From TradingView Alert to
Live Broker Order in Under 200ms
A plain-English walkthrough of the webhook-to-broker bridge: how PickMyTrade turns a TradingView or TrendSpider alert into an executed order at your broker or prop-firm account — no coding required.
What Is a Webhook-to-Broker Bridge?
A webhook is just an HTTP message one system sends to another the moment something happens. In trading automation, TradingView (or TrendSpider) fires that message the instant your alert condition is met, and PickMyTrade is the service on the receiving end that turns it into a real order.
PickMyTrade itself is not a broker, not a prop firm, and not a signal provider — it never holds your funds or generates trade ideas. It is the automation layer in between: it authenticates the incoming webhook, applies the order rules you configured, and calls your connected broker's or prop firm's own API to place the trade on the account they hold.
Because the bridge is stateless and cloud-hosted, it runs 24/7 — your alert still fires even if your charting laptop is asleep or your browser tab is closed.
The 6-Step Pipeline
The same six steps run for every supported broker and prop firm — only the final API call changes.
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1. Build the alert in TradingView
Define your entry/exit condition on a chart or strategy exactly as you normally would — no special syntax needed at this stage.
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2. Generate the payload in PickMyTrade
Click "Generate Alert" in your PickMyTrade dashboard. It auto-writes the JSON alert message and gives you a unique, private webhook URL — zero coding.
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3. Paste both into TradingView
Drop the JSON into the alert's message box and the webhook URL into TradingView's webhook field, then save. Setup takes about five minutes.
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4. Alert fires, webhook is sent
When your condition triggers, TradingView POSTs the JSON payload to PickMyTrade's cloud endpoint, live 24/7, independent of your own computer.
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5. PickMyTrade applies your rules
The payload is parsed and matched against your configured instrument mapping, position size, bracket take-profit/stop-loss, and any risk limits before an order is built.
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6. Order is routed and confirmed
PickMyTrade calls your specific broker's or prop firm's API to place the order, and the fill confirmation flows back to your dashboard — typically in under 200ms end to end.
Why the Latency Budget Matters
Every extra millisecond between your alert firing and your order reaching the exchange is a millisecond the market can move against you. PickMyTrade's cloud infrastructure targets sub-200ms webhook-to-order routing on typical setups, so fast-moving futures and crypto signals get filled close to the price that triggered them.
Running in the cloud instead of on a local script also removes the most common failure point in DIY webhook setups: a laptop that goes to sleep, a Wi-Fi drop, or a closed browser tab. PickMyTrade listens for your webhook continuously, so the same alert behaves the same way at 3pm or 3am.
Security & Risk Controls
Your webhook URL is unique to your account and acts as its own credential — treat it like a password and never post it publicly, since anyone with the URL could send it orders.
As a second guardrail, PickMyTrade lets you cap position size, set daily loss limits, and attach automatic take-profit/stop-loss brackets to every routed order, so a misfiring strategy can't exceed the boundaries you set — including the specific drawdown and daily-loss rules required by prop firms.
PickMyTrade never custodies funds. Every order it routes executes on the account you already hold directly with your broker or prop firm; PickMyTrade only has the trading permissions you grant when connecting that account.
Every Broker on One Bridge
The pipeline above is identical across all 12+ supported brokers, prop-firm platforms, and exchanges — pick your connection and follow its dedicated guide.
Webhook-to-Broker FAQ
It's an outbound HTTP request TradingView sends the moment your alert condition is met. Instead of just popping up a notification, TradingView posts the alert's JSON message to a URL you provide — in this case, PickMyTrade's endpoint — which is what lets an alert trigger a real trade instead of just a phone buzz.
No. PickMyTrade auto-generates the JSON payload and webhook URL for you from a simple dashboard form. You copy both into TradingView's alert dialog — no scripting, no API keys to hand-write.
PickMyTrade targets sub-200ms from the moment it receives your webhook to the moment the order reaches your broker or prop-firm account on typical setups. Actual fill speed also depends on your broker's own matching engine and market conditions.
Each webhook URL is unique to your account and functions as its authentication token. Keep it private the same way you would an API key — anyone who has it can send your account orders.
Yes. You can connect multiple broker and prop-firm accounts in PickMyTrade and configure a strategy to fan an alert out to several of them at once, each with its own position size and risk settings.
Nothing changes on PickMyTrade's side — it's a cloud service that listens for your webhook 24/7. As long as TradingView's own alert (which runs server-side once created) fires, PickMyTrade receives and routes it regardless of whether your local device is on.
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This page describes PickMyTrade's own automation pipeline for informational purposes. PickMyTrade is an automation bridge, not a broker, prop firm, or signal provider, and does not offer trading or investment advice. Actual latency varies with network conditions, broker infrastructure, and market volatility. Trading futures, forex, and crypto carries risk of loss. Last updated: July 2026.