Private beta · Windows · MetaTrader 5
TradingView alerts to MetaTrader 5 trades — on a PC you own.
Hookmode turns webhooks from TradingView, your bot or any HTTP source into trades on your own Windows machine. No VPS. No cloud copy-trader. Your broker password never leaves your PC.
- Password stays on your PC
- No VPS
- Every signal traced
Signals from
- TradingView alerts
- any HTTP webhook
Executes on
- MetaTrader 5
- Windows
Built for
What you need
- A Windows PC that stays on and online.
- MetaTrader 5 installed on it — the app runs the terminals for you.
- A broker account on MetaTrader 5.
- A signal source: TradingView on a paid plan, or anything that sends a webhook.
Nothing else to rent or buy.
How it works
From installer to first fill in minutes.
Three steps. No server to rent, no Expert Advisor to configure, no DLL to copy.
A webhook is a message your alert source sends to a URL when a condition fires. TradingView sends one when an alert triggers.
- 1Once
Install and pair
Download the Windows app. Open the Devices page, click Pair device, type the 6-digit code into the app. Done.
4 8 2 9 1 7
10 minutes, single use
- 2Per account
Add an account
Name the account and pick the broker server in the web app. Type the password on your PC. The desktop app verifies it against MetaTrader 5 and keeps it there, encrypted. From then on the app runs a dedicated MetaTrader 5 terminal for each account, in the background. You never open it.
You point the app at your MetaTrader 5 install folder once.
Active · verified against MT5 · terminal running
- 3Per webhook
Point a webhook at it
Create a webhook, copy the payload into a TradingView alert. Portfolio rules decide which accounts trade, at what volume, with what drawdown limit.
POST api.hookmode.com/api/webhook
Glass, not magic
Every signal leaves a trace.
A tracing ID is minted the moment the call arrives and follows the signal to the fill and to the close. Open the trace and read what happened, step by step.
- webhook received
- 2 rules matched
- trade dispatched to “Office PC”
- trade opened · EURUSD 0.50 @ 1.08742 · +1.8 s
- webhook rejected · invalid signature
- rule drawdown blocked
- Accepted and rejected signals, both listed.
- Trades show who opened them — a signal or you, by hand.
- Broker-side closes (stop loss, take profit, manual) are detected and written back.
Security · the whole point
Your broker password never leaves your machine. Full stop.
Most webhook bridges ask you to upload your broker login. Hookmode splits the job: our servers route signals, your PC holds the password and places the order.
Stays on your PC
- broker password (DPAPI)
- device token
- MetaTrader 5 session
- local trade mirror (SQLite)
Shared with the web app
- account nickname, server, login
- balance / equity snapshots
- open positions and floating P&L (every 60 s)
- trades and realized P&L
- signal payloads and trace events
| Hookmode | VPS + EA bridge | Cloud copy-trader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broker password lives | on your PC, encrypted | on a rented disk | uploaded to the vendor |
| Orders leave from | your PC, your IP | the VPS | the vendor’s servers |
| Extra monthly infrastructure | none | $20–60 | bundled in the fee |
| Setup | minutes | hours | account review |
| See what happened | trace per signal | RDP + logs | what the vendor shows |
| Dashboard from any device | yes | RDP only | yes |
Risk
Rules that hold at 3 am.
You set the limits once. The server refuses the trade when they are hit — even if the signal fires.
- Drawdown limit per rule. Drawdown is how far the rule’s closed result sits below its best point inside the trading period. Budget = webhook drawdown × volume factor. With the hard stop on, a breach blocks new trades until you reset it; closes still pass. Every block is in the trace; every breach is listed until you reset it.
- Max open positions per rule. Default one. Raise it only on hedging accounts.
- Max slippage per rule, in points. Passed to the terminal as the order deviation.
- Stop loss and take profit on the broker side. Set per webhook side, optional per-signal overrides that you allow or not.
- Pause anything. Pause a webhook and its signals are rejected and logged. Pause a rule, a portfolio or an account and signals skip it.
- Trigger or close by hand. From the webhook page, with the same rules applied.
Drawdown
One rule · hard stop on
$0buffer left
- EURUSD Sell 0.50closed−$120
- XAUUSD Buy 0.20closed−$140
- EURUSD Sell 0.50closed−$150
- GBPUSD Buy 0.30closed−$90
- Next signal refused — rule drawdown blocked
No new trades until you reset it. Closes still pass.
Drawdown counts closed trades only. There is no daily-loss limit yet.
From anywhere
Your desk executes. Your phone watches.
The web app runs in any browser. The desktop app keeps going.
Features
What Hookmode is not
- Not a signal provider. Bring your own alerts.
- Not a copy-trader. We never see your password and we never trade for you.
- Not a cloud bot. If your PC is off, the signal fails loudly and you get told. We do not queue it.
- Not multi-platform yet. MetaTrader 5 on Windows today.
FAQ
Do my broker credentials ever leave my computer?
No. You type the password on your PC; Windows encrypts it (DPAPI) and the desktop app verifies it against MetaTrader 5. Our servers store the account nickname, the broker server and the login — never the password.
What happens if my PC is offline when a signal fires?
The signal is accepted and traced, but the trade is marked failed with the reason “device offline”. Nothing is queued or replayed. You get a Telegram and in-app alert when the device goes offline and when it comes back.
Which platforms are supported?
MetaTrader 5, on Windows, with the terminal installed on the same machine. Nothing else today.
Do I need a paid TradingView plan?
TradingView only sends webhooks on its paid plans (Essential or higher). Any other system that can POST JSON works too.
Does it run on macOS or Linux?
The desktop app is Windows-only. The web app runs in any browser, including on your phone.
What if my PC is lost or stolen?
Unpair the device from the web app: its token is revoked and the connection is closed at once. Then change the broker password at the broker: the encrypted copy can be read by anyone who can run code as your Windows user on that PC — same as browser-saved passwords — so treat it as exposed. Pair a new machine and re-enter the passwords there.
How does the beta work?
Join the waitlist with your email. We invite in small batches and write to you when a seat opens. Invites come from Clerk, our sign-in provider.
What does it cost?
Nothing while the beta runs. We will write to the waitlist before that changes.
Will a prop firm accept this?
Orders leave from your own PC and your own terminal, like a manual trade. Rules differ by firm; read yours and ask them if unsure. We will explain the architecture to any firm that asks.
Anything I should know before installing?
Two things. Windows SmartScreen warns on first run — the installer is not signed with a publisher certificate yet; the file is served over HTTPS from our own storage and the app updates itself the same way. And the PC has to stay on and online: if it sleeps, nothing trades.
Ready when you are
Stop renting a server to trade your own account.
Hookmode runs on the PC already on your desk. Install it, pair it, point your webhooks at it. The rest is your edge — executed the way you wrote it.
Private beta. Invites go out in small batches. Early users get a direct line to the person building it and shape what ships next.