MetaTrader 4 runs expert advisors written in MQL4. Many brokers still offer MT4 accounts, and a large share of the open-source EAs on GitHub were written for it. Every EA below has an .mq4 file you can read and compile in MetaEditor 4.
MT4's Strategy Tester works from one-minute history and modelled ticks, so a backtest of a scalper or a grid EA can look far better than live trading. Test on a demo account for a few weeks before you trust any result.
216 of these 840 EAs use grid or martingale logic and are marked High risk.
Before You Run One
Copy the .mq4 file to MQL4/Experts and any .mqh files to MQL4/Include.
Use "Every tick" modelling in the Strategy Tester, and treat M1-based results with care.
Read the inputs: lot size, magic number and stop-loss defaults are the author's, not yours.
This risk management tool for MetaTrader 4 and 5 calculates optimal lot sizes based on user-defined risk parameters, account balance, and currency. It provides a graphical user interface for setting entry, stop loss, and take profit levels visually on the chart. The expert advisor accounts for commissions, swaps, and m
This repository features a collection of trading tools for MetaTrader 5 and 4, headlined by a comprehensive Trade Manager EA. This manager enables manual execution via keyboard shortcuts and provides automated risk controls, including ATR-based break-even settings and trailing stops. The collection also offers strategy
This MetaTrader 4 expert advisor functions as a local trade copier, allowing users to replicate trades from one terminal to another. It operates by sharing a data file between a master and a slave instance on the same computer or filesystem. The slave EA manages order execution, including market, limit, and stop orders
DWX Connect is an open-source bridge that links external trading strategies written in Python, C#, or Java to MetaTrader 4 and 5. It functions as a server EA that facilitates communication via file-based messaging, allowing users to execute trades and subscribe to market data without coding in MQL. The EA manages trade
Telegram API Signal Bot is a notification utility for MetaTrader 4 designed to broadcast trading activity to external communication channels. The EA monitors the terminal for order events, including executions and partial closes, and transmits the details to a Telegram group or channel using the Telegram Bot API. It of
This collection for MetaTrader 4 provides a variety of expert advisors and utilities intended for automated trading and educational use. The primary component is a moving average crossover robot that opens positions based on trend direction. It features risk management tools including percentage-based stop losses, take
This repository provides a diverse library of expert advisors and technical indicators for MetaTrader 4. The collection includes robots utilizing moving average crossovers, MACD trend-following signals, and mean-reversion strategies based on Bollinger Bands. A notable inclusion is a Martingale robot that scales lot siz
This MetaTrader 4 expert advisor functions as an automated trading robot using the Average Directional Index (ADX) to identify trend strength and direction. It executes trades based on ADX crossovers and specific level thresholds. The EA provides essential risk management tools, including stop loss, take profit, and a
This repository features a diverse collection of expert advisors and trading utilities for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. It includes automated robots based on trendline analysis, session breakouts, and technical indicator crossovers using MACD, RSI, and Williams Percent Range. The library provides various tools for ri
This high-frequency trading robot implements latency arbitrage by comparing price feeds across two separate MetaTrader terminals. It requires a fast data source to serve as a reference and a slower broker where price delivery lags behind the market. The EA communicates between instances via a socket library to detect p
Account Protector is a risk management expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 and 5 designed to monitor account health and prevent excessive drawdowns. It allows users to set specific triggers based on floating profit or loss, equity levels, free margin, spread, or daily performance. When these conditions are met, the EA auto
LIVMOR is a MetaTrader 4 expert advisor found within this repository of over fifty automated trading tools. It utilizes technical indicators such as MACD, Stochastic, and moving averages to identify entry points, while also offering manual price entry options. The EA manages risk through user-defined stop loss and take
This repository contains a diverse collection of MetaTrader 4 expert advisors and R-based financial scripts. The primary robot is based on the Nanningbob trading system, which utilizes multi-timeframe analysis across daily and four-hour charts to identify trends and ranging markets. It employs Bollinger Bands for mean-
This Expert Advisor framework for MetaTrader 4 provides a modular template for building custom trading strategies. It handles complex trade management tasks, including multi-symbol execution, margin-based position capping, and various lot-sizing algorithms such as risk percentage or fixed volume. Risk controls include
This expert advisor provides a communication layer between MetaTrader 4 and external software applications via the ZeroMQ protocol. It operates as a server that listens for remote commands to open, modify, or delete market and pending orders. The system features a request-response mechanism and a dedicated push server
