TracerAI Overview#

TracerAI is the AI assistant built into the terminal. Describe an indicator in plain English and it writes the code and drops it straight onto your chart. Ask it to read the chart in front of you and it gives you a structured take. It is a chat, so you get what you want by talking to it and refining.

Where to find it#

TracerAI is a widget. Add it from the widget picker like any other, and it sits in your layout next to your charts. On a chart you can also open it as a side panel from the toolbar, and on mobile it has its own button that slides up a full-height drawer.

TODO: screenshot of the TracerAI chat panel open next to a chart.

Build an indicator#

Tell TracerAI what you want. "Plot a 200 EMA and shade when price is above it." "Mark the high and low of the first hour." It writes the code and shows it as a code card in the chat. Click Attach and the indicator goes live on your chart right away.

It is a conversation, so you refine by asking. "Make the line thicker." "Only fire when volume is rising." "Add an alert when it crosses." Each change updates the card. If the code hits an error, a Fix this for me button hands it back to the AI to repair.

TODO: screenshot of a code card in the chat, showing the generated code and the Attach button.

Read the chart#

TracerAI does more than write code. Ask it about the chart you are looking at, something like "what's the setup on BTC here", and instead of code it answers with a structured read: a directional bias, how strong it is, the setup it sees, and a possible entry, stop, targets, and the risks. It works out whether you want an indicator or an opinion from how you ask, so there is no mode to switch.

TODO: screenshot of the chart-read card (bias, conviction, the setup, entry, stop, targets, and risks).

Edit it yourself#

You do not have to leave the code to the AI. Open the built-in editor from the code card or with Cmd/Ctrl+E and you get a real code editor next to the chat. On a narrow screen it slides in over the chat, and on a wide one it splits the panel so you can see the conversation and the code side by side. Cmd/Ctrl+S saves your work and Cmd/Ctrl+Enter re-attaches the edited version to the chart.

TODO: screenshot of the built-in editor in the wide two-pane view (chat on the left, code on the right).

Save and reuse#

Attaching an indicator puts it on the current chart. To keep it, Save it to your My Indicators library, where it is yours to add to any chart from the indicator picker. From there you can also share it. See Community for publishing an indicator and installing ones other traders have built.

The language#

You write indicators in Tracer Script, a JavaScript dialect that runs against your chart's candles and Tracer's data feeds. It is what TracerAI generates today, with more languages planned. You rarely have to write it by hand, but when you want to, two pages have you covered. Building Indicators walks through writing one from scratch, and the Scripting Reference lists every function and data source you can call.

Credits#

Tracer's managed AI runs on a prepaid credit wallet. Only the AI generation itself costs credits, and a typical request runs a few cents. Running an indicator, attaching it, and editing the code are all free. Your balance sits in the TracerAI header and under Account → Billing, and if you run low you are prompted to top up before the next message. See Accounts & Billing for the packs and how billing works.

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