How to connect Cursor to MetaTrader 5

Step 1: add TraderWAI to Cursor

Works in Cursor (Agent).

1. In Cursor go to Settings → Tools & MCP → «Add new MCP server».
2. Or paste the configuration below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
3. Click «Login» / «Connect» next to traderwai and sign in with Google.
4. Use the chat in Agent mode and ask for what you need.

Or paste this into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in your project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "traderwai": {
      "url": "https://mcp.traderwai.com"
    }
  }
}

Step 2: connect your MetaTrader 5 account

In TraderWAI go to Settings → Broker accounts → Add account and choose 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.

Step 3: ask Cursor

Open the chat in Agent mode and try, for example:

• «Use TraderWAI's get_ohlc to fetch the last 500 H1 candles of gold (XAUUSD), save them as a CSV in data/ and write a Python script that tests an EMA 20/50 crossover on them.»
• «Call get_broker_accounts and get_positions and write a short report of my open MetaTrader 5 positions with the risk of each one.»
• «If any open MetaTrader 5 position is at least 1R in profit, move its stop loss to break-even with modify_position. Show me the change before applying it.»
• «Run backtest_strategy on gold (XAUUSD): buy on H1 when a candle closes above the previous day's high, stop below that candle, 2R target. Then turn the rules into a function in my project.»

How Cursor works with MetaTrader 5

MetaTrader 5 has no built-in way to talk to an AI, so TraderWAI prepares your MT5 account in the cloud and exposes it to Cursor as an MCP server. Cursor calls TraderWAI's tools (chart, quote, positions, order) and TraderWAI talks to your broker's MT5 server: no Expert Advisor to install, nothing to run on your computer, and Cursor never sees your password.

1. Have your MT5 login (account number), master password and server name ready, with the server exactly as MetaTrader shows it (for example ICMarketsSC-Demo).
2. In TraderWAI go to Settings → Broker accounts → Add account → MetaTrader. The first connection takes 1–3 minutes while the terminal is prepared in the cloud; after that it is instant.
3. MetaTrader is included in the Trader plan ($29/month, one MetaTrader account; Max includes three). Charts and analysis stay free on every plan.
4. Ask Cursor for your balance and open positions to check the connection, then for a chart or an order.

Example prompt for Cursor

«Check my MT5 account and show me gold (XAUUSD) on H1 with the key levels. If price pulls back to support, prepare a buy limit with a stop loss below it and a 2R target, risking 0.5% of my balance.»

Every order carries a stop loss, is checked against your risk limits and waits for your approval unless you turn on auto-execution for that symbol.