Your VPS went down at 03:12. You knew by 03:30.
Account offline, robot stopped, AutoTrading switched off, broker disconnected, a drawdown past your limit. Told once, on the site, on Telegram or by email, while there is still something you can do.
Gold scalper · no data from the terminal for 18 min.
Grid EURUSD drawdown at 15.2%, past your 15% limit.
Example alerts. Account names are the ones you give your accounts.
A robot that stopped is a loss you do not see yet.
A Windows update restarts the VPS, the terminal does not come back, and the positions it was managing sit there unmanaged until someone looks. The point is to be that someone, early.
Your terminal
The terminal on your VPS reports its own state through our Expert Advisor. When it stops, you are told, not the next morning by a flat equity curve.
Account offline
MT4 and MT5, with our EA installedNo data received from the terminal. Only for accounts connected with our EA.
Robot removed from the chart
MT5 only: the MT4 EA does not report chartsOne of your Expert Advisors is no longer on any chart. We see this directly, because our EA reports what is running, so it only works on accounts where you installed it.
AutoTrading disabled
MT4 and MT5, with our EA installedThe AutoTrading button is off while the terminal is running, so your robots cannot trade. Only for accounts connected with our EA.
Broker disconnected
MT4 and MT5, with our EA installedThe terminal is running but lost its connection to the broker. Only for accounts connected with our EA.
With our EA, or without it
Our Expert Advisor reports what the terminal is doing, so it unlocks the alerts that only the terminal knows. Everything that reads your trades works either way.
| Alert | MT4 / MT5 with our EA | Investor password, cTrader, TradeLocker |
|---|---|---|
| Account offline | ||
| No trading activity | ||
| Robot removed from the chart | MT5 only | |
| Robot stopped trading | ||
| Abandoned positions | ||
| Drawdown limit | ||
| Daily drawdown limit | ||
| Consecutive losses | ||
| Gain reaches a target | ||
| Balance falls below | ||
| Equity falls below | ||
| Open profit reaches | ||
| Floating loss goes past | ||
| AutoTrading disabled | ||
| Broker disconnected |
Is it still working?
A terminal can be online and still doing nothing. These look at the trades themselves, so they work on every account, with or without our EA.
No trading activity
Every platformNo trades for a while, counted in market hours so weekends do not trigger it. For accounts connected without our EA.
Robot stopped trading
Every platformA magic number that was trading regularly has gone quiet. Works on every account, including the ones you connect with an investor password: we only need the trade history. Counted in market hours, so weekends do not trigger it.
Abandoned positions
Every platformCatches trades nobody is watching any more: a position left open past the days you set, or a robot that opens and never closes. One alert per account, with how many there are and how old the oldest is.
Your numbers
Your own limits on your own results, account by account. A specific rule on one account always wins over the global one.
Drawdown limit
Every platformTells you when the drawdown goes past the percentage you set. Pick the drop you would not want to sleep through.
Daily drawdown limit
Every platformSame, but on the daily loss, reset at your firm’s hour.
Consecutive losses
Every platformA number of losing trades in a row. Only closed trades count, and the result is after commission and swap: a trade that closes at +2 and costs 3 is a loss.
Gain reaches a target
Every platformYour gain goes above the percentage you pick.
Balance falls below
Every platformYour balance drops under the amount you pick, in the account currency.
Equity falls below
Every platformYour equity drops under the amount you pick. Unlike balance, this moves with your open positions.
Open profit reaches
Every platformThe profit sitting in your open positions (equity minus balance) goes above the amount you pick.
Floating loss goes past
Every platformThe loss sitting in your open positions goes past the amount you pick. Useful with grid or martingale robots, where a position is meant to stay open at a loss for a while and the question is when it stops being normal.
From the outside world
Not about your account: about what is about to move the market.
Economic news coming
Warns you before a high impact release on the currencies you pick, with the notice you choose. This one is not about your accounts: it is about what is about to move the market.
One alert per episode. Not one per check.
Every rule is checked every 5 minutes, but you hear about a problem once. While it stays crossed nothing more is sent: a drawdown worsening from 11% to 14% is a single notification, not four. When it comes back inside the limit, the alert closes quietly on its own, and the next time is a new episode.
Several accounts crossing the same limit together become one message. Different alerts on the same account stay separate, so you always know which number moved.
Site bell
FreeEvery alert lands on the bell at the top of the site, read or not. The default, for those who do not want to be chased.
Telegram
FreeConnect our bot once and alerts reach your phone in seconds, with the account name and the number that crossed.
The same alerts in your inbox. Several firing together on different accounts become one email, not ten.
Email alerts are included with Pro. The bell and Telegram are free.
Trading a prop firm challenge?
Turn on Prop Shield and the account gets three more alerts in the same list: profit target reached, max drawdown and daily loss close to the limit, measured the way your firm writes its rules, static or trailing, with the day ending at your broker's midnight or at 17:00 New York.
Questions people actually ask
Sleep. We will knock if it matters.
Add the account, pick your limits once, and connect Telegram if you want it on your phone. It costs nothing, and it cannot place a trade.