How to Connect TradingView Alerts to Interactive Brokers

Route TradingView webhook alerts to your Interactive Brokers account using IB Gateway or TWS and the Signal2Trade Windows client.

Setup and test checklist

  1. Install IB Gateway or Trader Workstation and disable API Read-Only.
  2. Connect through Signal2Trade using the documented gateway or workstation port.
  3. Send an IB test signal with the public client address.
  4. Use walletID ib in the TradingView Alert Message and confirm the result before live use.

TradingView Alert Message Examples

Example TradingView Alert Message

{
  "symbol": "{{ticker}}",
  "side": "{{strategy.order.action}}",
  "qty": "{{strategy.order.contracts}}",
  "walletID": "mt"
}
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