Capital Guide

Video walkthrough #

1 — Create Capital.com API keys #

Capital.com uses API keys with a dedicated API password (different from your account password). Generate the key from your profile.

1. Go to your Profile

   Log in to Capital.com and open your Profile page. Press Generate API Key.

2. Create API key and password

   Name your API key and create an API Password — use a dedicated password for the API, not your account password. Save both the API Key and API Password; you will use them in the alert message as broker_api_key and broker_pass. Your broker_email is your Capital.com login email.

TradeAdapter: Create Capital.com API (step-by-step)

2 — Select the Capital.com symbol in TradingView #

Open TradingView and search for the symbol that matches the instrument you trade on Capital.com (stocks, forex, crypto, commodities, indices). The {{ticker}} placeholder will send this symbol to TradeAdapter.

3 — Add your strategy #

Capital.com supports strategy alerts. Load your Pine Script strategy onto the chart so it generates the trading signals.

Not sure if you have a strategy or an indicator? See Indicator vs Strategy.

4 — Configure order size #

Set your strategy’s position size so that {{strategy.order.contracts}} meets the symbol’s rules on Capital.com (lot size, tick size). For Limit orders, ensure {{strategy.order.price}} respects the symbol’s precision. Check the supported symbol lists for details.

5 — Create the TradingView alert #

Press Alt + A (or the alarm clock icon) to create a new alert.

Important: Recreate the TradingView alert each time you change your Pine Script strategy parameters.

Alert message (Strategy) #

Use this template for strategy-based alerts. Replace the placeholder values with your Capital.com email, API key, and API password. Keep order_market as stock_forex. Keep the TradingView placeholders as-is.

{
    "broker_email": "PUT YOUR CAPITAL.COM EMAIL HERE",
    "broker_api_key": "PUT YOUR CAPITAL.COM API KEY HERE",
    "broker_pass": "PUT YOUR CAPITAL.COM API PASSWORD HERE",
    "real_order": "No",
    "order_type": "Market",
    "order_market": "stock_forex",
    "exchange": "capital_com",
    "account_id": "default",
    "ticker": "{{ticker}}",
    "time": "{{timenow}}",
    "order_contracts": "{{strategy.order.contracts}}",
    "order_action": "{{strategy.order.action}}",
    "order_price": "{{strategy.order.price}}"
}

Open Capital.com Message Generator

Message fields explained #

6 — Execute & monitor #

1. Start with test orders

   Set "real_order": "No" and trigger a few alerts. Check MyTrades to see how TradeAdapter interprets your signals.

2. Verify on Capital.com

   When you set "real_order": "Yes", monitor your Capital.com account to confirm orders execute as expected.

3. Recreate alerts after changes

   If you change strategy parameters or the message, delete and recreate the TradingView alert so the new values are applied.

Important notes #