Last Updated on December 31, 2025 by Chin Yi Xuan
Interactive Brokers (IBKR) has been my go-to broker for all-things global stocks and ETFs.
Meanwhile, TradingView is one of my top charting platforms thanks to its simple-to-use interface and feature-rich charting tools.
Wouldn’t it be perfect if I could link my IBKR account to TradingView – so I gain access to the vast markets that IBKR offers while executing my trades on my favourite charting platform?
In this post, let me show you how to do so!
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Step-by-step: Linking your Interactive Brokers (IBKR) account on TradingView
Pre-requisites: Opening your IBKR account
To start, you’ll need to have an IBKR account and TradingView account
- To open an IBKR account, check out my full guide HERE.
- To open a FREE TradingView account, click HERE.
- If you already have an IBKR and TradingView account, move on to the next step.
Step 1 – 2: Look for Interactive Brokers (IBKR) under ‘Trading Panel’
Under TradingView’s charting interface, select ‘Trading Panel’ in the bottom section.
Then, look for Interactive Brokers:
Step 3: Once you select Interactive Brokers, click ‘Connect’
Step 4 – 5: Log in to your IBKR account and authorize the linking of your IBKR account to TradingView
Once connected, you’ll be able to see your IBKR account ID displayed on TradingView’s bottom panel:
Executing a trade on TradingView with your IBKR account
In the previous section, we’ve successfully connected our IBKR account to TradingView.
Now, let’s see how to execute a trade on TradingView with your IBKR account connected:
Step 1: At the search bar, search for the ticker/symbol of the stocks/ETF/instruments that you intend to trade
To see if the instrument is tradable on your IBKR account, keep the ‘Interactive Brokers’ icon selected.
Step 2: At the bottom panel, select ‘Trade’
Step 3: Placing trades on TradingView
You’ll be greeted with an execution panel. Here’s how to execute a trade on TradingView:
- (a) Choose ‘Order’ to place your trades. Meanwhile, DOM (or Depth of Market) shows you the orders across each price level
- (b) Select ‘Buy’ to place a long trade and ‘Sell’ to close your trade (or place a short trade). The figure in the middle (0.04, for this example) shows the Bid-Ask spread – which is the difference between the best price that the buyers and sellers are willing to transact.
- (c) Order type: Choose your order types to execute your trade. The most common order types are:
- Market order: Allows investors to enter immediately at market price.
- Limit order: Allows investors to line up their orders to buy shares at a specific price or better.
- Stop Order: A Buy Stop Order is an order that is triggered when the price hits a specific level defined by the investor.
- To learn more about the common Order Types on IBKR, check out my guide HERE.
- (d) Order sizing: Define your trade size either in (i) no. of shares you want to purchase OR (ii) monetary value of your trade
- (e) Optional: Set your Take Profit and/or Stop Loss level for your trade as you see fit. You can define them in Ticks value/Price level/Monetary value/% distance from your entry price. This feature is useful for traders with a pre-defined price level to exit their trades.
- (f) Determine Time-In-Force of your trade order: Time-In-Force determines how long your trade order will stay valid. 2 of the most common Time-In-Force mechanisms are:
- Day: A ‘Day’ order will stay valid until the end of the trading session and cancel itself should the order is not filled.
- Good till Cancel (GTC): A GTC order will stay valid until it is filled, or you cancel the order yourself.
- (g) Set your Order Routing (I will usually keep it to the default setting) and if you’d like your Take Profit (where applicable) to be triggered outside of Regular Trading hour (RTH).
- (h) Once you’ve done the selections above, select ‘Buy’ to proceed with your trade.
- (i, j) Check your trade details, and click ‘Send Order’ if all is okay. A confirmation pop-up will appear – select ‘Accept’ if you are aware and acknowledge the terms.
Once your trade is placed and executed, you’ll be able to check for your trades under ‘ Trade History’:
No Money Lah Verdict: Getting the best of both worlds with Interactive Brokers (IBKR) and TradingView
I hope this guide has been helpful!
IBKR and TradingView are my favourite platforms – for broker and charting respectively, and I am super happy to share how to combine both in my investing journey in a seamless manner – give it a try, you’ll like it!
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