TradingView is a charting platform and social network. Investfly is a hosted automated trading platform: visual rules and Python, backtests, virtual portfolios, and eligible broker connections—without moving your account into a charting product. Investfly is not affiliated with TradingView.
TradingView is built for charts, Pine Script, alerts, community ideas, and trading from selected brokers. Investfly is built so the universe, entries, sizing, schedule, and exits live in one inspectable strategy—then you backtest, observe a virtual portfolio, and separately authorize an eligible connected account.
| Job | Investfly | TradingView |
|---|---|---|
| Primary product | Hosted automated trading platform: no-code configuration and Python strategies in one runtime. | Charting platform and social network with Pine Script, alerts, and chart-side broker trading. |
| Authoring | Visual strategy builder plus a bounded Python SDK. The same strategy model across markets. | Pine Script, built-in indicators, and community scripts attached to charts. |
| Testing | Historical strategy backtests and virtual portfolios before any live authorization. | Pine strategy simulation uses a broker emulator. Manual paper trading and chart replay are separate tools. |
| Live path | Connect an eligible brokerage account. Funds stay at that broker. | Manual chart-side trading through selected brokers; Pine automation needs a separate alert/execution workflow. |
| Markets in one workspace | Stocks and ETFs, options structures, spot crypto, futures, and forex, with asset-native controls. | Global multi-asset charting. Automation is chart- and alert-centric rather than a hosted multi-asset strategy schema. |
Yes, when the missing piece is a hosted strategy workspace. TradingView remains the charting and Pine environment. Investfly authors, tests, and deploys the strategy, then connects an eligible broker if you choose.
No. Many workflows keep TradingView for charts and use Investfly for automation. Investfly does not replace a charting network and does not import Pine Script.
A full strategy: universe, position sizing, schedules, exits, historical backtests, and a virtual portfolio—plus the option to connect an eligible live account without moving custody into Investfly.
Reviewed October 14, 2026 against TradingView Pine Script Strategies FAQ. Competitor facts are documentation-based; we did not test a signed-in competitor account. Investfly evidence uses actual product screens and public rule snapshots. Plans, providers and instrument eligibility can change.
Start with SMA(20) above SMA(50) on five-minute AAPL/META bars; also specify rising-edge behavior, position size, protection, staged closes and limits. Customize the template, inspect its backtest and paper-deploy to observe the entire lifecycle.
Inspect SMA CrossOver, use Customize to save a private draft, and review every setting before running it.
| Reported historical period | Matched closed-trade records | Last completed run |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 to 2026-10-09 | 15 | 2026-10-10 |
Historical simulation, not live performance. Partial closes may create multiple matched records. The run uses available history; its dates can change as data refreshes. Inspect costs, fills, missing data and warnings in the full report. These settings demonstrate software behavior, not a recommended strategy.
TradingView’s Pine strategies simulate orders with a broker emulator. Pine cannot directly place orders in TradingView’s connected broker or built-in paper account; alert/webhook execution involves a separate workflow. Keep TradingView when Pine research, charts and drawings are central.
Investfly does not import Pine Script, synchronize TradingView drawings or promise TradingView webhook compatibility. Recreate the rule using visual controls or supported Python and retest data timing and execution. Live connections require Elite and broker eligibility.
To evaluate the Investfly route, review plan limits and total cost, data and fill assumptions, and virtual deployment and monitoring. Premium/Elite supply continued backtesting and automation; Elite supplies live broker connections.
Start from a template or build the universe, conditions, and risk inputs yourself.