MA Trade Assistant FAQ and MetaTrader 5 Troubleshooting

Yes. It is free to use for personal trading. The file is compiled, so the source code is not published.

No. It does not open trades on its own and it does not give buy or sell signals. You decide every trade. The panel calculates, checks and manages.

No. It is made for MetaTrader 5 only.

The tool is distributed through the MQL5 Market as a compiled file only. It must not be modified, resold or redistributed as your own.

Check that the download from the MQL5 Market finished in the Toolbox (Market or Journal tab), then right-click Expert Advisors in the Navigator and choose Refresh. It may appear under Experts, then Market. If it still does not load, update your MetaTrader 5 terminal to a recent build.

Remove MA_TradeAssistant_v2 from the chart (and delete the old MA_TradeAssistant_v2.ex5 from MQL5, then Experts, if you installed 2.1 by hand), install the new version from the MQL5 Market page, refresh the Navigator and drag the new tool onto the chart. After that, new versions from the Market are announced inside MetaTrader 5. Test on a demo account first.

Eight: a currency amount, percent of balance, percent of equity, percent of free margin, percent of a custom base, and percent of the previous day, previous week or previous month balance.

No. You enter the rules of your challenge yourself (initial balance, target, daily loss, maximum drawdown, minimum days). It is not affiliated with any prop firm, and you must always check the official rules of your firm.

From the economic calendar built into MetaTrader 5. Times follow your broker server time. If the news does not appear, open the Calendar tab in the Toolbox once and wait a minute.

Only if you turn on “Hard close before events” in the News guard. It is off by default.

On forex and CFD symbols MetaTrader 5 gives tick volume from your broker, not exchange volume. The profile is a useful map, but it is not real traded volume.

Open MORE, then Setup, and press the Theme button. Each press cycles through the 6 built-in themes and your choice is saved automatically: Site (gold, the default warm near-black look), TradingView dark, Dracula, MT5 Teal, Nord, and Light. You can also set the starting theme in the inputs window (F7) under Panel theme.

It shows the time left before the current candle closes, on whatever timeframe the chart uses. It is on by default and you can switch it off with the Candle timer box in MORE, Setup. For alerts, open the inputs window (F7) and, under Candle timer alerts, set how many seconds before the close you want a warning, and whether you also want one when a new candle opens. Alerts can be a popup, a sound file or a push notification to your phone. Alerts are off by default.