TradingView Paper Trading: How to Start, Reset & Use It

How to start paper trading on TradingView

1. Open a chart (Supercharts).
2. Click “Trade” in the top-right corner, or open the Trading panel at the bottom of the screen.
3. Choose “Paper Trading” from the list of brokers and click Connect.

That’s it: you now have a simulated account with virtual money. Paper Trading is available to every TradingView user worldwide, including on the free Basic plan. To leave, open the trading menu in the top-right of the Trading panel and click Log out Paper Trading.

Placing paper trades

TradingView gives you three ways to trade:

• Order ticket: choose buy or sell, quantity, order type (market, limit or stop), price, and stop loss and take profit.
• Chart trading: place, drag, modify and close orders directly on the chart.
• Depth of market: see bid and ask levels and trade from the price ladder.

Orders and positions update in real time in the Trading panel, and you can set multiple take profit and stop loss levels. Not sure how big a position should be? Use our position size calculator before you click buy.

How to reset paper trading or change its currency

TradingView lets you reset an existing paper account or create a new one, and choose its currency when you do. You can keep several accounts and switch between them in the Trading panel.

Leverage in paper trading

In the paper account’s settings you can choose a leverage level for each asset class (forex, futures, stocks and so on) from a list, or type a custom value. It then applies to every order in that account. TradingView’s defaults follow what real brokers commonly use; for example, E-mini S&P 500 futures default to a 5% margin requirement, which is 20× leverage. An order won’t fill if it needs more margin than the account has available.

Trading pre-market and after-hours

For stocks, ETFs, bonds and depositary receipts, tick Fill order outside RTH in the order panel to let a limit order execute outside regular trading hours. There’s also Fill take profit outside RTH when a take profit is set. US session times are on our stock market hours clock.

Paper trading with Bar Replay

You can open Bar Replay while connected to Paper Trading, but be aware that TradingView executes orders on real-time prices, not the replayed bars. Replay is great for practising your reading of the chart; for testing entries on historical data, see the details in our Bar Replay guide.

Tips for useful paper trading

• Use a realistic balance and size. Practising with far more money than you’ll actually trade builds the wrong habits.
• Set a stop loss on every trade and keep the same risk per trade you’d use with real money.
• Keep a record. Note why you entered and exited, and review it weekly.
• Remember what’s missing. Paper fills are cleaner than real ones: slippage, partial fills and the emotion of real money aren’t simulated.

TradingView also runs The Leap, a free paper-trading competition with a public leaderboard and cash prizes for top participants. Each edition has its own rules.

ChartWatch is independent and not affiliated with TradingView. Facts on this page come from TradingView’s help center and pricing page (October 2026) and may change. Some links are affiliate links: if you sign up through them, ChartWatch may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

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