Match your broker's symbols

Plus and Pro only

For the Core/Plus/Pro plans, this feature is included with Plus and Pro. Check your plan in Portal.

Legacy subscriptions: existing Advanced and Professional subscriptions retain their documented access. Check the subscription shown in Portal before changing plans.

Symbol Mapping changes an incoming symbol name to the name your broker uses. For example, your alert may send EURUSD, while your broker’s account lists the instrument as i.EURUSD.micro.

Configure the translation in Portal so that the incoming alert can keep its existing symbol. This is useful when you change brokers or have a naming difference between TradingView and MetaTrader.

Translate the name before the terminal receives it

1. Incoming alertEURUSD

   The symbol your message sends.

2. Symbol Mapping

   Matches the From value and substitutes the To value.

3. Broker symboli.EURUSD.micro

   The name MetaTrader needs in this example.

These names are examples. Check the exact symbol on your own broker account.

Find the exact broker symbol

1. Open the MetaTrader terminal for the account you want to trade.
2. Press Ctrl + U to open Symbols.
3. Find the instrument and read its name in the Symbol column.
4. Copy the complete spelling, including any prefix, suffix and capital letters.

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Read the Symbol column, not the longer instrument description. This broker's example is EURUSD; yours may include a prefix or suffix.

Read the Symbol column, not the longer instrument description. This broker's example is EURUSD; yours may include a prefix or suffix.Open original Close Esc

Match the name, not just the market

Two labels can refer to the same general market without being interchangeable order symbols. Use the exact instrument available on the intended account. A mapping does not establish that two broker contracts have the same size, pricing or trading conditions.

Add a mapping

Check that Symbol Mapping is included in your subscription, then:

1. Open Signals in PineConnector Portal.
2. Select Signal Modifier.
3. Turn Symbol Mapping on.
4. Select Add Symbol.
5. In From, enter the symbol your alert message sends.
6. In To, enter the exact broker symbol.
7. Select Save.

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Published interface example. From and To values are case-sensitive; the example mappings are not a broker recommendation.

Published interface example. From and To values are case-sensitive; the example mappings are not a broker recommendation.Open original Close Esc

Example: add a broker prefix and suffix

Field	Example value
From	EURUSD
To	i.EURUSD.micro

With that mapping enabled and saved, an incoming EURUSD is translated to i.EURUSD.micro before it is sent to the terminal. The converted symbol is also shown in the Signal Log in the published guide.

The From value must match what the message actually sends. If your Pine Script already produces i.EURUSD.micro, a rule whose From value is EURUSD is not describing that incoming value.

Check the complete symbol path

Symbol changes can also exist in your Pine Script, a TradingView placeholder or the EA’s Prefix / Suffix inputs. Review the entire path before adding another transformation.

Avoid adding the same prefix twice

Check the final symbol received and used by the EA when combining Portal mapping with EA Prefix / Suffix. Do not assume each control knows that another step already added the broker text.

For a License ID with multiple connected accounts, check the intended symbol on every account. A broker-specific name that is correct for one account may not exist on another. See Multi-Instance Signals.

Verify with a demo alert

1. Send a demo test alert containing the intended incoming symbol.
2. Check the Signal Log for the translated name.
3. Check MetaTrader for the order on the intended broker instrument.
4. Compare direction, volume and targets as well as the symbol.

A correctly translated symbol does not guarantee that the broker accepts the order’s volume, price or stops. Read any resulting error separately.

If the symbol still does not work

Check	Why it matters
Mapping is On and saved	An unsaved or disabled rule cannot supply the intended translation.
From matches the actual alert	A chart label and the symbol inside a generated message may differ.
To matches the account’s Symbol column	Names and suffixes can differ between brokers and account types.
Capitalisation is exact	The published mapping interface marks both fields as case-sensitive.
EA prefix/suffix is intentional	Another transformation can change the final result.
The account is the intended destination	A valid symbol on one broker account may be unavailable on another.

Use the full Signal Log and Experts error with the error guide. If you cannot find the signal at all, follow Missing signals.

Watch the walkthrough

Set up Symbol Mapping

Walkthrough linked from the published Symbol Mapping guide. Check the exact symbols in your own broker terminal.Watch on YouTube