How to connect Cursor to your Capital.com account
With TraderWAI, Cursor can read live charts, check your Capital.com account and prepare orders with stop loss and take profit that you approve. Setup takes a few minutes.
Connect Capital.com to Cursor in 2 minutes — free1. Add TraderWAI to Cursor
Works in Cursor (Agent).
- In Cursor go to Settings → Tools & MCP → «Add new MCP server».
- Or paste the configuration below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
- Click «Login» / «Connect» next to traderwai and sign in with Google.
- Use the chat in Agent mode and ask for what you need.
2. Connect your Capital.com account
In TraderWAI, add your Capital.com account with the platform it uses:
MetaTrader 5
Enter your MetaTrader 5 login (account number), the master password and the server name exactly as it appears in MetaTrader. The account is set up in 1–3 minutes.
MetaTrader 5 is included in the Trader plan ($29/month). Charts and analysis are free on every plan.
Detailed guide: Cursor + MetaTrader 5 →MetaTrader 4
Enter your MetaTrader 4 login (account number), the master password and the server name exactly as it appears in MetaTrader. The account is set up in 1–3 minutes.
MetaTrader 4 is included in the Trader plan ($29/month). Charts and analysis are free on every plan.
Detailed guide: Cursor + MetaTrader 4 →Capital.com
Create an API key in Capital.com (Settings → API integrations; two-factor authentication must be on), choose a password for it, and paste the key, that password and your Capital.com login email (beta).
Capital.com works on the free plan: unlimited charts and analysis, and 5 order executions per day.
Detailed guide: Cursor + Capital.com →The platforms each firm offers can change; check which one your account uses in your Capital.com dashboard.
3. Ask Cursor
Try one of these in a new chat:
- «Show me the gold H1 chart and tell me where the key levels are.»
- «What positions do I have open and how much am I risking?»
- «Prepare a buy limit on EUR/USD at yesterday's low with a 20-pip stop and a 2R target. I'll approve it.»
Capital.com and TraderWAI: what to know
- TraderWAI connects to Capital.com's own platform through its official API (beta): create an API key in Capital.com (Settings → API integrations, with two-factor authentication on). Capital.com accounts work on TraderWAI's free plan.
- Capital.com also offers MetaTrader 4 (for clients of some of its entities) and MetaTrader 5 (not for UK residents); you can connect those as MetaTrader accounts.
- Capital.com has free demo accounts. On demo, its API limits order requests to 1,000 per hour.
What Cursor can do with your Capital.com account
- Read live charts in any timeframe, with the indicators you ask for.
- Check your balance, open positions and pending orders.
- Backtest a strategy idea on historical data before risking anything.
- Prepare market, limit and stop orders with stop loss and take profit that you approve.
- Leave conditional orders that TraderWAI watches every minute.
- Respect your risk limits: maximum daily loss and drawdown, risk per trade, size and number of trades.
Capital.com and Cursor: questions
Can I connect Claude or ChatGPT to Capital.com?
Yes. Add TraderWAI to Claude or ChatGPT (free plans work) and connect your Capital.com account with an API key, its password and your login email. Your AI can then read charts and prepare orders you approve.
Related guides
Other AIs with Capital.com
- How to connect Claude to your Capital.com account
- How to connect ChatGPT to your Capital.com account
- How to connect Grok to your Capital.com account
- How to connect Gemini to your Capital.com account
- How to connect Perplexity to your Capital.com account
TraderWAI is independent software and is not affiliated with Capital.com. Trading involves risk; TraderWAI does not provide investment advice.