tradingview-reader

name tradingview-reader description Read TradingView desktop app for market data, news, alerts, watchlists, and screener results using opencli (read-only). Use this skill whenever the user wants quotes, options chains, options expiries, screener results across stocks/crypto/forex/futures/bonds, gainers/losers/movers, news headlines or full story bodies, alerts (active list, fire log, offline fires), watchlists including colored flag lists, symbol search/autocomplete, chart state, or screenshots from their local TradingView.app. Triggers include: "options chain for X", "IV on Y", "show me SNDK puts", "TV screener for Y sector", "screen oversold stocks", "TV gainers", "crypto by market cap", "TradingView news on AAPL", "show my watchlists", "red flag list", "list my alerts", "what alerts fired", "search TV for nvidia", "what symbol is on my chart", "screenshot NVDA chart", "TradingView IV skew", "TV expiries for X". This skill is READ-ONLY — it does NOT place trades, modify watchlists, or change chart layouts. TradingView Reader (Read-Only) Reads TradingView's desktop macOS app for quotes, options chains, and chart state via opencli and a CDP attach to the running TradingView.app process. Powered by the tradingview plugin in this repo's opencli-plugins/tradingview tree (a separate plugin from opencli's built-in adapters, installed via opencli's monorepo subpath syntax). This skill is read-only. Designed for analysis: pulling options chains, checking IV/greeks, capturing chart state. It does NOT place trades, post ideas, modify watchlists, or change chart layouts. Headless alternative : for plain quotes, TA readouts, screeners, futures, or a greeks-free options chain, prefer the sibling tradingview-mcp skill (bundled MCP server, no desktop app, no CDP relaunch). Use this skill when you need greeks / per-strike IV skew, expiries with contract counts, or account-bound data (watchlists, alerts, charts, TV news). Important : Unlike browser-based opencli readers (twitter, linkedin), this one talks directly to a running TradingView desktop app over Chrome DevTools Protocol. The user must (a) have TradingView.app installed, and (b) be logged in inside that app. The plugin handles relaunching with the debug port. How it works : data commands harvest session cookies via CDP Storage.getCookies , then fire HTTP requests from Node directly. Page-context fetch is blocked by browser CORS preflight even from TradingView's own pages — the desktop app uses Electron's main process (Node network stack) to bypass this, and we replicate that path. No Browser Bridge extension required, no apps.yaml registration needed. Step 1: Ensure opencli + Plugin Are Installed and Ready Current environment status: !`(command -v opencli && opencli tradingview status 2>&1 | head -5 && echo "READY" || echo "SETUP_NEEDED") 2>/dev/null || echo "NOT_INSTALLED"` If the status above shows READY , skip to Step 2. Otherwise: NOT_INSTALLED — Install opencli npm install -g @jackwener/opencli Requires Node.js >= 24 — the tradingview plugin installed in the next step declares engines.node >= 24 . SETUP_NEEDED — Install the TradingView plugin and launch with CDP The TradingView adapter is not built into opencli — it's a separate plugin: # Install the plugin opencli plugin install github:himself65/finance-skills/tradingview # Relaunch TradingView.app with CDP enabled (one-time per session) opencli tradingview launch The launch step quits the running TradingView and reopens it with --remote-debugging-port=9222 . Warn the user to save chart layouts first if they have unsaved drawings. Common setup issues Symptom Fix opencli: command not found npm install -g @jackwener/opencli (Node ≥ 24) Unknown command: tradingview opencli plugin install github:himself65/finance-skills/tradingview Cannot reach CDP at http://127.0.0.1:9222 App not launched with debug port — run opencli tradingview launch No tradingview.com cookies found App is open but logged out — log in inside the desktop app No TradingView tab found Open any chart or symbol page in TradingView, then retry Empty chain / 0 contracts Subscription tier on the logged-in account doesn't include options for this symbol Step 2: Identify What the User Needs Setup / chart inspection User Request Command Key Flags Setup / connection check opencli tradingview status — Relaunch app with CDP opencli tradingview launch --port 9222 What's on the chart opencli tradingview chart-state --tab <id> Screenshot a chart opencli tradingview screenshot --output ~/charts/nvda.png --tab <id> Quotes + options User Request Command Key Flags Spot quote opencli tradingview quote --ticker X --exchange NASDAQ Options chain (full) opencli tradingview options-chain --ticker X --exchange Options chain (one expiry, ATM band) opencli tradingview options-chain --ticker X --expiry YYYY-MM-DD --type call|put , --strikes-around-spot N List expiries opencli tradingview options-expiries --ticker X — Screener User Request Command Key Flags Generic screener (stocks/crypto/forex/futures/bonds) opencli tradingview screener --market america --columns ... --filter <json> , --sort field:desc , --limit N , --label-product US stocks with RSI < 30, sorted by volume opencli tradingview screener --market america --columns "name,close,RSI|60,volume" --filter '[{"left":"RSI|60","operation":"less","right":30}]' --sort volume:desc — Top crypto by market cap opencli tradingview screener --market coin --columns "name,close,change,market_cap_calc" --sort market_cap_calc:desc --limit 50 — Symbol search / autocomplete opencli tradingview search --query "nvidia" --type stock|funds|crypto|... , --exchange , --country News User Request Command Key Flags Global news headlines opencli tradingview news --limit 25 --category , --area , --section , --provider News for a specific ticker opencli tradingview news --symbol NASDAQ:AAPL --limit , --section analysis|press_release|... Full story by id opencli tradingview news --id <story-id> --lang en Watchlists + alerts User Request Command Key Flags List all watchlists opencli tradingview watchlists — Symbols in one watchlist opencli tradingview watchlists --id <wl-id> — Colored-flag list (red/orange/yellow/green/blue/purple) opencli tradingview watchlists --color red — List all alerts opencli tradingview alerts --type list — Active alerts opencli tradingview alerts --type active — Recently triggered alerts opencli tradingview alerts --type triggered — Alerts that fired while offline opencli tradingview alerts --type offline — Full alert log opencli tradingview alerts --type log — Step 3: Execute the Command General pattern # Use -f json or -f yaml for structured output opencli tradingview options-chain --ticker SNDK --expiry 2026-05-22 -f json opencli tradingview options-chain --ticker NVDA --strikes-around-spot 8 -f csv opencli tradingview quote --ticker SPY --exchange NYSEARCA -f json Key rules Run opencli tradingview status first if connectivity is uncertain — it reports CDP connection state and active TradingView tabs. Use -f json for programmatic processing (LLM context, downstream skills). Filter by expiry and --strikes-around-spot — full chains can be 3,000+ rows; an unfiltered dump is rarely what the user wants. Default --exchange NASDAQ for US equities; require explicit --exchange for ETFs (e.g. SPY = NYSEARCA, QQQ = NASDAQ) or non-US listings. For screener , --columns is critical — it controls both the request and the output table. Include name and any field used in --filter or --sort . Append |TF for an indicator's timeframe, e.g. RSI|60 for 1-hour RSI. The default columns are sensible for stocks but should be replaced for crypto / forex / futures (different field catalogs). For screener , --filter is JSON — array of {left, operation, right} clauses. Always single-quote the JSON in shell to avoid escaping issues. See references/commands.md for the operations cheat sheet. For news , narrow the feed early — the global feed is firehose-level. Use --symbol , --category , --section , or --provider before raising --limit . For search , prefer it over guessing — when the user gives an ambiguous ticker (e.g. "SPY" without exchange), run search --query SPY first to confirm the listing, then pass --exchange to subsequent commands. For watchlists and alerts , default to summary — a user asking "what's in my watchlists?" wants list names + counts, not every symbol. NEVER call any write operation. This skill is read-only — no trades, no watchlist edits, no alert creation/deletion, no chart writes. The plugin intentionally does not expose write endpoints ( /append , /replace , /create_alert , etc.). Output format flag ( -f ) Format Flag Best for Table -f table (default) Human-readable terminal output JSON -f json Programmatic processing, LLM context YAML -f yaml Structured output, readable Markdown -f md Documentation, reports CSV -f csv Spreadsheet export Output columns quote — symbol , close , change , change_abs , currency , time options-chain — expiry , dte , strike , type , bid , ask , mid , iv , delta , gamma , theta , vega , rho , theo , bid_iv , ask_iv , symbol options-expiries — expiry , dte , contracts_count screener — dynamic; one column per --columns entry, plus symbol . (Default: name , close , change , volume , market_cap_basic , sector.tr .) search — symbol , description , type , exchange , country , currency news (list mode) — id , published , provider , title , urgency , related_symbols , link news (story mode, --id set) — id , published , provider , title , body , tags , link watchlists — id , name , symbol_count , symbols alerts — id , name , symbol , type , condition , value , active , status , fired_at chart-state — layout_id , symbol , interval , url screenshot — path , bytes Step 4: Present the Results Lead with the structure summary — for an options chain, state spot price, expiry being shown, ATM strike, and IV regime first; then the table. For a screener, lead with the count of matches and the filters applied. Filter aggressively before showing — never paste a 3,000-row chain or a 500-row screener. Default to ATM ± 6 strikes per expiry for chains; for screeners cap to top 20 unless the user asks for more. Highlight skew — when showing both calls and puts, note IV skew direction if material. For chart-state , report layout id + symbol + interval + URL succinctly; offer to screenshot. For news (list mode) , group by provider and lead with timestamps in the user's likely timezone (or always UTC ISO if uncertain). Include the link so the user can open the story. For story mode ( --id set), the body is plain text — present it as-is, optionally trimmed. For watchlists , summarize counts before listing symbols (e.g. "3 watchlists: Earnings (24 syms), AI plays (12 syms), Hedges (8 syms)"). Don't dump 100-symbol watchlist contents unless asked. For alerts , group by status (active vs triggered/fired) and order recent firings by fired_at desc. Don't expose alert ids unless the user explicitly asks. For screener results , surface the top movers / extreme values in plain prose first (e.g. "highest market cap NVDA at $4.2T, 12 names below the RSI<30 threshold"), then the table. Treat sessions as private — never expose CDP target IDs, cookies, or layout IDs unless the user asks. Step 5: Diagnostics opencli tradingview status Returns CDP connection state and active TradingView tabs. If CDP is down, run opencli tradingview launch to relaunch with the debug port. Error Reference Error Cause Fix Unknown command: tradingview Plugin not installed opencli plugin install github:himself65/finance-skills/tradingview Cannot reach CDP at http://127.0.0.1:9222 App launched without debug port opencli tradingview launch No tradingview.com cookies found Logged out of TradingView Log in inside the desktop app No TradingView tab found App open but no TradingView page loaded Open any chart or symbol page, then retry scanner 400 / Empty chain / totalCount=0 Subscription tier doesn't cover this symbol's options Check account tier in the desktop app Symbol not found Wrong exchange Pass --exchange explicitly, or run opencli tradingview search --query <name> first Rate limited Too many requests Wait a few seconds, then retry Reference Files references/commands.md — Every command with all flags, output examples, and analyst workflows