This repository contains a collection of MetaTrader 4 expert advisors focusing on technical analysis and pattern recognition. The included tools range from robots utilizing Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) and fractal-based trend detection to indicators like NeuroMACD and ACD patterns. The primary EA uses ZigZag and fracta
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Expert Advisor Library
1,978 free, open-source expert advisors for MetaTrader 4 and 5, each linked to its source code on GitHub.
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This repository hosts a collection of MetaTrader 4 expert advisors, with a primary focus on automated candlestick pattern trading via CandleBot. This robot monitors for numerous formations including hammers, engulfing candles, and stars to execute trades. It incorporates risk management through fixed lot sizes or depos
This MetaTrader 4 collection provides several scripts designed to analyze price action and candlestick patterns. It includes modules for moving average crossovers, Bollinger Bands, and a specialized candlestick analysis tool. The software identifies specific formations such as hammers, dojis, and engulfing candles by c
This repository contains a collection of expert advisors for the MetaTrader 4 platform. The primary strategy, BearishEngulfing, utilizes price action to identify specific candlestick patterns for executing sell orders. It includes essential risk management parameters such as fixed lot sizing, stop loss, take profit, an
This MetaTrader 5 repository provides a diverse collection of automated trading systems, including tools for supply and demand, news fetching, and price action strategies. The primary expert advisor utilizes moving average crossovers and momentum filters to identify market pullbacks. It incorporates trade management fe
This repository contains two expert advisors for MetaTrader 5: a reconstruction of a popular grid system and a price-action tool for gold. The primary EA utilizes RSI and price extremes for entry signals, managing trades through a grid with tiered lot multipliers. It features smart distance calculations using ATR ratio
This MetaTrader 5 collection features several expert advisors, with a primary focus on the ICT v2 robot. The main strategy implements Smart Money Concepts, identifying Market Structure Shifts, Fair Value Gaps, and Liquidity Sweeps across high, medium, and low timeframes. It automates entries on price retracements with
This collection for MetaTrader 5 provides a suite of trading algorithms and risk management utilities. The primary expert advisor features an adaptive machine learning system using a neural network and evolutionary genetic algorithms. It analyzes market structure, volume profiles, and candlestick patterns to execute tr
This MetaTrader 5 repository contains a collection of automated trading systems, including SignalRobot, OrderBlockRobot, and Smart HHMA Robot. The primary SignalRobot expert uses Triple Exponential Moving Average (TEMA) and noise filters to generate trade signals. It includes a risk management module that calculates lo
OrderFlow Alpha is a MetaTrader 5 expert advisor designed for Auction Market Theory and order flow analysis. It generates footprint charts directly on the platform, visualizing volume, delta, and bid-ask clusters per price level. The EA identifies key market structures such as Point of Control, Value Area, and high or
This collection of MetaTrader 4 expert advisors serves as a practice environment for MQL4 development. The scripts primarily focus on moving average crossover logic, utilizing 50-period Simple Moving Average and 15-period Exponential Moving Average indicators. Additionally, the code implements swing high and low detect
Learn how to use expert advisors
Free, plain-English guides: find an EA, install it, set it up, test it and run it safely.
- 1Types of EAsRobots, trade managers, copiers and risk tools, and what each is for.
- 2Using this librarySearch, filters, badges and what our checks do and do not mean.
- 3Install an EA in MT4 or MT5Data folder, compile, attach to a chart and switch on algo trading.
- 4EA settings explainedLot size, stop-loss, magic number, max spread and trading hours.
- 5Backtest in the Strategy TesterModelling, spread, the report and the over-fitting trap.
- 6Choose a safe EAA checklist for the code, the logic, the evidence and the fit.
- 7Run an EA 24/7VPS, forward testing on demo and going live small.
- 8Open-source EAs on GitHubLicences, compiling in MetaEditor and editing inputs safely.
- 9Forex robots: an honest guideWhat automation can and cannot do for you.
About the EA Library
The ForexR EA Library collects open-source expert advisors for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 that are published on GitHub. Each entry links to the original repository, so you always get the author's latest code, issues and licence straight from the source. Star counts, last updates and licences are synced from GitHub every hour, and new repositories are added every week.
Every repository is checked automatically before it is listed: it must contain readable MQL source code for a real expert advisor, and repositories that ship executables, hide downloads behind archive passwords or show signs of bought stars are left out. The summaries and tags are written automatically from each repository's README and code. They describe what an EA does; they are not a recommendation, and nothing here is tested or endorsed by ForexR.
Trading with expert advisors is risky. Backtest any EA and run it on a demo account before you trust it with real money. CFDs and leveraged forex are complex instruments with a high risk of losing money rapidly.
EA Library FAQ
What is an expert advisor (EA)?
An expert advisor is a program that runs inside MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5. It can open and close trades on its own, manage trades you opened (trailing stops, break-even, partial closes), protect the account, or connect MetaTrader to other tools such as Telegram or Python. EAs are written in MQL4 (MT4) or MQL5 (MT5).
Are the EAs in this library free?
Yes. Every EA listed here is published on GitHub with its source code, so you can read, download and compile it at no cost. Check each repository's licence before reusing the code in your own projects: some EAs state no licence at all.
Are these EAs safe to use?
ForexR lists only repositories with readable MQL source code and never hosts files. Repositories that ship executables, ask you to disable antivirus, hide downloads behind passwords or show signs of bought stars are left out automatically. That does not make any EA profitable or bug-free: read the code, backtest it in the Strategy Tester and run it on a demo account first.
How do I install an EA in MT4 or MT5?
Download the source from GitHub, open MetaTrader, choose File, then Open Data Folder, and copy the .mq4 (MT4) or .mq5 (MT5) file into MQL4/Experts or MQL5/Experts. Open it in MetaEditor and press Compile, then drag the EA from the Navigator onto a chart and allow algorithmic trading.
How does ForexR choose which EAs to list?
A crawler searches GitHub every week for MetaTrader repositories, reads their code and keeps those that contain a real expert advisor and pass the safety checks. Stars, updates and licences are refreshed from GitHub every hour. Summaries are written automatically from each repository's README and code, so treat them as a guide and check the source.
What do "High risk", grid and martingale mean?
A grid EA opens a ladder of orders at fixed distances; a martingale EA increases the lot size after losses. Both can show smooth equity curves for a long time and then lose a large part of the account in one strong trend. EAs that use either are marked High risk, and you can hide them with the "Hide grid and martingale" filter.
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