Converting Strategies to TradingView

Select Convert Strategy when you have complete automated-strategy source from another platform and want to recreate its behaviour in Pine Script v6. Conversion focuses on preserving the original rules rather than redesigning the system. Upload the original .txt, .cs, .mq4 or .mq5 file and describe the source platform and any behaviour that must be preserved.

Conversion tasks do not accept .pine files. When the source is already Pine Script, use Existing Strategy instead. Xen needs the complete entry, exit, order-management and risk logic; it cannot reproduce a strategy accurately from a name, summary or screenshot.

Convert a strategy to TradingView

How strategy conversion works

Trading platforms use different order models, lifecycle events, quantity units and multi-timeframe mechanisms. Xen maps the original intent where Pine provides a suitable equivalent and explains material differences. Contract or lot sizing may need to become TradingView quantity logic. Tick, pip and point distances need explicit conversion. Platform-managed order events may need to become bar-based strategy.entry, strategy.exit and position-state logic.

Pine strategies run through TradingView's broker emulator and cannot reproduce every feature of a desktop trading platform. Review the conversion notes carefully where the original depends on intrabar events, multiple simultaneous positions, custom order handling, account state, external libraries or platform services.

Source code and dependencies

Provide the complete original strategy and any custom indicators or libraries needed to understand its decisions. If a dependency cannot be supplied, describe its calculation and output rather than asking Xen to guess. Convert only code that you own or have permission to modify, and respect restrictions on redistribution or reverse engineering.

Large Strategy Files

Xen accepts source-file uploads up to 32 KB (32 × 1024 bytes) for one direct strategy conversion. This upload limit is measured in bytes. It is separate from the AI response allowance: an accepted upload can still be too large for a complete conversion or rewrite.

The workspace warns when the actual current source reaches 24,000 characters. Xen estimates a full rewrite by dividing the character count by 2.5, rounding up, allowing 25% for changes and adding 1,000 output tokens for explanation and model reasoning. The response ceiling is 16,000 output tokens, so the estimated rewrite limit is approximately 30,000 source characters. This is a conservative estimate, not a guarantee: new features, dense code and provider reasoning can leave less room for the final source. The warning updates when source changes, including uploads, generated updates and restored snapshots, and clears when the source becomes smaller.

Before converting, updating or repairing existing source, Xen checks the absolute response ceiling first. If the estimated complete rewrite exceeds it, adding credit will not remove the restriction. Simplify the requirements, ask Xen to analyse or explain the code without rewriting it, or seek developer assistance. When source fits that ceiling but the available credit cannot support the estimated response, adding credit may help. Blocked generation requests do not call the generation provider or consume generation credit.

A response can still stop early after consuming tokens. Those tokens may be charged; an incomplete response is different from a request blocked before generation. Xen keeps the last complete source and prevents incomplete responses from becoming downloadable or available for source checks. Open History to recover a saved complete snapshot. Simplify the next request or seek assistance instead of repeatedly asking Xen to continue an unfinished file. Complete successful responses remain downloadable as a whole Pine file; customers do not need to assemble fragments.

Large conversions may omit logic or change behaviour even when the response finishes. A developer can simplify connected logic, assess platform differences and integrate and test a complete Pine strategy. For files above the upload limit or projects near the rewrite limit, contact ClickAlgo's development team at development@clickalgo.com.

Test the converted strategy

Compile the complete result in Pine Editor and add it to a chart. Compare entries, exits, sizing, protective orders, sessions and higher-timeframe behaviour with the original using equivalent data and settings. Strategy Tester results can differ because platforms simulate fills and bar data differently. Resolve behavioural differences before adding improvements. If the original only calculates or displays market information, use Converting Indicators.