Practical guides on TradingView automation, MetaTrader webhooks, copy trading, and managing risk when a machine trades for you.
Step-by-step guide to connecting TradingView alerts to MetaTrader 5: webhook setup, alert JSON, EA installation, and firing your first automated trade in under 10 minutes.
Jul 15, 2026 · 9 min read
Setup GuidesEverything about TradingView webhook alerts: plan requirements, alert dialog settings, JSON message format, placeholders, testing, and the mistakes that break most setups.
Jul 15, 2026 · 8 min read
AutomationYou do not need to write an EA or learn MQL5 to automate a TradingView strategy. Here is the no-code path from Pine Script alert to live MT4/MT5 execution.
Jul 15, 2026 · 7 min read
Setup GuidesMT4 is still the most-used retail trading platform. Here is how to route TradingView alerts to MetaTrader 4 automatically - including the MT4-specific settings that trip people up.
Jul 15, 2026 · 7 min read
Setup GuidesCopy-paste TradingView alert JSON for every common scenario: market orders, pending orders, partial closes, multi-TP, breakeven, dynamic strategy alerts, and position modification.
Jul 15, 2026 · 8 min read
Copy TradingCopy trading lets your account mirror an experienced trader automatically. How it works on MetaTrader, what the fees look like, the risks nobody mentions, and how to start safely.
Jul 15, 2026 · 8 min read
Copy TradingWin rate is the least useful number on a leader profile. The five statistics that actually predict whether copying a trader will work - and the red flags that should end the conversation.
Jul 15, 2026 · 7 min read
Copy TradingIf your strategy is consistently profitable, followers will pay for it. The realistic economics of leading a copy group: fees, follower math, settlement, and what actually attracts followers.
Jul 15, 2026 · 7 min read
Trade ManagementScaling out at multiple targets smooths your equity curve and removes the worst exit decision in trading. How TP1/TP2/TP3 with partial closes and auto-breakeven works in practice.
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Trade ManagementThe two automations that separate managed trades from abandoned ones: how breakeven triggers and trailing stops work, sensible defaults, and the mistakes that get trades stopped out early.
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Trade ManagementPosition sizing decides whether a profitable strategy compounds or blows up. Fixed lots, percent-of-balance, and risk-based sizing compared - with the math that makes the choice obvious.
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
AutomationTwo strategies on one account will sabotage each other unless you isolate them. Magic numbers and strategy tags: how professionals run a portfolio of systems on a single terminal.
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Risk ManagementAn automated strategy will follow its rules straight off a cliff. The guard layer every automated account needs: daily loss limits, trade caps, spread filters, and why they live on the terminal.
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Risk ManagementNFP, CPI, and rate decisions turn spreads and slippage hostile for seconds that can cost more than a week of profits. How an automated news filter works and how to configure it.
Jul 15, 2026 · 5 min read
InfrastructureA VPS gives you a raw Windows box to maintain; managed cloud MT5 hosting gives you a running terminal. The honest comparison: cost, latency, maintenance, and who should pick which.
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
InfrastructureThe EA is attached but nothing trades - the six failure modes behind almost every broken MT5 EA installation, in the order you should check them.
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
InfrastructureYour alert says XAUUSD, your broker says GOLD, and the trade fails. Why broker symbol names differ and how per-terminal symbol mapping makes one strategy work everywhere.
Jul 15, 2026 · 5 min read
AutomationRunning the same strategy across several prop firm accounts manually is a consistency nightmare. How multi-terminal automation executes one signal on every account - and the rules to respect.
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Setup GuidesThe double-brace variables that make one alert run an entire strategy: what each placeholder carries, which ones matter for automation, and the pitfalls that break dynamic alerts.
Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read
AutomationA day-by-day plan for taking a TradingView strategy from idea to safely automated live execution in one week - using the free trial as a structured evaluation, not a countdown.
Jul 15, 2026 · 7 min read