FAQ: Signals

1. Open MetaTrader and log in to your trading account.
2. Enter your MQL5.community login and password in the Community tab.
3. Open the Signals section.
4. Choose a signal provider and review the statistics.
5. Click Subscribe.
6. Review the warnings and copying settings.
7. Confirm the subscription to start copying trades.

Signals are a copy trading service.

They allow you to:

• choose a signal provider,
• review the provider's trading statistics,
• subscribe to that signal,
• automatically copy trades to your own account.

Signals are designed for traders who want to follow another trader's strategy instead of placing every trade manually.

When you subscribe to a signal, the provider's trades are copied to your account according to the copying settings you confirm in the terminal.

A subscription is linked to a specific trading account.

Important rules to remember:

• one trading account can subscribe to one signal only,
• one user can have multiple subscriptions across different accounts,
• to subscribe to another signal, the current subscription must be cancelled first.

Before subscribing to a signal, make sure you have:

• a MetaTrader trading account,
• an MQL5.community account,
• enough funds in your MQL5 payment account for paid subscriptions.

Follow these steps:

1. Open MetaTrader and log in to your trading account.
2. Open the terminal settings.
3. In the Community tab, enter your MQL5.community login and password.
4. Open the Signals section in the terminal or on the signal page.
5. Select the signal you want and click Subscribe.
6. Review the warnings and copying settings.
7. Confirm the subscription and start copying.

After confirmation, the terminal applies the selected copying settings and starts copying trades.

Yes. You can open a signal page on the website and click Subscribe.

If MetaTrader is already installed, choose Start copying in MetaTrader. The terminal will open and the subscription will be completed there.

If the platform is not installed yet, install MetaTrader first and then continue the subscription from the terminal.

The terminal lets you configure the main subscription parameters, including:

• whether to copy Stop Loss and Take Profit,
• what percentage of equity to use for copying,
• the allowed price deviation / slippage,
• the minimum equity level at which copying should stop and positions should be closed.

These settings help you adjust risk and control how aggressively the signal is copied.

Yes. To copy trades, the platform must stay connected to the broker's server using the account that is subscribed to the signal.

If the platform is not connected, signals may not be copied.

Common reasons include:

• your broker does not support the Signals service,
• you are not logged in to your trading account,
• you have not entered your MQL5.community credentials in the Community tab,
• your terminal build is outdated,
• your platform setup does not meet the required conditions.

If the Signals section is still unavailable after checking these points, contact your broker first.

Not all brokers offer the Signals service.

Even when the platform supports copy trading in general, availability can still depend on:

• the broker,
• the specific server,
• the account type,
• the instrument setup on that account.

Signal copying usually works best when the subscriber's account and the provider's account have similar trading conditions.

As a rule, Signals should be treated as a real-account service.

Support for Signals on non-real accounts such as demo, contest, and cent accounts was removed from MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5.

Signal copying is usually more reliable when the provider and subscriber have similar trading conditions.

Differences in broker setup can lead to issues such as:

• symbols not being available on your account,
• different contract specifications,
• different minimum lot sizes,
• execution differences,
• missed trades.

If possible, choose signals with matching or closely compatible broker and server conditions.

Slippage is the difference between the provider's execution price and the price at which the trade is copied to your account.

Slippage can happen because of:

• broker differences,
• quote differences,
• execution delays,
• fast market movement,
• symbol mismatches.

Lower slippage usually means more accurate copying.

Your results may differ even if copying is active.

Common reasons include:

• different broker quotes,
• different symbol specifications,
• communication failures,
• slippage,
• different leverage,
• different account balance,
• interruptions caused by manual trades on the subscriber account.

No signal can guarantee that your results will exactly match the provider's results.

Important risks include:

• past performance does not guarantee future results,
• high-growth signals may still carry high drawdown risk,
• highly active or very short-term strategies may be harder to copy accurately,
• communication issues can cause missed trades,
• incompatible broker conditions can reduce copying quality.

Before subscribing, review more than just growth. Also check:

• drawdown,
• trading activity,
• position holding time,
• slippage,
• overall strategy behavior.

This is not recommended.

Your own trades can interfere with the subscription and lead to unpredictable results.

For cleaner copying, use a dedicated account for Signals whenever possible.

You can stop copying in two ways:

• Cancel the subscription if you want to stop following that provider completely. This is required if you want to subscribe to a different signal on the same account.
• Suspend copying if you want to pause trading under the current subscription without cancelling it. The subscription itself remains active.

Do not assume that cancellation means a refund.

According to the Signals service rules, a paid subscription cancelled by the subscriber is not refunded.

Subscriptions can be managed in My Subscriptions.

This is the main place to review your active signal subscriptions and control their status.