How to Change Indicator Settings on TradingView
Change inputs, colours, alerts and defaults on any TradingView indicator — and make your changes stick across every chart.
How to Change Indicator Settings on TradingView
Every indicator on TradingView has a settings panel with three tabs: Inputs, Style, and Visibility. Knowing what belongs in each one saves a lot of fiddling.
Open the settings panel
There are three ways, all equivalent:
On mobile, tap the indicator name in the legend, then tap the gear.
Inputs: the numbers that change the maths
The Inputs tab holds the actual parameters — length, source, smoothing, thresholds. Changing an RSI length from 14 to 7 makes it faster and noisier; 21 makes it slower and cleaner.
A rule that saves beginners a lot of pain: change one input at a time and watch the chart. If you change three at once you will never know which one helped.
Style: colours, line width, and what gets plotted
The Style tab controls appearance. You can:
Turning off plots you never look at is the single fastest way to declutter a busy chart.
Visibility: which timeframes the indicator shows on
The Visibility tab lets you restrict an indicator to specific timeframes. Set a daily trend filter to only appear on 1H and above, and it stops cluttering your 1-minute chart.
Make your settings the default
Once you have an indicator dialled in, click Defaults at the bottom-left of the settings panel and choose Save as default. Every new instance of that indicator will use your settings.
To go back, use Reset settings in the same menu.
Apply the same settings to other charts
Settings live per chart. To reuse them:
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I reset an indicator to its original settings?
Open the settings panel, click Defaults at the bottom-left, then Reset settings.
Why do my settings disappear when I switch symbols?
Your chart layout is unsaved. Press Ctrl/Cmd + S to save the layout — settings persist with it.
Can I change settings on the mobile app?
Yes. Tap the indicator name in the chart legend, then the gear icon. The same Inputs and Style tabs appear.
Can I change settings on an invite-only script?
Yes, unless the author locked specific inputs. The source code is hidden, but exposed inputs are editable like any other indicator.
A note on tuning
Most traders over-tune. If an indicator only works on one setting for one symbol, it is fitted to the past, not to the market. SimpleAlgo's indicators adapt their thresholds to live volatility instead, so there is far less to adjust. See how that works.
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Nikolas MetreveliFounder of SimpleAlgo
Nikolas wrote his first real code at 12 and freelanced software tools and websites for small businesses before finding the markets at 15. He builds and maintains every SimpleAlgo indicator and writes these guides from hands-on use of the tools.
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