Catalogue
Guides
Practical guidance for finding, building, testing, and running MT5 EAs.
- 10 guides
- 3 topics
- 40 glossary terms
A suggested order
Follow the steps from a first idea to a tested EA, or jump straight to the one you need.
- Step 1
EAs & auto trading
Choosing, comparing, running, and retiring EAs — risk before returns.
Get the basics 4 guides → - Step 2
EA development & Builder
Build MT5 EAs without code and take them from idea to backtest.
Build your own 3 guides → - Step 3
Backtesting & verification
Test, optimise, and evaluate EAs before they touch real money.
Test it 3 guides →
Recent guides
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Are Expert Advisors Profitable? What 53 Measured EA Designs Show
Most are not, as they come. We ran 53 standard EA designs through one identical MT5 test: 11 ended at or above a profit factor of 1, and one met a real pass bar. Here is what separates the few that earn from the many that almost do, why a profitable year proves little, and how to check an EA before it trades.
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EA vs Manual Trading: The Difference Is Whether You Can Sit Still
EA vs manual trading usually turns into an argument about judgement. Replaying 14 EA backtest records under the stop rules a human would actually use gives a sharper answer: switching off after three losses in a row would have given up 93% of what the same rules produced when left alone.
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How to Build a MACD EA in MT5 Without Coding (and Why Its Best Result Was the Most Dangerous One)
Wire a MACD crossover Expert Advisor from blocks in a browser, compile it to a real .ex5, and read its numbers honestly. Includes the result that should worry you most: the Builder's own parameter search found a MACD setting that scored 1.14 out of sample, then collapsed to 0.74 on the window before it.
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How to Build an RSI EA in MT5 Without Coding (and What the Shipped Template Actually Scores)
Wire an RSI reversal Expert Advisor from blocks in a browser, compile it to a real .ex5, and read its numbers before it sees money. Includes the figure nobody publishes: the Builder's own RSI template scores a profit factor of 0.94, and its recorded parameter search never found a winning setting — not even on the period it was fitted to.
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How to Create an MT5 EA Without Coding (and What the Templates Actually Score)
Assemble an Expert Advisor from blocks in a browser, compile it to a real .ex5, and test it before it ever sees money. Includes the number nobody quotes: what the 87 shipped starter templates score at their stock settings, measured from the Builder's own records.
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How to Run a Backtest in MT5 (and Which of the Report's Two Drawdown Numbers to Believe)
Open the Strategy Tester, pick the data and settings that decide the answer, press Start, and read the report without fooling yourself. Includes one run quoted end to end, and the number nobody checks: across 23 finished runs the equity drawdown was deeper than the balance drawdown every single time.
Stuck on a word?
40 short definitions in plain language for the terms used across the guides.
Put what you learn into an EA
Build the entry and exit rules from blocks in the AIStrategyMiner Builder, then test them on your own price history before you decide anything.
- Compile a standard .ex5 file for MetaTrader 5 and check it in the Strategy Tester.
Test any EA in the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester before you rely on it. Past results do not predict future ones.
