Documentation
TradeHookX connects your trading to MetaTrader 5 and lets other traders copy you. A trade can start in two ways: a TradingView alert, which TradeHookX turns into a real trade in less than a second, or a trade you make by hand in MetaTrader 5 - on your PC, your phone or your cloud terminal. These pages explain every part of it in plain words, with pictures.
Quick Start (5 min) Video tutorialsHow it works - two ways a trade starts
Think of TradeHookX as a very fast messenger, with a small robot (the EA) living inside MetaTrader 5. The robot can press the buttons for you, and it can also watch the buttons you press yourself.
1. From a TradingView alert
Your chart shouts "buy gold!", TradeHookX carries the message, and the robot presses the buy button for you.
TradingView
Your strategy fires an alert
Webhook
The alert is sent to your TradeHookX address
TradeHookX
Checks it, logs it, sends it on
EA in MT5
The robot opens / closes the trade
Followers
Your alerts group copies the same trade
2. By hand in MetaTrader 5
You click buy, sell or close yourself - in the MT5 app on your PC, in the MT5 app on your phone, or in the cloud terminal. All of them are logged in to the same MT5 account, so every trade lands in that one account at your broker. Your cloud terminal watches that account 24/7, sees the trade and tells TradeHookX, and the followers of your manual trading group get the same trade.
You trade by hand
MT5 on your PC, phone or cloud terminal
Your broker
The trade opens on your account
Cloud terminal
The robot sees it and reports it
TradeHookX
Finds your manual trading group
Followers
Get the same trade in their own size
Where the robot (EA) runs
| Cloud terminal | Local terminal | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | MT5 running on our servers, 24/7 | The EA attached to your own MT5 on a PC or VPS |
| Your PC can be off | Yes | No - it only works while that MT5 is running |
| TradingView alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Copies your hand trades (PC, phone or cloud MT5) to followers | Yes - it watches the whole account | No |
| Can lead a manual trading group | Yes | No |
| Can lead or follow an alerts group | Yes | Yes, while it is running |
One account, one robot
If an MT5 account has a cloud terminal, do not also attach the TradeHookX EA to your own MT5 for that account - TradeHookX refuses it and tells you to remove it. Just log in to that account on your PC or phone and trade by hand; the cloud terminal sees everything.Which hand trades are copied?
Only when you lead a manual trading group. On a terminal that leads only alerts groups, a trade you open by hand is your own and is not copied. Closing a copied trade by hand always counts: your followers' copies close too.Which path are you?
| You want to... | Plan | Read these |
|---|---|---|
| Automate your own TradingView strategy | Starter or higher | Quick Start → Local Terminal or Cloud Terminals → TradingView Alerts → Alert Builder |
| Copy an expert trader | Advanced or Professional | How Copy Trading Works → For Followers → Invoices & Payouts |
| Let others copy your TradingView strategy | Professional | How Copy Trading Works → For Leaders (Alerts) → Managing Followers → Invoices & Payouts |
| Let others copy the trades you make by hand | Professional + a cloud terminal | Manual Trading Groups → Managing Followers |
| Earn by inviting people | Any plan (partners: Professional) | Referrals & Partners |
Getting started
Terminals
Local Terminal (EA)
Run the EA on your own MetaTrader 5 (PC or VPS).
Cloud Terminals
MT5 running 24/7 on our servers - add, rename, restart, sleep, delete.
Terminal Settings & Risk
Max trades, daily loss, drawdown, trailing, spread, hours, news.
Symbol Mapping
When your broker calls gold GOLD or XAUUSDm instead of XAUUSD.
Kill Switch
Block every signal on a terminal with one click.
Signals
TradingView Alerts
Point a TradingView alert at your webhook and it trades.
Alert Builder
Build the alert message with buttons instead of typing code.
Signal Syntax
Every field a signal accepts - for full control.
Closing Trades
Close buys, sells, part of a trade, close-opposite and flip - with examples.
Signal Log
What happened to every signal, and what each error means.
Copy trading
How Copy Trading Works
Leaders, followers, groups, magic numbers - and what happens when someone pauses.
For Followers
Find a leader, choose your settings, pause, stop, pay invoices.
For Leaders (Alerts)
Lead groups with TradingView alerts - profile, groups, magic numbers.
Manual Trading Groups
Trade by hand in MT5 (PC or phone) and your followers copy you.
Managing Followers
Followers list, personal %, billing cycle, Follower 360, Group Performance.
Invoices & Payouts
How profit share is calculated, invoiced, paid - and paid out to leaders.