This MetaTrader expert advisor functions as a trade manager that automates stop loss adjustments for existing positions. It specifically waits until a trade reaches a user-defined profit threshold in points before initiating a trailing stop. The tool includes flexible filtering options to manage specific symbols, magic
This expert advisor functions as a data bridge for streaming real-time market information from MetaTrader 4 and 5 to external applications. It utilizes the ZeroMQ library to transmit price ticks and order book updates to a remote server. The tool is intended for developers building quantitative trading platforms or dat
This MetaTrader 4 template provides a modular framework for developing expert advisors. It organizes trading logic into decoupled components including signal engines, order management, and environment checking. The system uses an abstract controller class to handle data processing from multiple sources, such as MACD or
News Trader is a semi-automatic expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 designed to execute trades around high-volatility economic announcements. Users manually input the scheduled news release time, and the robot opens positions a specified number of seconds before the event. It supports single-direction trad
This expert advisor provides automated schedule management for the MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms. It allows users to define specific time windows for each day of the week to toggle the platform's global AutoTrading status. Beyond simple scheduling, the utility can close active positions and delete pending ord
This repository provides a series of educational code examples designed to help algorithmic traders transition from MetaTrader 4 to MetaTrader 5. The collection focuses on highlighting the technical improvements and syntax changes between the two versions of the MQL language. The included scripts demonstrate how to acc
This repository contains a collection of personal trading tools for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. According to the author, the included expert advisors do not operate as fully automated trading robots. Instead, they function as execution assistants that help with manual trading by handling automatic position sizing an
This expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 implements a grid-based scalping strategy. It places multiple trade orders at fixed intervals, defined by a configurable pip gap. The system manages a specific number of grid lines on both sides of the starting price, aiming to capture small price movements. It utilizes fixed lot si
Neo Trader is an order execution bridge that facilitates the transfer of trade data from TradingView to MetaTrader 4 and 5 terminals. Operating through a local socket server and a browser extension, it allows users to execute trades directly from TradingView position drawing tools. The expert advisor handles market and
SuperMao is an automated trading robot for MetaTrader 4 that executes trades based on technical indicator configurations. The repository includes variations of the strategy, specifically utilizing Ichimoku Kinko Hyo for trend identification and a combination of Bollinger Bands with MACD crossovers for momentum-based en
This framework enables MetaTrader 4 to function as a TCP server using Winsock bindings, allowing external applications to connect over a network. It facilitates bidirectional communication, enabling users to stream real-time price data to external environments or execute trading commands remotely. The repository includ
This MetaTrader 4 expert advisor facilitates trade copying between separate accounts across different brokerages using a MySQL database as a bridge. It consists of a master script that records trades and a slave script that replicates them. The tool supports volume scaling via multipliers or fixed lot sizes, trade dire
This repository contains the MQL source code used by Forex Strategy Builder Professional to export automated trading strategies to MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. It serves as a standardized template for executing technical strategies generated by the software, handling order execution and trade management. The EA inclu
This MetaTrader 4 expert advisor is a scalper designed for the five-minute timeframe across several Forex pairs. It utilizes three strategies based on overbought and oversold market conditions to execute trades. Risk management features include a fixed hard stop loss, a virtual take profit and stop loss derived from an
This utility for MetaTrader 4 and 5 automates trade execution based on trader-defined chart patterns. Users draw trendlines, horizontal lines, or channels, which the expert advisor monitors to place pending breakout orders. It handles trade entries, stop losses, and take profits according to specific object naming conv
NNFX Backtest C1 is a specialized utility for MetaTrader 4 designed to evaluate external confirmation indicators using the No Nonsense Forex methodology. It enables users to backtest custom indicators by defining signal logic such as two-line crossovers, zero-line crosses, or histogram changes. The system manages risk
