Best TradingView Settings for Day Trading (Beginner Setup)

Short answer: one market, a 5-minute chart, your local time zone, plain candles, the extended session visible, your key levels drawn as horizontal lines, and nothing else. Save it as a layout so every session starts the same.

1. Symbol

Pick one market and stay with it. For futures, MNQ1! (micro Nasdaq). See why NQ.

2. Timeframe

5 minutes for entries. If you want context, check the 30-minute or 1-hour chart before the session, then switch back.

3. Time zone

Right-click the time axis and choose your time zone, so the 9:30 a.m. Eastern open lines up with your clock.

4. Session

In chart settings, show the extended session so you can see the overnight high and low, two of the most useful levels.

5. Candles

Plain candles to start. Heikin Ashi smooths the picture once you can read normal candles. Set up and down colors you can tell apart at a glance.

6. Levels

Draw horizontal lines at yesterday's high and low and the overnight high and low. Add an alert on the one you care about most. See support and resistance.

7. Indicators

None, or one. The free plan allows two, and that's plenty. If you use one, VWAP is the most useful for intraday context.

8. Save the layout

Click the layout name at the top right and save. Same chart, every session.

Don't have it yet? Open a free account at TradingView (affiliate link), then follow how to use TradingView for day trading.

Education only, not investment advice. Most people who day trade lose money. Simulated results have limits. TradingView links on this page are affiliate links: if you sign up or upgrade, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. TradingView changes its plans and menus from time to time; check its site for what's current.