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What Is an Expert Advisor (EA)?

The basics of what an EA actually is and how it trades on your behalf.

MQL4 vs MQL5: What's the Difference?

The real architectural differences between the two languages — and why they matter.

What Is Algorithmic Trading?

How rules-based automated trading actually works, and what it doesn't promise.

Pips, Lots, and Leverage Explained

The units every position-sizing and risk calculation depends on.

Common Mistakes When Automating a Strategy

The gaps that turn a good manual strategy into a broken EA.

How to Add an Expert Advisor to MT5

Where the file goes, compiling, attaching it to a chart, Algo Trading, and fixing an EA that won't trade.

How to Backtest an EA in MT5

Strategy Tester settings, which modelling mode to pick, and how to read the report honestly.

Can You Run an EA on MT5 Mobile?

Why the Android and iPhone apps can't run EAs, and three ways to keep one trading anyway.

How to Convert an MT4 EA to MT5

What changes between MQL4 and MQL5, why an .ex4 can't be converted, and your realistic options.

Using an MT5 EA on a Prop Firm Account

What firms typically restrict, and how to make an EA respect daily loss, drawdown and consistency rules.

How to Backtest a Trading Strategy

The real methods — chart replay, MetaTrader's Strategy Tester, dedicated engines — and what backtesting can't tell you.