Can you build an EA from just an idea?

Yes — many clients arrive with a discretionary system and no written spec. We run a structured scoping conversation, draft the rules for your approval, and quote against that written spec. If the rules can't be made objective, we'll tell you before you pay.

Will the EA make money?

We build software, not returns. We guarantee the EA does exactly what the agreed spec says and behaves correctly in backtests and demo. No credible developer can guarantee profit — be skeptical of anyone who does.

Do you publish EAs on the MQL5 Market?

We build proprietary tools for clients and publish our own demo products for credibility. Client work stays private under NDA; you decide if anything is ever published.

Who owns the source code?

You do. On final payment we transfer the complete source code, and it is yours exclusively. We never reuse or resell client strategy logic — every project runs under an NDA by default.

How does pricing work?

Fixed scope, fixed quote. After you describe the project we return a written quote with the price, delivery date, and milestones. The quote is the price — there are no hourly meters or overages.

What if something breaks after delivery?

Every delivery includes a 30-day bug-fix window covering any defect against the agreed scope. Post-window changes are quoted separately, usually at a modest update fee.

Do you work under an NDA?

Yes. NDA by default on every project. Your strategy logic is never reused, resold, or published — including in our portfolio, unless you explicitly approve it.

Trading Software Development

Expert Advisor Developer for MT4 & MT5

We build Expert Advisors from your written strategy — or help you write the strategy if it still lives in your head. Entries, exits, position sizing, trailing logic, session filters, news guards, panel controls: everything specified, everything testable.

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NDA by default You own the source code Fixed scope, fixed quote

Overview

What this service actually involves

Most projects arrive as one of three briefs: a manual system that needs rules extracted, an existing EA that almost does the job, or a prototype idea that needs a professional build. All three follow the same path — scope, fixed quote, milestone demos, source-code delivery.

Every EA ships with input parameters you can actually understand, magic-number and multi-instance hygiene, error handling for slippage and re-quotes, and a strategy-tester-ready build so you can verify results yourself before risking a cent.

Scope

What we build

Concrete deliverables, not a capability list. Every item below is scoped in writing before a fixed quote is issued.

Full custom EAs from your spec

Any logic you can describe, we can code — indicator-driven entries, price-action patterns, basket/grid logic, multi-timeframe confluence, session and news filters.

Risk & money management layers

Fixed lot, percent-risk, martingale scaling, equity stops, max-drawdown guards, daily loss limits, correlation caps — the rules that keep a bad week from ending an account.

Trade panels & runtime controls

On-chart panels for lot sizing, partial closes, break-even, trailing, and one-click operations, integrated into the EA or as a standalone trade manager.

Prop-firm compliant builds

FTMO, MyFundedFX, TopStep-style constraints — max daily loss, max drawdown, news and session rules — built in from the start rather than bolted on after a fail. See our prop firm EA development.

Order execution hardening

Slippage handling, re-quote retries, freeze-level awareness, ECN-compatible stop/TP placement, and broker-error recovery so live fills match tester expectations as closely as possible.

Example scopes

Recent example scopes

Anonymized project briefs in the shape real requests arrive — platform, fixed quote, and timeline agreed before work starts.

XAUUSD scalping EA

MT5 · fixed quote · 2 weeks

Gold scalper on M5 using spread-aware entry filters, ATR-based stops, and a session window. Basket take-profit across concurrent positions, equity stop at 2%, full input parameterization. Delivered with strategy-tester setup notes and 90-day tick-data backtest instructions.

Multi-pair correlation EA

MT5 · fixed quote · 3 weeks

Portfolio EA trading six majors with correlation caps, per-pair lot tables, and a global daily-loss guard. Magic-number isolation per pair so the trader can enable/disable pairs without redeployment.

Manual-assist EA for a discretionary system

MT4 → MT5 · fixed quote · 10 days

Rules extraction from a trader's journal: the trader describes entries, we formalize them into boolean logic with a confirmation dialog. Panel controls let the trader veto or approve each signal — the EA proposes, the human disposes.

See it work

The entry gate, running live

The same three checks the delivered EA runs on every tick — session, spread floor, volatility band — with stops and targets scaled off ATR. Move the inputs and watch it allow or refuse the trade.

Entry gate — spread, session, volatility

Move the inputs — the gate re-evaluates live

SessionCurrent spread28 ptsATR(14) on M5$4.4

Entry allowed

Spread floor (London)35 pts

Stop distance — ATR x 1.5$6.60

Target distance — ATR x 2.25$9.90

Reward : risk1.50 : 1

Runs the delivered build's own gate logic and ATR multiples in your browser. Distances are what the EA would place given these inputs; no trades are simulated and no returns are implied.

Pricing guidance

Typical project ranges

How budgets map to scope on this service. Your exact fixed quote arrives in writing after a scoping conversation — the numbers below are directional ranges, not promises.

Scope	Typical range (USD)	Delivery
Indicator-driven EA (single strategy)	$400 – $900	5–10 working days
Complex logic / basket / multi-symbol EA	$900 – $3,000	2–4 weeks
EA + trade panel + prop-firm rules	$1,200 – $3,500	2–5 weeks

Most Expert Advisor projects land between $400 and $3,000 depending on logic complexity, number of money-management rules, and platform count. Simple indicator-based EAs sit at the low end; basket systems, multi-symbol managers, and prop-firm logic with panels sit at the high end. You get an exact fixed quote before work starts.

FAQ

Questions traders ask before hiring

Where this goes next

Trading Bot Development

Bots beyond the MetaTrader terminal — cTrader, Python bridges, cross-platform automation.

Strategy Optimization & Backtesting

Validate the EA against real tick data before it touches a live account.

MT5 Developer

The MQL5 stack, language, and platform details we build on.

Our MQL5 development services

All nine trading software services in one place.

Delivered by our Expert Advisor developers. Read about how we work: fixed quotes, milestone demos, source-code ownership, and a 30-day bug-fix window.

Ready to build this?

Book a 30-minute call and bring the strategy, the broken tool, or the rough idea. You leave with a written fixed quote — price, scope, delivery date — before any work starts.

Book a Free Call

A 30-minute call, no obligation. You leave with a written fixed quote — scope, price, delivery date.