From TradingView to Pro.

Prepare your source data.

Open the instrument and timeframe in TradingView. Use the upper toolbar menu to download chart data as CSV.

This feature must be available in your TradingView account. Keep an unchanged original file so you can check dates, timezone and prices when importing again. CSV import belongs to Pro; Light uses Yahoo Finance.

Five steps to a calculation.

1. Choose TradingView · CSV

   Open your activated Pro application and choose TradingView · CSV as the quote source.

2. Check the settings

   Set the file’s source-bar timeframe, chart timeframe and timezone. For an hourly CSV, for example, the source timeframe is 1 hour. Check the instrument name after loading.

3. Open the file

   Select “Load quotes” and choose the CSV. For intraday history, the application offers the latest 100, 200, 300, 400 or 500 source bars.

4. Inspect the chart

   Check the first and last bar, dates, timeframe and price order. Loading does not start analysis. For a weekly or monthly file, you can add a daily CSV for the same instrument and data source when needed.

5. Choose a range and start

   Use all loaded history, place LBC or set start and finish. Select “Calculate waves”. When it finishes, compare counts and degrees.

What the file needs.

The file needs time and Open, High, Low, Close columns: each bar’s opening, highest, lowest and closing prices. Extra indicator columns do not replace these prices. The following is a format example, not a market calculation.

time,open,high,low,close
2026-01-05T10:00:00Z,1.1700,1.1720,1.1690,1.1710
2026-01-05T11:00:00Z,1.1710,1.1730,1.1700,1.1720

If the chart looks unexpected.

• Less history than expected

  Check the start and end of the CSV itself. The application analyzes the data you load, not missing history.

• Time or timeframe does not match

  Match the source timeframe and timezone settings to the file. Do not label hourly data as daily.

• A long calculation

  Check the number of bars and select a local range with LBC. This reduces the input history while retaining nested-wave calculations within the selected range.

Read a small file excerpt before importing.

The two rows below are invented hourly bars in UTC, marked by Z. They illustrate fields only; two rows are not enough for a wave calculation. Keep the original TradingView export and use the documented source-bar selection for the actual import.

time,open,high,low,close
2026-01-05T10:00:00Z,100,110,99,108
2026-01-05T11:00:00Z,108,112,104,110

Diagnose the file, not the wave model.

Check that each row has numeric prices and an unambiguous timestamp. Do not silently shift dates, fill missing prices or relabel hourly bars as daily bars. Additional indicator columns are not a substitute for OHLC. CSV import belongs to Pro; Light uses its supported data source.

Chart CSV export: free access, limits, shortcuts and apps

A CSV export is a file of values from a particular chart. Before importing it into Pro, establish three separate things: whether your TradingView account includes chart export, which price history has loaded, and which rows Pro will use. A large history allowance alone does not establish export access.

Is chart export free?

Checked on 19 October 2026: TradingView’s current plan comparison marks “Download chart data” as unavailable on Basic and Essential, and available on Plus, Premium and Ultimate. A free Basic account therefore does not provide the documented chart-CSV download feature. This guide does not promise a free workaround or treat a paid-plan trial as permanent free access. Check the current comparison and your account before choosing a plan; no purchase is required to read this guide.

The documented route on a computer

1. Open the required symbol and interval in Supercharts. Record the exchange or data feed, interval, session and adjustment settings so you can reproduce the input.
2. Move back to the start of the required period and wait for its bars to load. Changing the visible period does not manufacture older data.
3. Use the upper toolbar’s dropdown and choose Download chart data…. Select the chart, then Download. The wording can vary with the interface language.
4. Keep the downloaded original. Check its first and last timestamps and its OHLC columns—Open, High, Low and Close—before importing.

This follows TradingView’s chart-export instructions. A Strategy Report or an account’s trades CSV is a different export: it is not a substitute for the source price bars required here.

How many bars can be exported?

The file uses loaded chart data. Do not assume that every bar in TradingView’s storage, Bar Replay or a deep backtest will be included. For ordinary intraday chart history, the current plan comparison gives:

TradingView’s intraday-history explanation allows extra bars back to a calendar boundary, depending on interval. It also mentions an Expert allowance of 25,000; Expert is not one of the five plans in the current public comparison above. Daily and higher intervals show the available daily-based history. These are chart-history rules, not a guarantee that a particular CSV contains exactly the listed count. Check the downloaded rows and dates.

Pro’s 100, 200, 300, 400 or 500 source-bar choices are a separate step. They select the latest intraday source bars for import; they neither increase TradingView history nor describe TradingView’s export cap. For example, a file may contain more rows than the 300 source bars selected for import. After loading, compare the resulting period with the import settings, then choose the analysis range with LBC or start and finish.

Is there an export shortcut?

The official export article documents a menu route, but the sources reviewed for this guide do not establish a dedicated CSV-export key combination. Open Keyboard shortcuts in TradingView’s main menu to check the shortcuts offered in your current interface. Do not substitute a save-layout, chart-image or Pine Editor shortcut for CSV download. Absence of a verified combination here is not proof that no version can offer one.

Browser, Desktop app and mobile are different checks

• Computer browser: use the documented Supercharts menu route when your account includes the feature.
• TradingView Desktop for Windows, macOS or Linux: TradingView describes the familiar chart experience, but this review did not execute an export in a signed-in Desktop session. Verify the chart menu and resulting file on your installed version; installing Desktop does not change the plan comparison.
• iOS, Android and a mobile browser: this review found no current official, version-specific chart-CSV export procedure establishing the complete mobile workflow. Synced layouts and a mobile app’s availability do not prove CSV-export parity. Use the documented computer route when available; a mobile-only procedure remains unverified.

If the command is missing, first check the account’s plan, chart context and interface version. If the file is short, check loaded history and the file’s dates before changing Pro. Continue with the CSV data checks and the first-calculation guide once the input is consistent.

After checking the file, run your first calculation

Once the instrument, interval, timestamps and file rows are checked, review the Windows requirements and installation for Pro, then follow the first-calculation guide. Keep the original export so you can compare results using the same bars and range.