🔔 Alert Message Overview

Alert messages are essential! The connection between your TradingView alerts and Trade Sender relies on alert messages. To ensure Trade Sender understands your intent, your TradingView alerts must send correctly formatted messages with instructions in the proper syntax.

📢 Important notes:
- You can now send free-form messages through Telegram and Discord! Just only limit at 512 characters length.
- The formatting tools are now intended exclusively for MetaTrader connections, as these still require a strict message format to ensure trades are processed correctly.

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💪🏼 What You Can Do with Alert Messages

With the right message format, Trade Sender can perform nearly any action you need, including:

• Opening new positions
• Placing market or pending orders
• Canceling orders
• Closing positions — fully or partially
• Modifying orders or positions using filters
• Setting breakeven
• Enabling trailing stop
• …and more

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📘 How to Learn Message Syntax

Alert messages are important, and you need to write them correctly for Trade Sender to understand your instructions.
However, you don't need to learn the syntax manually because we provide the Message Tools, which allows you to generate messages correctly with just a few clicks.

If you are still curious about the syntax or prefer not to rely on the Message Generator, here are links to get started:

• Buy/Sell syntax — place a Buy or Sell order
• Close syntax — close positions using filters
• Cancel syntax — cancel orders using filters
• Update syntax — update tickets, orders, or positions

We designed the syntax to be simple, consistent, easy to remember, and easy to use. However, due to the power of alert messages, mastering the syntax may take some time.

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✅ Tips for Reliable Alert Messages

Follow these tips to ensure your alerts work smoothly and reliably across TradingView, Trade Sender, and your MetaTrader terminals, Telegram, or Discord:

1. Test with a Demo Account First
   If you’re unsure about your alert message content, always test it using a demo account to confirm that trades are received and executed correctly before going live.

2. Use the Message Generator
   Generate alert messages automatically with the Message Generator to save time and avoid typos or formatting mistakes.

3. Validate with the Message Parser
   Use the Message Parser to check your message syntax and preview the actions that will be executed, ensuring your alerts behave exactly as intended.

4. Check History Logs for More Details
   Review the History Logs section in your dashboard to view detailed information about any syntax or execution issues.

By following these simple tips, you'll enjoy consistent, accurate, and lightning-fast trade execution across all your connected platforms.