{"id":3462,"date":"2016-05-30T17:10:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T22:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimusfutures.com\/tradeblog\/?p=3462"},"modified":"2016-05-30T17:10:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T22:10:19","slug":"build-portfolio-traders-tradingview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optimusfutures.com\/blog\/build-portfolio-traders-tradingview\/","title":{"rendered":"Build a Portfolio of Traders in TradingView"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tradingview is not only a great web based charting platform, but the social and member-oriented aspect of it allows you to connect with other traders and learn from more experienced traders as well.<\/p>\n

We will now show you how to leverage Tradingview\u2019s social functions<\/a> to build a portfolio of traders that you can learn from and improve your own trading potentially.<\/p>\n

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Step 1: Finding the traders with a positive expectancy\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

First, you need to make sure that you follow the right people. For that, it\u2019s usually good to go through the top authors and look for the traders with the largest following and also the most reputation points (green number at the right).<\/p>\n

In Tradingview you can go through the top authors by week, month and of all time. Here you only need to pre-select some potential candidates and we will show you afterwards how to make sure you follow the right traders.<\/p>\n

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Step 2: Find the right traders for your own purposes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Obviously, it only makes sense to follow traders that have a similar trading approach, trade the same underlying asset class (futures, forex, etc) and have the same trading horizon as you. Don\u2019t make the mistake of following high profile traders on Tradingview just because they seem to have a large following but then have nothing in common with your own trading. This will only create a lot of noise and confusion for yourself and probably not add a lot of value.<\/p>\n

In Tradingview, you can filter based on market and time frames, which will already narrow down the field significantly and very effectively.<\/p>\n

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Step 3:\u00a0Analyzing\u00a0trader portfolios<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Now that you have narrowed down the field of potential candidates, you can go into the individual trader profiles and take a closer look. At first, you will see the markets those traders trade and which pairs, commodities, stocks or futures the trader talks most about.<\/p>\n

If you think that the trader is a good fit, you can go own and evaluate him further with the tips below.<\/p>\n

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Step 4: Trader profile I \u2013 Evaluating traders<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you scroll down further, you reach the \u2018idea stream\u2019 of the trader where you can then see the ideas and chart studies the trader has published on Tradingview<\/a>. Some traders also use \u2018tags\u2019 to categorize their published chart studies which often allows you to get a good idea of their overall trading approach.<\/p>\n

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Step 5: Replay their trading ideas<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Once you see that the trader matches with your trading approach, you can go through some of his published chart studies and \u2018replay\u2019 them. For that, open the individual chart studies and click on the round play icon on the right.<\/p>\n

Here are a few things to look for when replaying other traders\u2019 chart studies:<\/p>\n