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Ask Your Account Anything: 20 Prompts for Reviewing Your Own Trading

20 copy and paste prompts to analyse your trades with AI, covering losses, position sizing, session timing, strategy consistency, and trade management.

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Why Your AI Trading Agent Needs a VPS (And How to Set One Up)

MCP only works while MT5 is open and signed in. Here is why an AI trading agent needs an always on terminal, and what to look for in a VPS: uptime, resources, and latency.

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A layered diagram showing three MCP security controls: read only permission settings, an order cap limit, and a kill switch toggle

MCP Trading Security: Read Only Mode, Order Caps and Kill Switches Explained

Read only access, order caps and a kill switch are the three checkable controls behind any MCP connected trading assistant. Here's what each one actually does.

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The Claude Desktop configuration file open in a text editor next to a terminal window running Claude Code, both pointed at a local MT5 MCP address

Connect Claude to MT5: Full Setup Guide with Working Prompts

MT5's native MCP server is enabled and waiting. Here's exactly how to point Claude Desktop or Claude Code at it, plus a working prompt library you'll actually bookmark.

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A trader reviewing an AI assistant's chat summary next to an MT5 terminal, with the assistant's notes kept separate from the trader's own order ticket

Can AI Actually Trade For You? What MCP Does and Doesn't Do

No, an AI assistant can't trade for you on its own. Here's what it can read, what it needs explicit permission to do, and why the decision stays yours.

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Side by side illustration contrasting an automated trading bot running a strategy unattended with an AI assistant chat panel that shows account data and waits for the trader's decision

AI Trading Assistant vs AI Trading Bot: The Difference That Matters

An AI trading bot runs a strategy on its own. An AI trading assistant reads your account and answers questions, but only acts if you explicitly let it. Here is why mixing the two up is risky.

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A simple diagram showing an AI assistant connected to an MT5 account through a scoped permission gate, with a separate withdrawal lock icon sitting entirely outside that connection

Is AI Trading Safe? The Risks, the Guardrails and What to Watch

Can an AI assistant withdraw money from your account? No. Here is what MCP access exposes, the real risks like a misconfigured permission, and the guardrails that address each one.

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What Is MCP in Trading? A Plain English Guide

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. Here is what that means in plain English, how it connects an AI assistant to a trading account, and what it does not do.

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The MetaTrader 5 Options dialog with the MCP tab open, showing the enable toggle, local port, and bearer key fields

How to Enable Native MCP in MetaTrader 5 (Build 6060+): A Step by Step Walkthrough

MetaQuotes built MCP directly into MT5's Tools > Options menu from build 6060. Here's exactly how to turn it on and connect an AI assistant safely.

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MetaTrader 5 Now Talks to AI Assistants

The terminal now exposes your full trade history to an AI assistant through the Model Context Protocol. Here is what that means in practice, and the one setting to decide before you connect anything.

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