Eight steps, then it trades itself.

1

5 min

Install MetaTrader 5

Already have the terminal and log into your account with it? Skip this step. FroggyTrader works with the MT5 installed on the same computer.

2

3 min

Install FroggyTrader

Download the archive for your system — the buttons are on the home page: FroggyTrader-macos.zip or FroggyTrader-windows.zip. Both archives hold the same two things: the client installer and the trading advisor for MetaTrader 5. The client goes in now, the advisor in step 4. The cloud is remote — there is nothing else to install.

3

1 min

First run: the tray icon and the panel

FroggyTrader has no big window. It lives as a frog icon next to the system clock, and everything is controlled from the web panel that icon opens.

• Icon menu: a status line reading Engine: running, then Open FroggyTrader, Start / Stop / Restart engine and Exit.
• Open FroggyTrader is what opens your dashboard — no address to memorise. It's the same page as the Open dashboard button on the site.
• The engine starts on its own and remembers that: after a reboot, just launch FroggyTrader.
• Closing the browser tab does not stop the bot. Only Exit in the icon menu does.

macOS

• The icon sits in the menu bar, top right, monochrome like system icons.

Windows

• The icon sits in the notification area, bottom right, in colour — its colour reflects engine state. If you can't see it, click the Show hidden icons arrow.
• Launching the shortcut twice does not create a second FroggyTrader — you get a dialog saying the client is already running.

4

4 min

Copy the advisor into MetaTrader 5

The advisor is a bridge: it hands your broker's candles to the bot and executes the commands that come back. The file is:

It is already compiled — no MetaEditor, no compiling. The file sits in the same archive you installed the client from in step 2, right next to the installer.

The last bit is the same on both systems: in the Navigator pane, right-click Expert Advisors → Refresh. If it still doesn't show up, restart MT5.

5

1 min

Let the advisor reach the engine

MetaTrader blocks HTTP requests from advisors by default. You need to allow exactly one address, once — the local engine on your own machine.

1. Tools → Options → Expert Advisors.
2. Tick Allow WebRequest for listed URL.
3. Add the engine address exactly as written:
   http://127.0.0.1:8082
4. OK. This step is identical on macOS and Windows.

6

6 min

Attach the advisor to the gold chart

1. Open the gold chart of your account. Brokers name the symbol differently: XAUUSD, XAUUSD.p, XAUUSDm, GOLD. Use the one your account actually trades — the advisor works with its own chart's symbol.
2. The chart timeframe doesn't matter — the advisor requests the candles it needs itself (M1, M5, M15, H1, H4). M15 is a comfortable choice: readable and not flickering.
3. Drag FroggyTrader/FroggyTraderProductEA from the Navigator onto the chart.
4. In the advisor dialog tick Allow Algo Trading and press OK. There are no lot or risk inputs — the lot is set in the panel (step 8).
5. Turn on the Algo Trading button in the MT5 toolbar. The chart's top-right corner should show a smiling face, not a cross.
6. Close any duplicate gold chart that does not have FroggyTrader on it. Keep exactly one advisor instance for the symbol, so after a restart you cannot mistake a plain XAU chart for the bot's chart.

To verify, open the Experts tab at the bottom of the terminal. Healthy lines:

The first two lines appear once, when the advisor starts. The third repeats roughly every 5 minutes — that's your sign the bot is alive. "no entry signal" is normal: the bot waits for its setup and may not enter for days. While the market is closed (weekends) there are no ticks, so no new lines appear — also normal.

Save the workspace so the advisor returns after a restart

The MT5 watcher can relaunch the terminal after a crash, but it cannot attach an advisor to a chart. The active MT5 profile must already contain the correct chart and FroggyTrader.

1. With the FroggyTrader gold chart active, open File → Profiles → Save As….
2. Enter FroggyTrader as the profile name and press OK. Leave that profile active.
3. Close MT5 normally once and open it again. Confirm that the gold chart, the advisor and Algo Trading all return, then check for fresh activity in Experts.

7

3 min

Set an investor password

The investor password is read-only: it can see the account and its history, but cannot trade, touch positions or withdraw. We ask for it so we can check your account state independently — if a period's profit is ever disputed, for instance. It is stored encrypted, and without it live trading stays off.

The fee itself is calculated from the closed trades the advisor reports — you can see them in the dashboard's "deals" tab, and those are the same numbers that appear on the renewal invoice.

Where to change it: Tools → Options → Server → Password: Change — or right-click the account in the Navigator → Change Password.

In the Change Password dialog, in order:

1. "Current password" means your MASTER account password — the one you log into MT5 with, not the investor one. Anything else and the server refuses.
2. Switch to "Change investor (read only) password" — the master password is selected by default.
3. The new password: at least 8 characters, with lower case, upper case, digits and a special character all present, and different from the master password. While the field is red, the requirements aren't met; once it stops being red you can press OK.
4. Check the Journal tab (not Experts) for the line
   change of investor password completed

Common journal errors:

8

5 min

Link the account and switch XAU/USD on

The last step happens in the panel: FroggyTrader icon → Open FroggyTrader.

1. On first open, accept the Terms of Use — trading stays off until you do.
2. settings tab: broker server, account number, investor password → save. The panel sends the link to the cloud.
3. subscription tab: it should read live account setup: completed ✓ with a trial · N days chip. Your free month is already running.
4. instruments tab, the XAU/USD card: set the lot per position and flip the toggle on. The minimum is 0.01.

Check that the bot is really running. cloud: online alone is not enough — it only says the cloud is reachable. All four have to line up:

• at the bottom of the dashboard's left menu: cloud: online and engine: online;
• the MT5 Experts tab keeps producing recent lines: roughly every 5 minutes the advisor writes FroggyTrader: active, no entry signal (or a trade message). That line is what means "the bot is alive". backend=connected is printed only when the advisor starts, so its age tells you nothing. There must be no recent backend unavailable or WebRequest failed;
• the subscription tab shows live account setup: completed ✓ and time still left;
• the XAU/USD toggle on the instruments tab is on.

If any one of them is off, the bot won't enter the market. What to do in each case is in "When something doesn't work".

The instrument toggle is not decoration: switch it off and new entries stop immediately, even with the advisor still on the chart. Positions already open are still managed to their exit.

9 · optional

5 min

Enable Telegram notifications

Telegram is configured once in its own card under FroggyTrader settings. There is nothing to enter in the advisor and no Telegram URL to add in MT5. Skip this step if you do not want notifications.

1. In Telegram, open @BotFather, run /newbot, and save the Bot Token. It is a secret — never send it to support or expose it in a screenshot.
2. Open the new bot's chat and press Start, or send /start.
3. Find your Chat ID: open https://api.telegram.org/bot<YOUR_TOKEN>/getUpdates in a browser and locate the number in "chat":{"id":...}. Group chat IDs usually begin with a minus sign.
4. In the FroggyTrader dashboard, open settings. In the separate Telegram notifications card, enable notifications, enter the Bot Token and Chat ID, then press save Telegram.
5. Press send test and confirm that your bot delivers the message.