TradeLuma documentation
Learn the complete workflow—from the first alert to the final broker result.
Use these practical guides to configure TradingView alerts, paper accounts, strategy limits, broker connections, futures mappings, order tracking, emergency controls, and post-trade review.
What TradeLuma helps organise
TradeLuma helps self-directed traders receive user-configured alerts, apply execution controls, route permitted orders to supported broker workflows, and keep the alert-to-broker trail visible.
What the platform does not replace
It does not choose investments, guarantee execution, eliminate trading risk, or replace direct broker monitoring. Users remain responsible for strategy rules, account settings, broker permissions, and trading decisions.
Start here
A five-step setup path
Keep the first workflow deliberately small. Prove every state before adding more strategies, symbols, accounts, or live permissions.
Create the workspace
Create an account, confirm the workspace details, and keep paper and live environments clearly separated.
Connect paper first
Add a supported paper broker account, confirm account mode, and review broker connection health.
Configure one simple workflow
Start with one alert, one symbol, one direction model, and a conservative quantity that is easy to verify.
Test normal and failure states
Test entries, exits, duplicate alerts, rejections, cancellations, stale connections, and manual broker actions.
Review before live access
Confirm symbol mapping, limits, emergency controls, notifications, and direct broker access before enabling live orders.
Setup and education
Browse documentation by workflow
Each topic combines practical setup guidance with clear explanations of the trading and execution concepts behind the workflow.
Account and paper setup
Build the workspace around paper-first testing before any live-account workflow is considered.
TradingView alerts and webhooks
Turn chart alerts into structured instructions that can be authenticated, validated, and audited.
Strategy controls
Define what each strategy may trade and what should happen when signals collide.
Broker connections
Keep broker permissions, session health, reconnect steps, and account ownership visible.
Orders, brackets, and exits
Understand how order type and lifecycle affect fills, price control, and protective exits.
Futures contracts and rollover
Map chart symbols to exact tradable contracts and prepare before expiry or delivery restrictions.
Risk and emergency controls
Limit new exposure and prepare a direct response for unexpected orders or platform incidents.
Monitoring and review
Follow every alert through broker outcome and use the journal to improve the workflow.
Plain-language glossary
Common autotrading terms
Alert
A message created when a chart, indicator, or strategy condition occurs.
Webhook
An internet request that delivers an alert from one service to another.
Broker API
A supported interface used to request account data or submit broker actions.
Paper trading
A simulated environment used to test workflow behaviour without live capital.
Reconciliation
Comparing platform records with the broker's actual orders and positions.
Idempotency
Protection that prevents the same instruction from creating repeated effects.
Bracket order
An entry linked to protective exit orders such as a target and stop.
Slippage
The difference between a reference price and the actual execution price.
Exposure
The market value or risk represented by open and working positions.
Continuous futures
A charting series that joins multiple expiring futures contracts.
Kill switch
A control used to pause or restrict automation during an incident.
Source of truth
The system whose record is authoritative; for real orders, this is the broker.
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Build your understanding of strategy research, webhooks, order types, execution quality, futures rollover, security, monitoring, and responsible live-readiness.