You can place orders directly from TradingView charts using the Trade from Charts (TFC) feature on Kite. This eliminates the delay between spotting an opportunity and executing your trade.
Placing a market order
When you open a chart, you will see Buy and Sell buttons at the top displaying real-time pricing information:
- The Buy button shows the top ask price
- The Sell button shows the top bid price
This gives you instant access to the best available prices without checking market depth separately.
To place an orders:
-
Click on
Buy
or
Sell
to open the order window.
- Enter your desired quantity (Orders are set to Market by default for immediate execution).
- Click on Buy or Sell to confirm the order.
Shortcut keys
- Press Shift + B to place a buy market order
- Press Shift + S to place a sell market order
Placing limit and stop-loss orders
To place limit or stop loss orders:
- Hover over your desired price on the chart.
- Click on the plus icon that appears.
- Select limit or stop-loss order.
- Enter your quantity.
- Adjust the price if needed.
-
Click on
Buy
or
Sell.
Modifying orders
You can modify orders by dragging them to a new price level. By default, dragging opens the order window. If you enable instant order placement, your order will be modified immediately without opening the order window. Click on x to cancel the order or close your positions.
Positions
The chart displays your open positions by default for quick reference. You can hide them by deselecting the Positions button for a cleaner view.
You can toggle profit and loss display on or off using the checkbox and customise it based on your trading preference:
- Default: Shows actual monetary values (e.g., ₹200 profit or ₹150 loss)
- Tick size: Shows profit or loss based on the number of ticks moved, according to the instrument’s tick size
- Percentage: Shows profit or loss as a percentage of the investment
Instant order placement
Instant order placement allows you to execute orders with a single click, without opening the order window. You can enable or disable this by selecting or deselecting the Instant orders placement checkbox.
When you enable the Instant orders placement feature, a quantity selector appears between the Buy and Sell buttons, allowing you to place orders instantly with a single click.
You can adjust quantity in multiple ways:
- Manually enter a value.
- Use quick-select values (1, 5, 25, 100, 500, or 1000).
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Use plus/minus buttons:
- For F&O contracts, quantity changes in multiples of lot size
- For stocks, quantity changes in multiples of 1
- Use C icon to clear the quantity.
- Use Reset icon to set quantity back to 1 quickly.
Instant order placement applies throughout the chart for:
- Market orders
- Limit orders
- Stop losses
- Exiting positions
- Reversing trades
- Modifying existing orders
Creating an alert
To create an alert from the chart:
- Hover over your desired price on the chart.
- Click on the plus icon that appears.
- Click on Add alert.
- The system automatically fills in the instrument, condition, and price fields.
- Edit the condition and price before creating the alert if needed.
-
Click on
Create.
Settings
You can access trading settings by clicking on the settings icon and then on Trading, or clicking on the plus icon and then on Trading settings.
Buy/sell button
You can show or hide Buy/sell buttons by selecting or deselecting the Buy/sell buttons checkbox.
You can enable or disable order execution sounds based on your preference by selecting or deselecting the checkbox.
Reverse
The Reverse button appears when you hover your cursor over an active position. Selecting this option closes your current position and opens a new one in the opposite direction with the same quantity at the market price, offering you a quick way to change trade direction.
If you do not have sufficient funds available, the system will not execute the reverse action, and your existing position will remain unchanged. The Reverse button appears by default, but you can hide it in the settings by deselecting the Reverse option.
Orders
Your pending orders for an instrument appear directly on the chart, allowing for quick access and management. You can hide them by deselecting the Orders button in the settings.
You can exit a position or cancel a pending order by clicking on the x icon. This opens the order window unless you have enabled instant order placement, in which case you can exit your position or cancel an order with a single click.
Executions
Arrows appear above and below candles to indicate executed orders, marking entry and exit points for easy reference to trading history on the chart. These indicators can be hidden by deselecting the Executions option for a cleaner view.
Additional options
A price line runs across the chart to show your positions and pending orders more clearly. You can hide this line by deselecting the Extended price line for positions & orders option in settings.
Your positions and orders appear on the right side of the chart by default. You can change the alignment by clicking on Left or Centre from the dropdown.
The Trade From Charts (TFC) feature is also available on ChartIQ.