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# What is TradingView?

[TradingView ](https://www.tradingview.com/)is a free charting platform and social network where traders/investors can **look** at financial charts and use a wide variety of tools to spot opportunity in every market across Stocks, Forex, Crypto, Futures & Commodities. Trading View has all the charting tools you need to share and view trading ideas. Real-time data and browser-based charts let you do your research from anywhere, since there are no installations or complex setups. You can just simply open Trading View on any modern browser and start charting, learning, and sharing trading ideas.

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*This is the platform where we host all of our Indicators on. The indicators plug right onto the charts and are super easy to setup.*
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### Sign up for a free TradingView account

TradingView is completely free to use, although there are higher tier plans which give you some extra perks, they are not needed to use our premium suite of indicators. The signup process is very simple and fast. Click on "Get started" at the top right of the homepage. You can sign up using your social media profiles or an email address.

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