How to connect MetaTrader 5 (automatic sync)

Install the free NovaTradeSync Expert Advisor in MT5 and every trade, deposit and withdrawal arrives in your journal on its own, read-only.

Steps

Open Accounts, fill in the account name, broker, market and starting balance, and click Add account.
Copy the MT5 API key shown on the account card.
In “Connect MetaTrader 4 or 5”, click Download the Expert Advisor (.mq5).
In MT5 go to File → Open Data Folder → MQL5 → Experts and copy the file there.
Open the file in MetaEditor and press Compile.
In MT5 go to Tools → Options → Expert Advisors, tick “Allow WebRequest for listed URL” and add the ServerUrl address shown at the bottom of Accounts.
Drag NovaTradeSync onto any chart and paste the API key in the ApiKey input.
Turn on Algo Trading.
Open the Experts tab in MT5 and look for “NovaTradeSync: synced … positions”.

The Expert Advisor sends the last 30 days by default. For older history raise HistoryDays (for example 3650 for 10 years). Sending again never duplicates trades.
Each API key links to the first MT5 account that syncs with it. Use one key per MT5 account.
The connection is read-only: it only sends your history and can't open or change trades.

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