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Quickstart

5-min setup

Connect one MetaTrader 5 terminal to xTriel and watch it report live in about five minutes. The connection is read-only — the Reporter EA streams balance, equity, drawdown, and open positions, but never opens, closes, or modifies trades, so your trading EA keeps running on the same terminal.

Four quick moves: copy your Ingest Token, install the Reporter EA, allow the xTriel web request, then confirm the account shows Live. For every EA input and option, read the full Connect MT5 Reporter EA guide.

1 · Get your Ingest Token

The Ingest Token is your per-user key. It tells xTriel which account any incoming data belongs to, and the Reporter EA cannot send anything without it.

  1. Open Connect your EA. Sign in to xTriel, open Profile, then open Connect your EA.
  2. Copy the token. Generate or copy the Ingest Token — it starts with xti_. Keep it handy to paste into the EA in a moment.
The token is shown once. Copy it before you leave the page. If you regenerate it, every terminal still using the old token stops reporting until you paste the new one into each EA.

2 · Install the Reporter EA

The Reporter EA is a single compiled .ex5 file. Get the package from the public setup page at xtriel.com/connect-mt5, then add it to MetaTrader 5.

  1. Open the MT5 data folder. In MT5, choose File → Open Data Folder, then browse to MQL5 → Experts.
  2. Drop in the .ex5. Copy the compiled XtrielReporterEA.ex5 into the Experts folder, then restart MT5 or refresh the Navigator so it appears under Expert Advisors.
  3. Attach it to any chart. Drag XtrielReporterEA from the Navigator onto any open chart. In the inputs dialog, paste your token into IngestToken, then click OK.
One EA per terminal. You only need the Reporter EA on a single chart per terminal — it reports the whole account, not just the chart symbol.

3 · Allow WebRequest

MetaTrader 5 blocks outbound web requests by default. Add the xTriel API to the allow-list so the Reporter EA can send its snapshots. Open Tools → Options → Expert Advisors, enable Allow WebRequest for listed URL, and add the xTriel API URL:

https://xtriel.com

Click OK to save. Make sure the MT5 Algo Trading button in the toolbar is enabled so the EA is allowed to run.

4 · See it live

Open your xTriel dashboard at app.xtriel.com. Within about 30 seconds of the first successful send, the account appears as a terminal card with a green Live status. You can confirm the same inside MT5 — open the Experts tab and watch the Reporter EA print its startup banner and the first successful send:

[Xtriel] Reporter EA starting...
[Xtriel] Ingest token  : xti_xx...xxxx
[Xtriel] #1 sent OK (HTTP 200)
  • Live means xTriel just received a fresh snapshot. You are connected.
  • If the card never appears, confirm Algo Trading is on, the EA is attached to a chart, the token is pasted, and https://xtriel.com is in the WebRequest allow-list.

5 · Next steps

That is the whole connection. From here, the most common next moves are setting up alerts and building a backtest library:

  • Risk rules & Telegram alerts — set per-account drawdown, profit-target, and stale-terminal limits, then get a Telegram ping when a Reporter update crosses one.
  • xAlmanac Upload API — push MT5 Strategy Tester results into xAlmanac from your own script, using the same xti_ Ingest Token.
  • Connect MT5 Reporter EA — the full guide, including every EA input and a troubleshooting reference.