Step 1: Introduction to Pine Script

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Overview of Pine Script

Pine Script is a domain-specific language for creating custom technical analysis tools on TradingViewarrow-up-right. It allows you to create your own indicators and strategies to visualize market data and backtest trading strategies.

Setting Up

  1. Create a TradingViewarrow-up-right Account: Go to TradingViewarrow-up-right and sign up for a free account.

  2. Navigate to Pine Editor: Once logged in, open a chart and find the Pine Editor at the bottom of the screen.

Your First Script

Let's start with a simple example that plots the closing prices of a stock.

//@version=5
indicator("My First Script", overlay=true)
plot(close, title="Close Price", color=color.blue)
  • //@version=5: Specifies that we are using Pine Script version 5.

  • indicator: Defines the script as an indicator with a title "My First Script".

  • plot: Plots the closing prices on the chart in blue.

First Script

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