How to Connect TradingView Alerts to Telegram Bots (100% Free)

If you use TradingView alerts and want to receive them instantly on Telegram, you might think you need Zapier, paid bots, or third-party services.
Good news: you don’t.

TradingView can send alerts directly to Telegram using native webhooks, completely free, with no intermediaries.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to connect TradingView alerts to a Telegram bot step by step.

Why Send TradingView Alerts to Telegram?

Telegram is one of the most popular platforms for traders because it is:

Fast and reliable
Available on desktop and mobile
Perfect for real-time trading alerts
Easy to automate

By connecting TradingView alerts to Telegram, you can receive:

Buy / sell signals
Strategy alerts
Price level notifications
Custom Pine Script messages

All without email delays or paid automation tools.

How the TradingView → Telegram Connection Works

The setup relies on three simple components:

TradingView alerts
TradingView webhooks
Telegram Bot API

TradingView sends a webhook (HTTP request) directly to Telegram’s API endpoint. Telegram then delivers the message to your chat, group, or channel.

No third-party servers. No subscriptions.

Step 1 – Create a Telegram Bot (BotFather)

Telegram bots are created using the official BotFather bot.

Open Telegram and search for @BotFather:

Start a chat and type /start, then create a new bot with /newbot command.

Next choose a bot name (display name) and username (must end with bot).

Once created, BotFather will give you a Bot Token.

📌 Save this token — you’ll need it later.

Step 2 – Get Your Telegram Chat ID or Channel ID

Your TradingView alert needs to know where to send the message.

Option A: Private Chat

Start a conversation with your bot and write to it any message:

Use a Telegram “getUpdates” request to retrieve your chat ID. Open this URL in your browser (replace <BOT_TOKEN>) with your token:

https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOT_TOKEN>/getUpdates

Get a number from the “id” parameter of the chat entry. This is be your chat id for private messages.

Option B: Group

Do the same, but first invite your bot to the group and write there a message.

📌 Important
For channels, chat IDs usually look like: -100XXXXXXXXXX

Step 3 – Create a TradingView Alert

Now let’s configure TradingView.

Open any chart on TradingView
Click Create Alert
Choose:
- Indicator or strategy
- Alert condition

Next switch to Notifications, select Webhook URL and fill your unique API request for your bot.

Telegram provides a simple HTTP endpoint to send messages.

Webhook URL format:

https://api.telegram.org/bot<BOT_TOKEN>/sendMessage

Example

https://api.telegram.org/bot123456:ABCDEF/sendMessage

Paste this URL into the Webhook URL field in TradingView. Your settings should look something like that:

Step 5 – Webhook JSON Message Body

This is where TradingView sends the message content. Switch to the Message tab and compose the request to the Telegram API:

Example JSON payload:

{
  "chat_id": "CHAT_ID",
  "text": "TradingView Alert for {{ticker}}, Price = {{close}}"
}

What’s happening here:

chat_id → Where the message goes
text → Message text sent to Telegram
{{ticker}}, {{close}}, {{time}} → TradingView placeholders

📌 TradingView automatically replaces placeholders when the alert triggers.

Step 6 – Test the Alert

Before relying on it for trading:

Save the alert
Trigger it manually or wait for the condition
Confirm the message arrives in Telegram

If it works — you’re done 🎉

Common Errors & How to Fix Them

❌ Bot sends nothing

Bot not added to the chat or channel
Bot has no permission to post

❌ Invalid JSON

Missing quotes
Trailing commas
Incorrect brackets

❌ Wrong chat ID

Private chat ID ≠ group ID
Channel IDs must include -100

❌ Webhook checkbox not enabled

TradingView will silently ignore the payload

Advanced Tips (Optional but Useful)

Add emojis for Buy / Sell signals
Use Pine Script to customize alert messages
Send alerts from strategies, not just indicators
Format messages using line breaks (\n)
Send alerts to multiple Telegram chats

Limitations of the Free Native Method

This approach is powerful, but keep in mind:

No retry mechanism if Telegram is temporarily unavailable
No alert history storage
No filtering or routing logic

For most traders, this is more than enough.

Final Thoughts

Connecting TradingView alerts to Telegram does not require any paid tools.

With:

TradingView webhooks
A Telegram bot
A simple JSON payload

You get fast, reliable, and free trading alerts directly on your phone or desktop.

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