Trade, analyze, and automate with MetaTrader 5

MetaTrader 5 brings charts, orders, accounts, Expert Advisors, signals, and VPS tools into one trading platform. Use it to review markets, manage trades, test strategies, and extend your workflow across desktop, mobile, and web.
MetaTrader 5 terminal with charts, orders, and market panels
MetaTrader Market tools for Expert Advisors and indicators
MetaTrader Market

Find Expert Advisors, indicators, scripts, and platform add-ons

Trading Signals module in MetaTrader 5
Trading Signals

Review providers, trading history, and copy trading details

Freelance services for Expert Advisors and custom indicators
Freelance Services

Request custom Expert Advisors, indicators, scripts, or tools

VPS virtual hosting for MetaTrader 5 tools
Virtual Hosting

Run Expert Advisors, signal subscriptions, and automated tasks

Individual and institutional use cases

  • Brokers
  • Hedge Funds
MetaTrader 5 institutional trading use case preview
Trading tools, code, and strategy testing resources

The MQL5 ecosystem includes Expert Advisors, indicators, scripts, signals, strategy testing, and platform development content. It gives MetaTrader 5 users a place to find tools, examples, and automation-related resources.

MQL5 tools, code examples, and strategy testing resources
Charts Forex Signals Automation
Platform essentials

Charts, orders, accounts, and automation tools

MetaTrader 5 provides the core tools traders usually need in a trading terminal: price charts, indicators, graphical objects, order types, account information, trade history, strategy testing, and automated trading features. The platform can be used for manual trading, signal review, Expert Advisors, and VPS-based workflows.

Core tools
Chart Analysis Technical Indicators Order Execution Expert Advisors Trading Signals Account Management
Charts and orders

Review markets and manage trades from the same terminal

Use charts, indicators, drawing tools, and order panels to review price movement, place trades, manage positions, and check account status.

Automation tools

Use Expert Advisors, signals, scripts, and VPS features

MetaTrader 5 supports automated workflows through Expert Advisors, strategy testing, scripts, trading signals, Market tools, and virtual hosting.

What you can do with MetaTrader 5

MetaTrader 5 is used for chart analysis, order handling, account monitoring, strategy testing, and automated trading across forex and multi-asset market environments.

Technical Analysis Signals Trading Access
Trading workflow

Move from market review to execution and tools

A typical MetaTrader 5 workflow starts with charts and indicators, continues through order placement and account review, and can extend into strategy testing, Expert Advisors, trading signals, scripts, and VPS hosting when automated tools are needed.

Analyze markets

Use timeframes, indicators, drawing tools, and chart layouts to review price movement and market structure.

Manage orders and accounts

Check orders, positions, balance, margin, and trading history inside the trading platform.

Run automation tools

Use Expert Advisors, strategy testing, scripts, trading signals, and VPS tools for automated trading tasks.

Frequently asked questions

What is MetaTrader 5 mainly used for?

MetaTrader 5 is mainly used for market review, chart analysis, order execution, account management, strategy testing, and automated trading. It is commonly used across forex, CFDs, crypto price monitoring, and multi-asset trading environments.

What core functions are included in MetaTrader 5?

MetaTrader 5 includes price charts, technical indicators, graphical tools, order types, account information, trading history, Expert Advisors, strategy testing, trading signals, Market tools, VPS features, and multi-terminal access.

How does MetaTrader 5 support automated trading?

MetaTrader 5 supports Expert Advisors, scripts, strategy testing, trading signals, and VPS tools. Users can configure these tools around defined trading rules and then run, test, and monitor them inside the platform.

Does using MetaTrader 5 reduce trading risk?

No. MetaTrader 5 is trading software and a tool environment. It provides analysis, execution, account management, and automation features, but it does not guarantee returns or remove market volatility, leverage, slippage, or strategy failure risk.

Platform structure

Trading terminal, market tools, and automation features

MetaTrader 5 includes the trading terminal, price charts, technical indicators, order system, account module, strategy testing, Expert Advisors, trading signals, Market tools, and VPS services. These functions support market review, trade execution, account management, tool expansion, and automated trading workflows.

MetaQuotes

Best Multi-Asset
Trading Platform
Including Web & Mobile

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

MetaTrader 5 multi-asset trading platform including web and mobile award
MetaTrader 5

Best Multi-Asset
Trading Platform

2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2017

MetaTrader 5 best multi-asset trading platform awards