How Much Capital Do You Need to Run a Forex EA?
Ask “how much money do I need to run a forex EA?” and most answers point at a broker’s advertised minimum deposit — $5, $50, $100. That answers a different question: what it takes to …
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The July 30 Backtest Correction: An Engineering Post-Mortem
What a Swapped Field Does to a Backtest On July 30, 2026 we replaced every backtest figure published on this site. Not adjusted — replaced. The cause was a data-decoding bug in our own pipeline, not a …
Read More →Forex VPS vs Home PC 2026: Which Runs Your EA 24/5?
Every forex Expert Advisor needs somewhere to run continuously during market hours — either your own computer, kept on and connected five days a week, or a rented server built for exactly that. The …
Read More →Cheapest Forex VPS Options 2026
Every price below was checked directly against the provider’s own pricing page in August 2026 and is cited inline. Where a number could not be independently verified — a Windows license add-on …
Read More →Your EA's First Trade: A Pre-Flight and 30-Day Checklist
From Installed to Trading You’ve funded your account and installed the EA. This checklist covers the last mile: getting the EA correctly onto a live chart, what to write down before the first …
Read More →XM Deposit Guide: Methods, Times & Minimums
Why This Guide Exists Opening an XM account takes five minutes — but an account with no balance can’t trade, and an EA attached to it does nothing. This guide walks through funding your account …
Read More →Three New Free EAs: SnapBack, QuickPulse & DualHorizon
Correction — July 30, 2026. Every backtest table in this post has been replaced. The figures originally published here came from a backtest engine that decoded each price bar’s intrabar high …
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Our Expert Advisors We offer a growing range of free, rules-based Expert Advisors designed for different market conditions. All EAs include configurable risk limits and work with XM MT4 and MT5 …
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Free Expert Advisors for MetaTrader 4 & 5 Get started with automated forex trading using our seven free Expert Advisors. Each EA ships in both MT4 (.ex4) and MT5 (.ex5) builds — pick whichever …
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DualHorizon EA — Free Multi-Timeframe Trend Expert Advisor
DualHorizon EA 26-month backtest on EUR/USD H1, profit factor 1.41 with max drawdown under 1% (backtest simulation — past performance does not guarantee future results) Interactive chart for FX:EURUSD …
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QuickPulse EA — Retired After a Backtest Correction
QuickPulse EA — Post-Mortem QuickPulse is one of our free Expert Advisors, and this page is a post-mortem rather than a sales pitch: a corrected backtest run showed the strategy does not clear our …
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SnapBack EA — Free Mean Reversion Expert Advisor
SnapBack EA 26-month backtest on EUR/USD H1, profit factor 1.65 with max drawdown under 1% (backtest simulation — past performance does not guarantee future results) Interactive chart for FX:EURUSD …
Read More →How to Choose a Forex EA in 2026: 7-Step Checklist
How to Choose a Forex EA in 2026 There are thousands of forex Expert Advisors for MT4 — and most of them lose money. The difference between an EA that compounds steadily and one that blows your …
Read More →TripleAlign EA — Free Trend-Following Expert Advisor
TripleAlign EA Rule-based strategy schematic — the triple-EMA alignment, ADX gate, and overextension corridor that gate every entry are drawn to scale with the logic, not with any real trade outcome. …
Read More →BreakWave EA — Free Breakout Trading Expert Advisor
BreakWave EA Rule-based strategy schematic — the squeeze-and-confirm mechanism, including the ADX gate that rejects an unconfirmed poke above the band, is drawn to scale with the logic, not with any …
Read More →How to Install an EA on MT4 & MT5: Step by Step
How to Install an Expert Advisor on MT4 and MT5 Most “the EA is broken” reports are installation mistakes — wrong folder, file type, permission, or symbol — not a fault in the strategy …
Read More →Forex Expert Advisor (EA): What It Is & Do EAs Work?
What Is a Forex Expert Advisor (EA)? A forex Expert Advisor (EA) is an automated trading program that runs inside the MetaTrader platform and places, manages and closes trades on your account without …
Read More →GridMaster EA — Free Grid Trading Expert Advisor
GridMaster EA Illustrative grid layout: pending orders are placed at regular intervals above and below the current price (illustrative only — not actual trading results) Interactive chart for …
Read More →SteadyPips EA — Free Trend-Following Expert Advisor
SteadyPips EA Rule-based strategy schematic — the 12/26 EMA cross that triggers entry, gated by the 200-EMA and ATR filters, is drawn to scale with the logic, not with any real trade outcome. …
Read More →GridMaster EA Setup: Settings by Account Size
GridMaster EA Setup Guide Grid trading opens multiple positions as price moves, so every input below changes how much of the account is exposed at once. This is a walkthrough, in order: confirm your …
Read More →How to Backtest a Forex EA: MT4 Strategy Tester Guide
How to Backtest a Forex EA Backtesting runs an Expert Advisor’s rules against historical data before you commit money. The framing that matters: a backtest is good at rejecting strategies and …
Read More →Do You Need a VPS for Forex EA Trading? Complete Guide
Quick Answer Whether you need a VPS depends on what your EA does while disconnected, not on how often your PC goes offline. A single H1 trend EA with stop-loss and take-profit already resting on the …
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Activate Your Free EA Enter your XM MT4 or MT5 account number and email below to activate your Expert Advisor. How Verification Works Register — Enter the MT4 or MT5 account number of an XM account …
Read More →Risk Warning: Trading foreign exchange (Forex) carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. The high degree of leverage can work against you as well as for you. Before deciding to trade foreign exchange, you should carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite. There is a possibility that you could sustain a loss of some or all of your initial investment and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. You should be aware of all the risks associated with foreign exchange trading and seek advice from an independent financial advisor if you have any doubts.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Trading results shown on this website are hypothetical and do not guarantee future performance.