From signal to live trade, without you
The Expert Advisor is what makes this service hands-free. Once it is attached to a chart in MetaTrader 5, it reads each new signal within seconds and places, manages and closes the corresponding order on your account.
A few minutes, one time
After this, no manual step is ever required from the investor.
Install MetaTrader 5
Install the terminal and log in to your broker account. If you are on the partner-broker plan, we will point you to the right account type.
Add the Expert Advisor
Copy the Trade Signal IQ EA into the terminal's MQL5\Experts folder, refresh the Navigator, then drag it onto any chart.
Allow trading and leave it running
Enable automated trading, allow web access to our signal endpoint, and you are done. Everything after this is automatic.
Permissions to check. In MetaTrader 5, automated trading must be enabled, and
https://tradesignaliq.com must be listed under Tools → Options → Expert Advisors → Allow WebRequest.
Without those two, the EA can read nothing and place nothing.
What the Expert Advisor actually does
Reads every new signal
The EA polls our signal feed continuously. A new setup — symbol, direction, entry, TP1, TP2, SL — is picked up within seconds of being published.
Places the order for you
It opens the position at the signal's entry within a price tolerance, attaches the stop-loss and take-profit, and tags the trade with its own magic number so your manual trades stay untouched.
Manages and closes it
Positions are carried to TP or SL and closed automatically. Signals are not split by timeframe — setups are generally opened and managed as day trades.
Lot sizing
The EA has a default lot size plus an optional per-symbol list, so you can size each instrument the way you want — an index position does not have to match a gold position.
On the free plan the lot size is fixed at the broker minimum for every symbol. Paid plans hand the sizing back to you.
Coverage
Forex only. Everything your broker lists under one roof:
Broker symbol names vary — XAUUSD versus XAUUSD.m, for example. Confirm the instruments
you want exist in your broker's Market Watch.
MetaTrader 5 VPS on our own server
The Expert Advisor can only act while MetaTrader 5 is running and connected. If the terminal is closed, the machine sleeps or the connection drops, signals arriving in that window are missed. A VPS removes that risk — and ours removes something else too.
- No time lost. Your terminal sits in the same place the signals are produced, so there is effectively no delay between a signal being generated and the trade being opened.
- Always on. The terminal keeps running when your own computer is off, asleep or offline.
- Preconfigured. We set up MetaTrader 5 and the Expert Advisor for you.
Entirely optional — the EA also runs fine on your own PC or any third-party VPS.
The same automation, at a smaller scale
Running free is not a demo, and there is nothing to sign up for. You get the real Expert Advisor on the real signals, with two limits.
Minimum lot size
Positions open at the broker minimum on every symbol. You get the full symbol coverage, just at the smallest size your broker allows.
Alternating days
The EA opens trades every other day — roughly half of the month's trading days. Paid plans trade every trading day.
No account, no card and no time limit — download the Expert Advisor and it works. Upgrade whenever you want full lot control and daily execution.