So you want to draw some horizontal lines on your TradingView charts? Good news - it's actually pretty straightforward once you know the basics. I remember when I first started with Pine Script, I thought drawing lines would be this complicated thing, but it turns out there are just a couple of functions you need to know.
Ever stared at a TradingView chart and wished you could see specific indicator values without having to squint at tiny numbers or deal with messy overlapping lines? Yeah, me too. Pine Script actually has some pretty neat tricks for displaying values cleanly, and I'm going to show you the ones that actually work.
So you've been hearing about Pine Script divergence and wondering what all the fuss is about? I get it - there's a lot of trading jargon out there that sounds fancy but doesn't always make sense when you're actually trying to use it.
Let me break down divergence in a way that actually makes sense, because once you understand it, you'll start seeing it everywhere in the charts.
You know that feeling when you're looking at a 5-minute chart and everything looks chaotic, but then you zoom out to the daily chart and suddenly see a clear trend? That's exactly what multi-timeframe analysis is about – and Pine Script makes it surprisingly easy to do this automatically.
So you're getting into Pine Script and wondering how to work with the current price? I totally get it - this was one of the first things that confused me when I started coding indicators for TradingView. Let me walk you through everything I wish someone had explained to me back then.
So you're using TradingView and you keep seeing all these cool custom indicators that other traders have, but you have no idea how to make your own? Yeah, I've been there. You want to create something specific for your trading style, but Pine Script looks like ancient hieroglyphics when you first see it.
Here's the thing - you don't actually need to learn how to code anymore. There are these tools called Pine Script generators that basically do the heavy lifting for you. Think of them like having a translator between your trading ideas and the actual code.
So you've got some Pine Script code that's giving you headaches? Maybe it's an old script that won't run anymore, or you want to move your TradingView strategy to Python. Trust me, I've been there. Converting Pine Script can feel like trying to translate ancient hieroglyphs sometimes, but it's totally doable once you know the tricks.
So you're getting into Pine Script and wondering how to keep your code organized? Let me tell you about something that's probably saved me hours of headaches: comment blocks.
I remember when I first started writing Pine Script indicators, my code looked like a complete mess. Variables everywhere, logic scattered around, and when something broke (which happened a lot), I had no idea where to even start looking. That's when I discovered the power of good commenting habits.
So you've been using TradingView for a while, and you keep seeing these custom indicators that look way cooler than the basic ones. Or maybe you're tired of manually checking the same patterns over and over. Here's the thing - most of those custom tools are built with something called Pine Script, and honestly, it's not as scary as it sounds.