This repository provides a collection of MetaTrader 4 expert advisors, notably featuring a grid-based trading system. The mGRID EA executes trades by placing multiple pending buy and sell stop orders at fixed pip increments, attempting to capture price movement in either direction. It offers risk controls through confi
JB News Bot is an automated trading expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 that executes positions based on scheduled economic data releases. It interfaces with the JBlanked News API to fetch calendar events from sources including MQL5, Forex Factory, and FXStreet. The EA allows users to configure specific en
This expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 focuses on gold trading using daily price extremes and moving averages. It calculates the 7-day Simple Moving Average and identifies the highest price points from the previous five trading days to determine market direction. The EA executes its logic on a five-second timer interval
Spike Trader is a price action robot for MetaTrader 4 and 5 that identifies price spikes to trade market reversals. It monitors candle highs or lows relative to preceding bars and requires a specific percentage price jump and candle close position to trigger an entry. The EA enters trades in the opposite direction of t
This MetaTrader 5 expert advisor implements a box breakout strategy designed for the foreign exchange market. The robot identifies price ranges during specific time windows and enters trades upon a breakout. It features a trend filter using fast and slow moving averages to align entries with broader market direction. R
This MetaTrader 4 expert advisor operates two concurrent strategy groups based on technical indicators. It primarily utilizes Bollinger Bands and Envelopes to identify market entries for automated trading. The robot employs a position scaling approach, using lot multipliers and fixed-distance grid additions to manage t
This expert advisor bridges MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 with Telegram to facilitate signal-based trading and remote account management. It can execute trades from external signals or generate its own alerts using built-in indicators such as Ichimoku, Bollinger Bands, and Momentum. The software includes the ability to
This expert advisor acts as a communication bridge between MetaTrader 4 and NodeJS environments using the ZeroMQ protocol. It enables external applications to programmatically control trading functions, such as opening, modifying, or closing market and pending orders. The system supports fetching account info, price hi
Falcon A is a MetaTrader 4 robot that utilizes a k-Nearest Neighbors (kNN) classification algorithm for pattern-based trading. It follows a model-based approach where the user must first generate historical data files through a training simulation in the Strategy Tester. The system calculates entry probabilities using
This repository provides a collection of MetaTrader 4 and 5 expert advisors, including the modular Super Trading Bot series and an AI-driven trading template. The EAs utilize various technical indicators like Bollinger Bands, Parabolic SAR, and moving averages for trend-following and scalping. Built-in risk management
Amazing is a news trading expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 and 5 designed to capture volatility during scheduled economic announcements. It operates as a semi-automatic tool, requiring the user to manually input the specific date and time of an upcoming news event. The EA places two symmetrical pending orders at a defin
This MetaTrader 4 expert advisor serves as a ZeroMQ server to bridge the trading terminal with external Python environments for machine learning analysis. It facilitates real-time data export, including price action and nineteen technical indicators like RSI and MACD, to train predictive models. The EA receives trade e
This MetaTrader 4 expert advisor acts as a bridge between the trading platform and an external NodeJS application. It utilizes the WebRequest function to send real-time data, including bid and ask prices, to a local server during initialization, deinitialization, and on every price tick. The tool allows developers to p
This MetaTrader 4 expert advisor acts as a bridge for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling remote interaction between the trading platform and external environments such as Claude Code. It provides real-time account data, market prices, and order management capabilities via an HTTP bridge and file-based reporting
This MetaTrader 4 repository contains a collection of expert advisors, primarily focused on an Ichimoku-based strategy with neural network capabilities. The main EA utilizes an external API for AI-driven signals and incorporates risk controls such as Martingale lot scaling, trailing stops, and spread filters. It suppor
This repository contains a collection of MetaTrader 4 expert advisors, including the Ariel Turtle Bot and several named variants like Elisa, Cary, and Faith. The primary logic utilizes Donchian Channel breakouts combined with Simple Moving Average filters to identify trend-following entries. The software includes compr
Binario is a breakout expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 and 5 that utilizes a price channel constructed from two moving averages of the same period. By default, it uses a 144-period exponential moving average applied to both highs and lows. It enters trades when the price moves outside this band by a predefined pip dista
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