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Expert Advisors, written and filed where MetaTrader looks.

Keep MetaTrader, your broker, your charts and the Strategy Tester. Describe the strategy and the Expert Advisor is written as readable MQL5, into the right folder, organised, and ready to open in MetaEditor.

The setup

The setup is the part that stops people.

Not the strategy; you already have that. It is everything between the idea and a compiled EA: MQL5, a data folder MetaTrader keeps out of sight, and which subfolder a file belongs in.

01Say what the EA should do

Entries, exits, lot sizing and the drawdown you refuse to accept, the way you would explain it to another trader.

02It finds your data folder

The one under AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\ behind a 32-character hash. The AI engineer works with your file system directly, so you do not have to locate it.

03The EA lands where MetaTrader looks

The .mq5 is written into MQL5\Experts, with includes and indicators filed where they belong. Open MetaEditor and it is already there.

04Then it reads the results back

Run the Strategy Tester and ask what happened. The report is read and explained, including what the drawdown actually means.

Held to account

Not another platform to learn.

QuantIDE does not replace MetaTrader. It sits beside it and does the programming.

MetaTrader stays where it is

Your broker relationship, your terminal, your charts and your Strategy Tester are unchanged. Nothing migrates. The EA runs in your own terminal, attached by you, on a demo account first.

MQL5 is not a special case

There is no list of supported languages or venues. MQL5 is what gets written when MetaTrader is where you trade. Move to another broker or market and the same instruction produces whatever that one needs.

Backtests read candidly

A modest Sharpe is called modest and a material drawdown is called material, rather than the report being summarised by its best line.

Due diligence

MetaTrader, the questions asked first.

Do I have to write MQL5?

No. Describe the strategy and you get a working Expert Advisor. The MQL5 is real, readable code you can open and edit in MetaEditor, but you do not have to write it, and you can ask what any part of it does.

Where does the Expert Advisor get saved?

Into your MetaTrader data folder, the one under AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal behind a long hash, which is why MetaTrader has an "Open Data Folder" menu item at all. The .mq5 is written into MQL5\Experts, with Include and Indicators kept organised alongside it.

Do I still need MetaTrader?

Yes, and that is the point. This does not replace MetaTrader: you keep your broker, your charts, your terminal and the Strategy Tester. QuantIDE removes the part where you had to become an MQL5 programmer first.

Can it help me read a backtest?

Yes. Run the Strategy Tester as normal, then ask about the result. The report is read and explained in plain language, and you will be told when a Sharpe is modest or a drawdown is material rather than shown only the good part.

Is it only MQL5?

No. MQL5 is one target among many. The same approach writes Python, TypeScript or whatever else a venue needs. There is no fixed list of supported languages or brokers, so you are not waiting on a roadmap to reach the platform you trade.

What does it cost?

One monthly plan: no tiers and nothing to unlock. Current terms are shown before you download rather than printed here. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and you can cancel anytime.

Further

Where to go from here.

The EA you have been meaning to build, waiting in MetaEditor.