Click the arrow next to Save on the chart's top toolbar, choose Download chart data…, pick the chart and a time format, and click Download. TradingView saves the chart's symbol and indicators to a CSV, with the time in UTC. The free Basic plan can't do it. The reader above turns the file into one Excel reads as dates, in UTC or in your own time zone.
How do I export chart data from TradingView?
It's in the layout menu, behind the small arrow next to Save. We opened it on tradingview.com/chart, signed out, on 2026-10-23. The menu holds Save layout, Download chart data…, Create new layout… and Open layout…, in that order.
Download chart data… opens a dialog that says it plainly: "All information from the selected chart, including the symbol & indicators will be saved to a CSV file." It asks two things:
- Chart. Which chart of your layout to save, shown as the symbol and interval, for example BATS:AAPL, D.
- Time format (UTC). ISO time or UNIX timestamp. Both are UTC.
Then click Download. TradingView's help on exporting chart data adds the rule that matters most: "The data you export is what your chart shows you."
Can you download data from TradingView for free?
No, not on the free Basic plan. Signed out, we pressed Download in that dialog. Instead of a file, TradingView showed an upgrade prompt titled "Export data to where you need it", with Basic marked by a cross and Plus marked as recommended.
TradingView's pricing page, read the same day, says it twice, and the two places don't agree on one plan:
| Plan | Comparison table: Download chart data | Plan card lists "Chart data export" | Historical bars available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | No | No | 5K |
| Essential | No | Yes | 10K |
| Plus | Yes | Yes | 10K |
| Premium | Yes | Yes | 20K |
| Ultimate | Yes | Yes | 40K |
So Plus and up can export by every account we found, and Basic can't. Essential is the open question: its feature list says yes and the comparison table says no. If you're on Essential, open the menu and try it before you pay for more. We couldn't, signed out.
TradingView's own announcement of the feature, on 25 September 2019, said "This feature is available on PRO+ & Premium plans", the upper plans of the time, which fits the table more than the card.
How much history can you export?
As many bars as the chart has loaded. The help's advice is to "scroll the chart left or drag the x-axis and then download a CSV", so load the range you want first, then download.
How far back a chart loads depends on the plan: the pricing page's Historical bars available row reads 10K on Essential and Plus, 20K on Premium and 40K on Ultimate. On a 1-minute chart, 10K bars is about a week of round-the-clock crypto, and less in calendar time for a market that closes.
If you need years of intraday bars, the plan's bar count is the limit, not the export. The Bar Replay guide covers how far each plan's replay goes, which is a separate limit.
ISO time or UNIX timestamp?
Pick ISO time if a person will read the file, UNIX timestamp if a script will. A UNIX timestamp is the number of seconds since 1 January 1970 UTC: 1792591200 is 2026-10-21 14:00:00 UTC. ISO time is the same moment written as a date. Both are UTC.
Excel and Google Sheets read neither as a date by themselves. The reader at the top of this page takes either one and saves a copy whose time is written as 2026-10-21 14:00:00, in UTC or in your own time zone. It runs in your browser, so the file is never uploaded.
Open the CSV in Excel or Google Sheets
The quickest way: save a copy from the reader and open that. The time column comes out as a plain date and time, labelled with its zone, and every other column stays as TradingView wrote it.
To convert it yourself, for a UNIX timestamp in cell A2:
- Excel:
=A2/86400+DATE(1970,1,1), then format the cell as a date and time. - Google Sheets: the same formula works.
The result is UTC. Add your offset in hours divided by 24 to move it to your clock, for example +7/24 for Bangkok.
What the CSV holds, and what it doesn't
The dialog names the symbol and the indicators; it says nothing about drawings. So expect the chart's prices and a column for each indicator's values, not your trendlines or notes.
The screener has its own export, a different feature on the pricing page, which the screener guide covers. For the MetaTrader side of the same job, exporting MT5 chart data walks through MT5's own CSV.
Where we stand
Every step and label here is what tradingview.com showed us, signed out, on 2026-10-23, plus its help page and its pricing page read the same day. We didn't sign in or buy a plan, so we couldn't download a real file or settle the Essential question. If TradingView changes the menu or the plans, its own pages are right and this one is out of date until we read them again.
Frequently asked questions
How do I export chart data from TradingView?
Click the small arrow next to Save on the chart's top toolbar and choose Download chart data… Pick the chart and the time format, ISO time or UNIX timestamp, both in UTC, then click Download. TradingView saves the chart's symbol and indicators to a CSV file.
Can you download data from TradingView for free?
Not on the free Basic plan. Signed out on 2026-10-23, pressing Download opened an upgrade prompt that marks Basic with a cross and recommends Plus, and the pricing page's comparison table has no Download chart data on Basic.
Which TradingView plan can export chart data?
Plus, Premium and Ultimate, by the pricing page's comparison table and its upgrade prompt. Essential is unclear: the same page lists Chart data export among Essential's features, while its comparison table marks Download chart data as not included on Essential.
How do I export more history from TradingView?
Load it on the chart first. TradingView's help says the data you export is what your chart shows, so scroll the chart left or drag the time axis before you download. How far back a chart loads depends on the plan: 10K bars on Essential and Plus, 20K on Premium, 40K on Ultimate.
What time zone is TradingView's CSV in?
UTC. The dialog's setting is called Time format (UTC), and its two choices, ISO time and UNIX timestamp, are both in UTC. The reader on this page can save a copy in your own time zone.
How do I open a TradingView CSV in Excel?
Excel opens the CSV, but it won't read the time column as a date on its own. Save a copy from the reader on this page, which writes the time as 2026-10-21 14:00:00, or, for a UNIX timestamp in A2, use =A2/86400+DATE(1970,1,1) and format the cell as a date and time.
