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From account to first live trade.

Trade X is three platforms sharing one account. This page covers which one you need, how to set each up, and the settings worth knowing before you let anything trade real money.

SetupPresetsRisk settingsFAQ
Start here

Which platform do you need?

One login covers all three. What it opens depends on your plan — take only what you need.

TRADE X CHARTS

Indicators & automation

The indicator suite, the strategies and copy-trading automation, on your own MT5 terminal. Most people start here.

Plans & pricing
TRADE X AI

Chart reading & execution

Point the AI at a chart and it reads the suite for you. The Risk Supervisor sits above your whole terminal and can only ever reduce risk.

Plans & credits
TRADE X QUANT X

Research & the vault

The strategy vault with every figure we measured, campaigns, portfolios and the backtester behind them.

Open the desk

Quick start

Five steps from nothing to a live chart:

  • Create your account. Sign up with your name, email and phone number. The phone number is how we secure the account and reach you about your trades.
  • Choose a plan. Each platform is priced separately on the pricing page. Your plan decides which parts of the dashboard open; anything outside it stays locked with an Unlock button rather than hidden.
  • Install the EA. In MT5, open File ▸ Open Data Folder, copy the EA into MQL5/Experts and any includes into MQL5/Include, then restart the terminal.
  • Allow WebRequest. In Tools ▸ Options ▸ Expert Advisors, tick “Allow WebRequest for listed URL” and add https://trade-x.co. Without this the EA cannot reach your account and will sit idle.
  • Pair your terminal. Open the Bridge in your dashboard, copy the token, paste it into the EA inputs along with your MT5 account number, then attach the EA to a chart and enable algo trading.
Do this on a demo account first. Run it long enough to see it handle a losing run, a news event, a weekend gap and a restart of your machine. Then go live at the smallest size your broker allows. See the Risk Disclosure before you trade real money.

We never ask for your broker password

The EA runs on your machine and talks to your broker directly. Trade X never holds your broker login and never needs it — the pairing token is scoped to your account and you can revoke it from the dashboard at any time. Anyone asking you for your broker password is not us.

How to write a preset

A preset is a short block of text the agents reason against. Write it by hand or generate one in Prompt Forge. The fields:

  • NAME — a label for the strategy.
  • TIMEFRAME — the chart timeframe it is meant for (e.g. H4).
  • WHITELIST — the symbols it applies to; the EA loads the block matching your chart symbol.
  • STRATEGY — the plan in plain English: when to enter, what confirms it, what to avoid.
  • RULES — risk and guardrails: stops, partials, news handling, one position per symbol.

Drop the block into tradex_prompts.txt in your MQL5/Files folder and re-attach the EA to reload it. The Strategy Library has complete examples, plus every strategy in the vault with its measured figures.

Settings worth knowing

  • Pipeline depth — Full (five agents), Standard (three) or Minimal (one). Deeper means more reasoning per decision and more credits used.
  • Decision cadence — how often a fresh debate runs. The risk engine still manages open trades every tick regardless.
  • Risk per trade — the percentage of equity each trade risks. Every position is sized from this and the stop distance, so a mistyped value here is the fastest way to size an order wrongly.
  • Drawdown caps & equity floor — daily, weekly and monthly loss limits, plus the hard floor that trips the kill switch.
  • Exits — break-even point, trail distance, partial-close level, time-based break-even and the volatility-spike emergency flat.
  • News & sessions — a blackout window around high-impact events and an optional session restriction.

FAQ

Do I need to code? No. Setup is copy-paste and inputs; strategies are plain-text presets.

Do I need my own AI key? No. Trade X used to require you to bring your own model key; it does not any more. Analysis runs on credits included with your plan, and you can top up from the dashboard by card, PayPal or crypto.

What does it cost to run? Your plan, plus credits if you use more analysis than it includes. The pricing page has a calculator that divides a plan across your accounts and trading days.

Can it lose money? Yes. Trading is risky, AI can be confidently wrong, and automated systems fail in ways you will not see until afterwards. Trade X enforces discipline and hard limits; it is not a profit guarantee. Our own published screen of our own vault sits below breakeven in aggregate — we publish that rather than hide it. Read the Risk Disclosure in full.

What happens if my machine or internet drops? The EA stops managing open positions. Those positions do not close themselves. Run it on a VPS if you cannot keep the machine awake, and never leave automation running unwatched on size you could not afford to lose.

Can I use this on a prop or funded account? Check that programme's rules first — drawdown limits, consistency rules and prohibited strategies vary, and automation can breach them faster than you can intervene. A breach usually forfeits the account.

See plans & pricing  Open Trade X AI

Three platforms, one account

Trade X is three platforms sharing one login and one subscription. This site explains them; the platforms themselves run at the addresses below. What each one opens for you depends on the plan you hold.

Trade X Charts → trade-x.co — the indicators, strategies and copy-trading automation, plus the education around them. Trade X AI → trade-x.co — read any chart through the indicator suite, run the Risk Supervisor, build strategies in plain English, and send trades to your own MetaTrader terminal. Trade X Quant X → The quant desk: the strategy vault and its measured figures, breeding campaigns, portfolios and the backtester behind them.