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First, identify the script version
Premium V2 scripts include an optimization preset selector. Premium V1 scripts (without V2 in the script name) require individual input configuration, or the supported Chrome extension workflow for importing the corresponding settings CSV. Never assume that a V1 settings file is a V2 preset.
Premium V2 — preset workflow
- Add the corresponding invited Premium V2 strategy to the correct symbol and timeframe.
- In Inputs, select the exact Optimization ID from the built-in preset selector.
- With a named preset selected, its entry logic, indicator filters and exit settings are controlled by the preset: you cannot independently modify those settings while keeping that preset active.
- Set Trade Direction, Risk Management, and Position Handling as appropriate. These are separate from the preset selection.
- Open Strategy Properties and set initial capital, order-size assumptions, broker commission and slippage. This is required even when you use a preset.
- Compare results with the optimization library and the original market/timeframe. Check feed differences and sample dates.
To create your own configuration: switch out of the locked preset mode into the script’s configurable/custom inputs mode, then change and test entry filters, risk and exit modules intentionally. Do not label a changed configuration as the unchanged published optimization.
Premium V1 — individual settings or CSV workflow
- Open the matching V1 TradingView strategy on the chosen instrument/timeframe.
- Find the selected optimization’s member-only settings CSV in the supplied release resources.
- Either set every strategy input one by one against the CSV, or use the documented Chrome settings-import extension workflow where compatible. The extension’s source, availability and exact browser permissions must be confirmed in member resources before use.
- Check every field, particularly entry/exit logic, stop settings, session limits and trade direction. A partial import is not a valid match.
- Set Strategy Properties separately: capital, size, commission and slippage. These are required for V1 too.
- Confirm the Strategy Tester trades and costs against the historical export.
V1 CSV import: complete illustrated walkthrough
The V1 settings import/export guide contains the Chrome extension instructions, import/export buttons and all five annotated screenshots. It also explains why imported Inputs must be checked against Strategy Properties. Do not use the CSV workflow to load a V2 optimization preset.
Track what still works
Not all historical optimizations continue to perform well. Smart Trader members can review the Monthly Performance Summary in our private Discord to monitor subsequent results. Historical tracking is not a live-performance guarantee.