Get the setup right
From your first installation to keeping MetaTrader running reliably on a VPS.
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Install an EA in MetaTrader 5 on Windows: copy the EX5 into MQL5/Experts, compile MQ5 source with F7 or use Market. Then check that it started.
MetaTrader 4 and 5 run on a Mac, including Apple Silicon, via MetaQuotes' Wine installers. With screenshots and tested folder paths for EAs and indicators.
MetaTrader VPS hosts one trading account per rental and prohibits DLL calls. A Windows VPS gives you a full remote desktop. See which one your EA needs.
Find where your MT5 EA stops before a trade: startup, trading permission, signal conditions or order response. With lab logs for codes 10027 and 10013.
MT5 runs on your broker's server clock, not yours. On a UTC+0 server, gold's previous-day high or low differed on 49% of days. How to check yours.
