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# Set up Broker Connector

### How to use the broker connector?

Using the broker connector is easy once you get set up.

<img src="/files/gCWC3g29HdFOy4yKqJAt" alt="The Pipeline Process" class="gitbook-drawing">

In the following pages we will cover the set up process that includes:

1. [Set up an AutoView account](/tools/setup-instructions/set-up-autoview.md)
2. [Set up an account with an exchange](/tools/setup-instructions/set-up-an-exchange-account.md) that AutoView supports.
3. [Set up an API with an exchange ](https://docs.pinescriptstrategy.com/tools/settings/broker-connector/pages/oL8qVYfD4NHeFVRXEdMr#setting-up-an-api-with-the-exchange.)
4. [Connect the API to AutoView](/tools/setup-instructions/set-up-an-exchange-account.md#connecting-the-api-to-autoview)
5. [Connect  PSStrategyX to AutoView](/tools/setup-instructions/set-up-an-exchange-account.md#final-steps-connect-psstrategyx-to-autoview)
6. [Execute Trades in PSStrategyX](/tools/setup-instructions/connect-trading-signals-to-psstrategyx.md)
7. [Set up alerts in PSStrategyX](/tools/tips-and-tricks/how-to-create-an-alert.md)