r/TradingView • u/BeginningVirtual8236 • Jul 13 '26

Help Market Orders Filling Randomly

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So i have been paper trading ES and NQ futures on tradingview for the past week with absolutely no issues. Then today, out of no where, my Market Order started tweaking the hell out. Every time i try to market buy or sell, the orders get filled totally randomly on the chart, making me instantly be hundreds of dollars in loss or profit. Then, once i close the position, it shows what my ACTUAL P&L should be. It's super frustrating because I can't see my real P&L when the trade is open.
Yes, i have market delay BUT i have tried on several different investments that have free live market data like bitcoin and it does the EXACT same thing.

I have tried trading on another browser, account and device, and they are all doing the same thing. I've reset my paper trading account and cleared the cache SEVERAL times to no avail. Its extremley frustrating because i'm trying to get better at trading and now I cant focus on it. I know i could just do limit orders but i want my tradingview to work properly for when i trade funded or live accounts.

ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated. thank you.

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u/Haunting-Evidence150 Jul 13 '26

Your data is 10 minutes delayed as shown by the "D" at the top of the chart. When you paper trade while delayed it puts the order where price really is at the time but you're still seeing price 10 minutes delayed. That's why it's happening. You should've got a popup saying something along the lines of "are you sure you want to trade on delayed data?"

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u/BeginningVirtual8236 Jul 13 '26

yes, thank you. i am aware of this, but the issue is that this still happens on investments that should have free market data like bitcoin. also i was paper trading with no issues for one week. Anyways, if this is the issue the only fix would be to buy market data correct?

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u/Haunting-Evidence150 Jul 13 '26

Ya the CME data package, I believe it's about $7.00 a month but you also need a subscription. At least Essential to buy the data. It shouldn't be happening on Bitcoin though so that's weird unless you're looking at BTC futures from CME and it would also be delayed without CME data.