reading candles as just green or red. Learn what the body, wick, and timeframe actually tell you about who won each period on a TradingView chart.
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Reading the quote: OHLC, % change, bid and ask
Decode the TradingView chart legend line by line: what O/H/L/C mean, why % change follows the previous close, and how bid, ask and spread really work.
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Which chart timeframe should you actually use
Match the chart timeframe to how long you hold, read bias top-down, and stop flipping intervals mid-trade. A concrete guide with real TradingView numbers.
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Building a watchlist you will actually use
Add symbols from the + field, keep it to 8-12, group by market, flag your radar names, and sort by %change. A watchlist you read in 15 minutes, not one you ignore.
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Setting your first price alert (and why it beats staring)
Right-click the price axis, choose Add alert, set Crossing a price, pick where it fires. Turn hours of staring at BTCUSD into one notification you can trust.
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Crosshair and measure: read a chart exactly
Use the TradingView crosshair to pin exact price and time, drag the Measure tool for change, percent and bar count, snap drawings with magnet mode, and mark levels.
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Make the chart yours: type, scale, theme and layout
Switch chart type, flip log vs linear scale, set a dark theme and candle colours, toggle the grid, then save it as your default layout on TradingView.
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Desktop, web or mobile — which TradingView to use
Pick the right TradingView app for the job: desktop for the session, web when you're on someone else's machine, mobile for alerts. Same charts, one synced account.
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Stocks, forex and crypto on one screen
Put BTCUSD, EURUSD and AAPL in one TradingView watchlist and compare them side by side. Learn why the clocks differ and why a flat symbol may just be closed.