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Getting Started

The fastest public path from a first indicator to a first working strategy.

Beginner

Build with chat first

Open the Dashboard chat and describe your entry, exit and risk rules. Ask SeekAlgo to create the strategy and run a historical backtest. Review the market, dates and capital, then choose Confirm and run backtest. Use Explain these results in chat to understand the saved report. You can start a paper bot from those results after reviewing its tested version.

The code examples below are available when you want to inspect or edit the strategy yourself.

Start with one of two shapes:

an indicator that plots a value
a strategy that also places trades

1. Build An Indicator

script({ type: 'indicator', priceStudy: true });

const length = input.integer("Length", 14);
const rsiValue = ta.rsi(close, length);

plot(rsiValue, { type: "line", color: "#1D4E89", linewidth: 2 });

This gives you:

a script header
a user-editable input
a calculation
a plot on the chart

2. Build A Strategy

script({ type: 'strategy', priceStudy: true, orderSize: 1 });

const fastLen = input.integer("Fast Length", 10);
const slowLen = input.integer("Slow Length", 20);

const fast = ta.ema(close, fastLen);
const slow = ta.ema(close, slowLen);

const fastSeries = series(fast);
const slowSeries = series(slow);

if (ta.crossover(fastSeries, slowSeries) && strategy.param_by_id("ema", "position") === 0) {
  strategy.entry({ id: "ema", type: "long" });
}

if (ta.crossunder(fastSeries, slowSeries) && strategy.param_by_id("ema", "position") !== 0) {
  strategy.exit({ id: "ema" });
}

3. Keep The First Version Small

use one or two inputs
validate one signal at a time
plot the key line before adding trade logic
copy a sample script when you want a known-good pattern

4. Common Failure Modes