How to connect Cursor to your Eightcap account
With TraderWAI, Cursor can read live charts, check your Eightcap account and prepare orders with stop loss and take profit that you approve. Setup takes a few minutes.
Connect Eightcap 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 Eightcap account
In TraderWAI, add your Eightcap 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 →The platforms each firm offers can change; check which one your account uses in your Eightcap 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.»
What Cursor can do with your Eightcap 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.
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TraderWAI is independent software and is not affiliated with Eightcap. Trading involves risk; TraderWAI does not provide investment advice.