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Introduction to Pine Script: Start Creating Your Own Indicators and Strategies
Nov 27, 2025•12•
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Introduction to Pine Script (Part 1)
Pine Script is a simple yet powerful scripting language used on TradingView for creating indicators and trading strategies.
What is Pine Script?
A lightweight scripting language designed for technical analysis and algorithmic systems.
TradingView Editor
Pine Script is written directly inside the TradingView editor:
https://sancoqhub.com/go/tradingview
Your First Pine Script Code
//@version=5
indicator("My First Indicator", overlay=true)
plot(close)
Indicator vs Strategy
- Indicator → visual
- Strategy → simulates trades
First Strategy
//@version=5
strategy("Simple Strategy", overlay=true)
longCondition = close > open
if longCondition
strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long)
Pine Script Core Structure
- Variables
- Functions
- plot()
- ta. library (EMA, RSI, etc.)
Premium Recommendation
More alerts, more chart layouts, more data:
https://sancoqhub.com/go/tradingview
Conclusion
You now know the basics of Pine Script.
Next part will cover variables, operators, and inputs.