How TradeVision works

The engine, in four stages

TradeVision runs on your PC next to MetaTrader 5 (MT5). It never holds your money and never needs your broker password: it connects to the MT5 terminal you are already logged into and places orders on that account — exactly like MT5's own robots.

Decisions are made on closed candles

A strategy only looks at candles that have finished (1-minute, 5-minute or 15-minute, depending on the strategy). The candle that is still forming is never used for a decision, so a signal can't appear and disappear within the same minute.

Every instrument has its own strategy

You can run a trend strategy on gold, a scalper on bitcoin and a breakout strategy on EUR/USD at the same time. Each instrument also has its own size, stop loss, target, trailing method and trading hours.

Every order carries a stop loss

The stop loss is stored at your broker, together with the order. If your PC or internet goes down, your broker still closes the trade at the stop. TradeVision simply stops trailing until it is back.

Trades are tagged

Every TradeVision order carries its own identifier, so the app only manages its own trades. Positions you open by hand are left alone. After a restart, each open trade is picked up again by the strategy that opened it.

The strategies

TradeVision ships with 17 strategies in six families. Below is what each one looks for. The exact rules, filters and parameters are our own work and are not published — but nothing is a black box in the app: every decision, level and order appears in the Activity log as it happens.

Risk controls

Every control below is set per instrument (Instruments → ⚙), except daily limits, which apply to the whole account.

Position size — choose one

• Risk % — the lot size is calculated so that hitting the stop loss costs this percentage of your balance.
• Fixed lots — the same size on every trade.
• Capital per trade — lots are sized from the margin you want to use.
• A maximum lot size caps every trade, whatever the method.

Initial stop loss

Each strategy has its own natural stop (for example the other end of the signal candle or beyond a swept level). You can replace it with a fixed distance in points, a percentage of price, or a multiple of ATR (the instrument's average range).

Target

No target (let the trailing stop decide), a multiple of the risk (R, e.g. 2R), points, a percentage, or a fixed amount of money.

Filters before every entry

• Trading hours — only trade the sessions you choose (e.g. London and New York).
• Maximum spread — skip entries while the broker's spread is wider than your limit.
• Maximum positions per instrument.
• Daily limits for the whole account — maximum trades per day, maximum loss per day, and a profit target for the day. When a limit is hit, new entries stop until the next broker day; open trades keep their protection.
• Broker checks — no orders when the broker has the symbol closed, or when MT5's Algo Trading button is off.

Exits & trailing stops

Once a trade is open, its stop loss is reviewed every few seconds and only ever moves in your favour — never back.

Also available

• Breakeven — once the trade is a chosen multiple of its risk in profit, the stop moves to the entry price.
• Idle step — if the stop hasn't moved for a while, it steps a little closer to price.
• Close All — one button pauses trading, cancels waiting orders and closes every TradeVision trade at market.

Using the app

Top bar

Shows your MT5 account, whether it is DEMO or REAL, HEDGING or NETTING, and whether MT5's ALGO trading is on (it must be green). Below it: ▶ Start Auto Trading allows new trades, ⏸ Pause stops new trades (open trades stay protected), ⟳ Check now re-checks every instrument immediately, and ⛔ Close All closes everything. TradeVision always starts paused.

Dashboard

Today's profit and loss, open trades, an equity curve, monthly results and a live tile for each enabled instrument with its status in plain words (for example "Waiting: BUY if price goes above 2,345.10") and a countdown to the next check.

Instruments

Every symbol your broker offers. Switch an instrument on or off with one click and open ⚙ to choose its strategy, size, stop, target, trailing, breakeven, trading hours and spread limit. Ready-made presets give sensible starting values.

History

Every closed trade with its result in money and in R, how it closed, filters by date and instrument, and CSV export.

Activity

A line-by-line log of every check, signal, skipped trade (with the reason), order, stop movement and error. When something doesn't happen, the reason is here.

Settings

Daily limits, default risk, the MT5 terminal location (only needed if you have more than one MT5 installed) and history reset.

Licence & accounts

• One computer per licence, with one real MT5 account and up to ten demo accounts. Switching between them is automatic.
• Moving to a new PC or changing your real account: use Move to a new PC in your account dashboard (two transfers a year included).
• Works offline for a while. The app renews its licence automatically every hour or so. If your internet drops, it keeps trading for at least a day, plus a grace period, before pausing new trades.
• Automatic updates. New strategies and improvements arrive through verified, signed updates.
• Price lock. Renew before your licence ends and you keep the price you paid, even if our prices rise.
• Your licence key is personal. Sharing it can lead to suspension.

What TradeVision doesn't do

• It doesn't hold, receive or move your money. Deposits and withdrawals are between you and your broker.
• It doesn't guarantee profit. It follows rules; markets decide the outcome.
• It isn't financial advice, and it isn't a broker.
• It doesn't run when your PC is off. For trading around the clock, use an always-on PC or a Windows VPS.
• It doesn't trade instruments your broker has closed or restricted.

Frequently asked questions

Troubleshooting

Check the instrument tile and the Activity tab first — they show the exact reason. Common messages:

Glossary

• Stop loss (SL) — the price where a losing trade is closed automatically by your broker.
• Take profit (TP) — the price where a winning trade is closed automatically.
• R — the money risked on a trade. A 2R target aims to win twice the risk.
• ATR — Average True Range, the instrument's typical candle size; used to size stops to volatility.
• Spread — the gap between buy and sell price, the broker's cost.
• Buy stop / sell stop — a waiting order that opens a trade only if price reaches a level.
• Limit order — a waiting order that opens a trade if price comes back to a better level.
• Hedging / netting — whether your account can hold opposite positions on the same symbol.
• Demo account — a practice account with virtual money, offered free by brokers.