TradeGate customers handbook – Buying and selling Techniques – 9 October 2025

What TradeGate does

Mirror your MT5 CFD trades into Tradovate futures in close to real-time so you may hold utilizing your favourite MT5 EA and execute on prop-firm compliant futures (e.g., Apex and others that clear by way of Tradovate).

• Mirrors opens and closes (market)

• Magic Quantity and Remark filters (AND logic)

• Max concurrent replicas cap

• On-chart standing panel + open positions snapshot

• Simulation mode for secure testing (no orders despatched)

1. Tradovate account with a prop agency that helps Tradovate.
   Discover one right here: https://prop.tradovate.com/find-a-prop-firm ?

2. Allow TradingView connection in your Tradovate account (utilized by Tradovate’s APIs).
   Information: https://help.tradovate.com/s/article/Connecting-Your-Tradovate-Account-to-TradingView?language=en_US

   Be aware: regardless of wording you might even see in articles, you don’t need to pay for this integration !! IT’S FREE !!

Fast begin (MQL5 Market construct)

1. Connect TradeGate to the MT5 chart you wish to mirror (e.g., US500, USTEC…).

2. In Inputs, fill Tradovate login and password.

3. Select Futures root to reflect (e.g., MES for Micro S&P).

4. Set Mirror Qty (contracts) (begin with 1 for prop evals).

5. (Optionally available) Set Magic Quantity Filter and/or Remark Filter.

6. (Optionally available) Restrict MAX Open Positions (0 = limitless).

7. For a dry run, set Simulation solely = true.

8. Click on OK. The on-chart panel exhibits connection standing, steadiness, and open Tradovate positions.

Inputs (necessary observe)

One occasion per mapping: TradeGate mirrors solely the image of the chart it’s hooked up to. If you wish to mirror a number of CFDs (US500, USTEC, DE40…), connect a separate occasion of the EA on every chart and set the suitable Futures root to reflect in every occasion.

Inputs (defined)

INPUT	PURPOSE	RECOMMENDATION
Tradovate login / password	Credentials for API authorization.	Required.
Futures root to reflect	Goal futures household (MES, MNQ, MYM, ES, NQ, YM, GC, MGC, FDXM, FDXS…).	Use Micro merchandise for prop evals.
Mirror Qty (contracts)	Contracts per mirrored motion.	Begin at 1.
MAX Open Positions	Max variety of MT5 positions this EA will mirror/handle concurrently (per chart). 0 = limitless.	1–2 for tighter prop management.
Magic Quantity Filter	Solely mirror orders with this MagicNumber.	Depart clean/0 to disable.
Remark Filter	Solely mirror if order remark accommodates this case-sensitive substring.	Depart clean to disable.
Simulation solely (no orders despatched)	If true, no orders are despatched; EA logs what it could do.	Use for first-run validation.
Verbose request/response logs	Debug logging of HTTP calls.	Hold OFF until troubleshooting.

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Beneficial CFD → Futures mapping

You continue to choose the root (MES, MNQ, MYM, FDXS, MGC, and many others.) within the EA’s Futures root to reflect enter.

How mirroring works

• The EA listens for executed offers on the hooked up MT5 chart image.

• If filters move and the duplicate cap permits, it routes a market order to the present entrance tradable month of your chosen futures root.

• It creates a sticky mapping so subsequent closes/reductions mirror appropriately.

• If Tradovate rejects an order, you’ll see a purple banner under the panels, e.g. Open mirror failed: TV reject which persists till a profitable mirror or EA re-init.

Prop-firm ideas

Most prop corporations (together with Apex and related) implement each day session guidelines and will pressure flat at finish of day or throughout upkeep home windows. To adapt:

• Choose breakout/flat-by-EOD methods over grid or holding in a single day.

• Keep away from martingale sizing. It usually violates threat limits and might set off each day loss or trailing thresholds.

• Use Micro futures (MES/MNQ/MYM/FDXS/MGC) and set Mirror Qty = 1 till you’re snug.

• Take into account MAX Open Positions = 1–2 to restrict publicity.

Troubleshooting

• Not linked / no account ID: verify your credentials and that MT5 WebRequest is allowed to your Tradovate API host in Instruments → Choices → Professional Advisors.

• No mirrors firing: examine Magic/Remark filters and MAX Open Positions cap.

• Sizing off: keep in mind “Mirror Qty” is contracts, not CFD heaps.