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A remote Windows server keeps MetaTrader 5 and your Expert Advisor running while your computer is off. When you need one, how to get it at RoboForex and how to connect in four steps.
Fifteen checks in four stages take a robot from MetaTrader 5 installed to its first trade on a demo account, with a link to the full guide for each one.
How to set the lot size, Stop Loss, Take Profit and magic number of a trading robot in MetaTrader 5, with a lot size calculator and a two-robot example.
A walkthrough with the built-in MACD Sample robot on a RoboForex demo account, from the robot file to the chart, the Algo Trading button and the first trade.
How do interest rates work? A central bank sets a policy rate that becomes the base price of money. Banks pass it on to loans and savings, borrowing and spending adjust, and prices follow with a delay. Markets trade the gap between a decision and what they expected, which is what this guide teaches you […]
Same prices, same platform, different results: where the gap between a demo and a real account comes from, with a drawdown calculator and a readiness checklist.
Where to get a ready-made trading robot for MetaTrader 5, how to test a paid one for free, and how to install a file from another website.
How stock indices work, which ones traders follow, what moves them and how to open your first US 500 or DE 40 trade step by step.
MetaTrader 5 automated trading starts with two switches: the Algo Trading button on the MT5 toolbar and the Allow Algo Trading box in your Expert Advisor's own settings. With both on, the robot can send orders. With either one off, it keeps reading the market and places nothing.
The official MT5 download is available on the MetaQuotes website and on the RoboForex MetaTrader 5 page, and the mobile app is in Google Play and the App Store. Install the platform, log in with your account number, trading password and server name, and the terminal is ready in a few minutes.
When money is free to spend, it is also free to put to work. One of the most conservative options is a bank deposit that pays interest. The alternative is putting the same money into stocks on a schedule and letting price growth and dividends do the work instead. Comparing deposit vs stocks over a real ten-year stretch, using JPMorgan Chase for both sides of the comparison, shows exactly how far apart the two outcomes can get.
Plenty of traders never automate a strategy because building a trading robot looks like it needs a programming background. The entry barrier is lower than that. Your first MQL5 expert advisor is about a hundred lines of code, and this article hands you all of them, together with the steps that turn them into a robot running on a MetaTrader 5 chart.
What MetaTrader 5 adds over MT4: 21 timeframes, six order types, netting and hedging, the strategy tester and five steps to start.
Install the EA, load 99.9% tick history, set a realistic spread and delay in the Strategy Tester and read the report before going live.