Drupal 8 - Add a link to create content in the view header or footer

To add a link in your view header to create a content type, do the followings:

• Open your view.
• Under the HEADER section, add the following code in your Global: Text area:

[ <a href="/node/add/trade?destination=/trade-alerts">Add Trade</a> ]
<hr></hr>

• Make sure that you set your Text format filter to FULL HTML.
• Replace trade with your own content type machine name.
• ?destination= will redirect to the destination path after content is saved.
• Repeat the same steps for FOOTER section.
• Optional: check Display even if view has no result.

The end result will look like the followings: