TradingView features missing on Kite
Kite embeds the TradingView Charting Library, which is a subset of the full TradingView.com platform. Several features available on TradingView.com are not present on Kite because the embedded library is purely a charting engine, not a full trading platform.
This article catalogues the missing features for users coming from TradingView.com.
Pine Script custom indicators / strategies
The biggest gap. TradingView.com supports Pine Script: a domain-specific language for creating custom indicators, scripts, and backtest strategies. Users can write or import Pine Script scripts from the TradingView community.
Kite’s embedded library does not include Pine Script execution. Only built-in indicators are available; no custom Pine.
For Pine Script alternatives on Kite, users use built-in indicators with parameter customisation.
Alerts
TradingView.com supports server-side alerts: notifications when price crosses a level, indicator condition met, etc. Alerts work even when the user isn’t logged in.
Kite has its own alerts system (price alerts, nudge alerts) but it’s separate from the embedded TradingView library and has different configuration. See Kite’s price alert documentation.
Screener
TradingView.com has a powerful screener: filter stocks across thousands by indicator condition, fundamental metric, price action pattern.
Kite has limited screening through Kite tools, but not the TradingView.com screener.
Community and social
TradingView.com is also a social platform: users publish charts, ideas, scripts, follow each other. The embedded library does not include any of this.
Indicator marketplace
TradingView.com has a marketplace for custom indicators (paid and free). The embedded library has only built-in indicators.
Replay backtesting with statistics
TradingView.com has bar-by-bar replay + automated statistics. The embedded library has bar replay but limited statistics; for systematic backtesting, see Streak.
Multi-time-frame analysis
TradingView.com supports multi-time-frame indicator panels in a single chart. The embedded library has limited MTF support.
Heatmap / market overview
TradingView.com has sector / industry heatmaps, market overview widgets. The embedded library doesn’t include these.
What this means for users
Use Kite’s TradingView engine for:
- Charting price action.
- Standard indicators (Supertrend, RSI, MACD, Bollinger, etc.).
- Drawings and analysis.
Use TradingView.com for:
- Pine Script.
- Server-side alerts.
- Stock screening.
- Community ideas.
The two complement each other; many serious traders use both.
See also
- Kite TradingView vs ChartIQ engine
- Kite chart types explained
- Kite drawing tools
- Third-party charting libraries on Kite
- How to add indicators on Kite charts
- How to backtest a strategy on Kite charts
- How to use Supertrend on Kite
- How to use VWAP on Kite
- How to use RSI on Kite
- How to use MACD on Kite
- How to use Bollinger Bands on Kite
- How to use Fibonacci retracements on Kite
- How to identify breakouts on Kite charts
- Streak
- Sensibull
- Smallcase
- TradingView (third-party chart library)
- ChartIQ
- Kite (Zerodha)
- Zerodha
- Pine Script
- Charts differ across Kite platforms
External references
References
- TradingView Charting Library documentation.
- TradingView Pine Script documentation.
- Zerodha support documentation on Kite charting.