How to Reset Paper Trading TradingView

Resetting a TradingView Paper Trading account clears its transaction history, active orders, and open positions. Save any records you need first. If you want a separate test while preserving the existing account, creating another paper account may be a better fit.

Reset the intended paper account

1. Open Supercharts and connect Paper Trading from the trading interface. Current layouts may show a Trade button at the top right or the Trading Panel at the bottom. Confirm that the connection says Paper Trading, rather than a broker's live or demo account.
2. Select the paper account you intend to reset. This matters if you have several accounts or a separate competition account.
3. Open that account's settings or account-management menu and select Reset account.
4. Review the balance and other settings offered by the reset dialog. Choose only currencies and leverage values supported there; available choices can change.
5. Read the deletion notice, save the existing results if needed, then confirm. Check that positions and orders are empty and the new balance and account currency are correct.

TradingView's currency-change instructions explicitly describe reset as deleting history, active orders, and open positions. Do not use it merely to clear a chart or hide old markers.

What a reset does and does not test

The reset changes the selected simulated account. It is separate from deleting a chart layout, removing an indicator, or rerunning a Pine strategy in Strategy Tester. A strategy's simulated orders are not automatically placed in your Paper Trading account.

A realistic starting balance makes position-sizing practice more relevant, but does not reproduce live liquidity, slippage, borrowing costs, or the emotional consequences of losses. Treat a successful paper exercise as evidence about the tested workflow, not a guarantee of live results.

Preserve experiments before starting another

Record the account name, dates, starting balance, currency, leverage, fees, strategy version, and symbols. Save the order and performance records you need before resetting. Retain unsuccessful tests too; repeatedly deleting losses while keeping only a successful run would produce a misleading track record.

For side-by-side experiments, create separate accounts when available and keep their starting assumptions comparable. TradingView supports multiple accounts with different currencies. Resetting between every change is therefore not the only way to organize tests, and changing an instrument does not automatically require a reset.

Currency, leverage, and special accounts

To use another currency, TradingView documents two routes: create a new account with that currency, or reset an existing account and select it. Use the available list rather than assuming any cryptocurrency can serve as the account denomination.

Leverage settings describe simulated margin, not a fixed risk limit. Position size and price movement still determine gains and losses. Refer to TradingView's leverage guide for the current controls.

Competition accounts can have fixed parameters. TradingView warns that deleting a competition account loses its progress and prevents re-registering for the same competition. Do not apply ordinary reset advice to one without reading its rules.

If the reset option is missing

Check the selected connection and account type first. Open the account-management controls inside the trading interface, rather than general profile settings or chart settings. If your interface differs, consult TradingView's connection instructions and Help Center instead of trying unrelated live-account controls.

For comparisons with other simulators, review the data and execution limitations in the paper trading platform comparison.

Common questions

Can a reset be used to preserve trade history? No. Save the records beforehand or create another account instead.

Does it reset my broker account? These instructions apply to TradingView Paper Trading. A connected broker has its own account controls and policies.

Does a reset make two strategy tests comparable? Only if the other assumptions and observation periods are also controlled. A new balance alone does not produce a fair comparison.