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Getting Started

Welcome to the NightShark knowledge base. This tutorial track focuses on the scripting fundamentals you need to automate trades quickly and safely.

What You’ll Learn​

  • How NightShark represents on-screen data through points and areas
  • The core functions—read_areas(), Click(), and toNumber()—that power every strategy
  • Techniques for structuring reusable logic with variables, loops, and custom functions

How the Tutorials Are Organized​

  1. Foundations — Meet the built-in helpers and learn how to map your trading platform.
  2. State Management — Capture data with variables and convert raw text into numbers.
  3. Decision Logic — Combine conditional checks with loops to automate reactions.
  4. Action Routines — Orchestrate clicks and orders without manual intervention.

Each article includes actionable snippets you can paste directly into a NightShark script.

Prerequisites​

  • NightShark desktop app installed and linked to a test account
  • Familiarity with basic trading concepts (entries, exits, stop losses)
  • A simulator or paper trading environment for experimentation
Prefer hands-on practice?

Keep the NightShark editor open alongside these docs so you can tweak the examples as you read.

Next Steps​

Start with Pre-Built Functions to learn the building blocks, then progress in order. By the end of the series you will have a flexible template ready to adapt to your own strategy ideas.