How TheTradingRobot works

You build a robot from blocks, the builder checks it, you test it in MetaTrader 5, and you get it for the MetaTrader 5 accounts you name. This page explains each step and what you get.

The builder with the example robot EMA Cross Trend: the blocks you can add on the left, the robot's blocks in rows on the canvas, and the risk guard's settings on the right. — The builder, with the example robot EMA Cross Trend.

The five steps

Choose a step to see it in the builder.

Build your robot

Start from an example or a blank page. Put your rules in rows of blocks.

The builder's canvas with the blocks of the example robot EMA Cross Trend in rows: a new bar, three moving averages, the ATR and the price, then EMA 21 crossing EMA 55 and the close compared with EMA 200.

Let the builder check it

It points out anything missing, in plain words, and refuses risky robots.

The builder's check under the canvas: "Needs changes", 1 problem. A block named "Buy twice the size" is outlined, and the problem says it would make trades bigger after a loss, and that we do not build robots that do that.

Test it for free

Download a free test copy and try it on past prices in the Strategy Tester.

The builder's Download view: "Your test copy of version 1 is ready", the download button for the test copy, its compile log, and the four steps to test it in the Strategy Tester.

Buy it for your accounts

Pay once and enter your account numbers. We email you when it is ready.

The buy page's account boxes, with two MetaTrader 5 account numbers typed in.

Turn it on

Put it on a chart and switch on Algo Trading. It runs only on your accounts.

The order page's panel "Add your robot to MetaTrader 5": the two account numbers it runs on, "Test first", and the five steps to put it on a chart and switch Algo Trading on.

Screens of the builder and your account, with the example robot EMA Cross Trend.

What you need

MetaTrader 5 on a computer
The free trading app many brokers give you. Robots run on a computer, not in the phone app.
An account with a broker
You need its account number when you buy your robot. Start with a demo account, which uses practice money.
A computer that stays on, or a VPS
Your robot works only while the app is open. A VPS is a computer you rent online that stays on.

What you get

When your robot is ready, you download two things from your account page:

Your robot. It is one file for MetaTrader 5, and its name ends in .ex5.
Its compile log. It shows Result: 0 errors, which means MetaTrader's own tool built your robot without errors.

Your robot's numbers are built into it, so there is nothing else to load. You can download it again at any time, for free.

Your rules stay yours, and you can download a copy of them at any time.

The order page's section "Your robot": the button "Download your robot" with the file's name, the button "Download the compile log", and a note that each download link works for a few minutes. — Your order page: your robot and its compile log, ready to download.

Locked to your accounts

When you buy a robot, you enter the MetaTrader 5 account numbers it may run on, for example your demo account and your live account. Your account number is the login your broker gave you.

Your robot runs only on those accounts. On any other account it does nothing: it shows a message on the chart and opens no trades. The Strategy Tester always runs it, so you can test it on past prices whatever account you use.

If you move to a new account, you can ask for an account change on your account page: we build the same robot again for the new account number. The copy you already downloaded keeps working on the old account.

What the account lock does and does not stop

The top of the panel "Add your robot to MetaTrader 5": it runs only on these MetaTrader 5 accounts, two account numbers, and in the Strategy Tester it runs on any account. — Your order page names the accounts your robot runs on.

Built for you, then emailed

When you buy, our build computer makes your robot for your accounts with MetaEditor, the tool that comes with MetaTrader 5. Robots are built in order, and we email you when yours is ready to download.

The longest wait is 24 hours. If your robot is not ready by then, we refund you in full without you having to ask. Until it is ready, you can cancel for a full refund.

The order page's section "Where your robot is": Paid (done), Waiting for our build computer (now), then Building and Ready to download. — Your order page while your robot waits for our build computer.

What it works with

Robots are made for MetaTrader 5. cTrader and MetaTrader 4 will come later.

Your MetaTrader 5 needs to be up to date: an older version cannot open a robot made with a newer one. MetaTrader usually updates itself when it starts.

Your broker must allow automated trading, and Algo Trading must be switched on in MetaTrader 5.

MetaTrader 5

Where robots run

MetaTrader 5 for Windows
The official MetaTrader 5 app for Mac
A MetaTrader VPS (MQL5 VPS)

Where robots cannot run

The MetaTrader 5 phone apps
MetaTrader 5 in a web browser

Show your real results on PipCircle

PipCircle is a separate website that checks real-money trading accounts, using data read from the broker's own trading server (the broker is the company that holds the account). Then it shows their results in public.

When your robot is trading, you can connect that account to PipCircle. Then anyone can see how the account really did, checked by PipCircle and not by us. A listing on PipCircle is not a recommendation.

Visit PipCircle.com

Public account record

Account: Real money
Platform: MetaTrader 5
Data comes from: Your broker's trading server
Checked by: PipCircle

PipCircle-verified account record

What it costs

Building and checking your robot are free, and so is its test copy. To run a robot on your own accounts, you pay once for that robot. There is no subscription.

Prices include VAT.

See pricing

In short

Pay once for each robot

Building and checking: free
A test copy for the Strategy Tester: free
Downloading your robot again: free
A changed strategy: a new robot, so a new purchase

Start building

Open the builder and build your first robot. Building and checking are free.

Build your robot Read the step-by-step guide