Guide

Kintech EA - Direct mode

Trade the EA Setups yourself

Overview

Direct mode lets Kintech_EA trade by itself on your MT5 account. You choose one EA Setup from the list KintechAsia publishes (one setup per account). Each setup is a ready-made trading plan (strategies, money management, maximum loss) that runs on the symbol of the chart you attach the EA to.

Note

Your settings stay on your computer. The trading plan comes from the KintechAsia server, so improvements reach you without reinstalling the EA.

Requirements

  • MetaTrader 5 (desktop, Windows) that stays online - a VPS is recommended.
  • A Hedging account. Netting accounts are refused.
  • An active Kintech license for the account number. It is granted the first time the EA connects:
  • 10 years for a REAL account opened through our partner link at RoboForex or Exness;
  • no expiry for other REAL accounts: they run FREE setups, and paid setups need payment;
  • demo accounts get a long trial automatically.
  • The Kintech_EA.ex5 file.

1. Install the EA

  1. In MT5 open File > Open Data Folder, then go to MQL5 > Experts.
  2. Copy Kintech_EA.ex5 into that folder (a sub-folder such as KintechEA is fine).
  3. Back in MT5, right-click Expert Advisors in the Navigator and choose Refresh.

2. Allow the server address

Open Tools > Options > Expert Advisors and:

  • Tick Allow algorithmic trading.
  • Tick Allow WebRequest for listed URL and add:
  • https://kintech.asia
  • Press OK, then make sure the Algo Trading button on the toolbar is green.
Important

Without this step the EA shows "No connection to the server" and does nothing.

3. Attach the EA to a chart

  1. Open the chart of the symbol you want to trade, for example XAUUSD. Any timeframe works.
  2. Drag Kintech_EA onto the chart.
  3. Common tab: tick Allow Algo Trading.
  4. Inputs tab:
InputValue
License serverhttps://kintech.asia
ModeDirect
Paneltrue
  1. Press OK. The Kintech EA panel appears in the top-left corner of the chart.

4. Choose your setup (SETTINGS tab)

The first time, the panel opens on the SETTINGS tab.

FieldWhat to enter
EA SETUPClick the box to open the list of published setups (scroll with ▲ ▼, the bar or the mouse wheel): code, price (FREE or $/month), Min/SL = minimum capital = stoploss of the setup. Click a row to choose it. The line below shows the chosen setup and your balance. ✕ = no setup on this chart. RELOAD loads the list again
COPY MASTER KEYOnly for the copy master account (KintechAsia gives you the key). Leave it empty otherwise. After SAVE only the last 4 characters are shown
MAX SPREAD (points)New chains and new levels open only when the spread is at or below this value, for every slot. Empty = use the max spread of the setup. 0 = no spread limit
AUTO LOT-SIZEON = the start lot of new chains is sized from your balance: balance x % / max total loss of the setup x 0.01 (at least the broker's min lot). OFF = the setup's lot. Open chains keep their lot. Needs a setup with a max total loss
NEWS FILTERYou decide whether to trade around news. OFF = trade through the news. NO NEW CHAINS = around High and Medium news of the symbol's currencies (for example USD for XAUUSD), no new chains open; open chains still add levels and close as usual. NO NEW CHAINS + NO ADD = no new chains and no new levels; open chains still close as usual. Stop ... min before / ... min after = how long before and after the news trading stops (whole minutes, 0 = none). The news list is in the tab NEWS
TRADING HOURSOFF = trade all day. ON + Start / Stop (hh:mm, this computer's time, shown next to the title) = new chains open only between Start and Stop, every trading day until you change it. Outside the hours no new chains open; open chains still add levels, stop and close as usual until they all close. Overnight works too, for example Start 22:00 / Stop 06:00. The Strategy Tester ignores it
DAILY LOSS LIMITOFF = no limit. ON + Max loss (a % of the balance at 00:00 broker time, or an amount in the account currency) = when the loss of this chart's orders today (closed + open, Kintech EA orders on this symbol only) reaches the limit, the EA stops for the rest of the broker day: no new chains until 00:00 broker time, even if the loss recovers or you restart the EA. Then: STOP NEW = open chains still add levels, stop and close as usual; CLOSE ALL = close every order of this chart at once. The title shows today's result. Saving a new limit starts the check again. The Strategy Tester ignores it

Press SAVE & APPLY. The setup connects immediately. CANCEL discards changes that are not saved.

  • Balance below the minimum capital: the EA warns you and asks whether to run the setup anyway.
  • Paid setup: the EA asks you to confirm, then shows WAIT PAYMENT and opens no orders. Pay via Telegram @kintechasia_official or @kintechasia_backup (send your account number and the setup code). As soon as KintechAsia confirms the payment, the setup starts by itself and runs until the paid months end.
Tip

Settings are saved for this account and symbol on this computer. They are still there after you restart MT5 or attach the EA again.

One setup per account. Each account runs one setup at a time, on one chart.

  • Switching setup: choose another setup and press SAVE & APPLY. If the old setup has no open orders, the new one starts at once. Otherwise the EA asks you to confirm. The old setup shows REMOVING: it opens no new chains and keeps managing the open ones until they close. The new setup shows WAITING and starts by itself once those orders are closed. Choose the old setup again to cancel the switch.
  • Removing the setup: press ✕, then SAVE & APPLY. Open orders are managed until they close.
  • Another chart or terminal of the same account that tries to run a setup shows WAITING and opens nothing until the running one is removed.

5. Read the SETUPS tab

The setup has a card (a second card appears only while you switch setup):

  • Header: setup code, status, and a Trade on / off switch for this setup (green = on).
  • Info line: version, run number and magic number. Auto lot: 0.02 appears when AUTO LOT-SIZE is on (SETTINGS) and shows the start lot of new chains.
  • P/L: profit of all open orders of the setup. MAX LOSS: the loss at which everything is closed. SPREAD: current spread. SERVER: time since the last server answer.
  • TODAY / WEEK / OPEN / MAX DD (WEEK): results of this chart's Kintech EA orders, in broker time. TODAY and WEEK = profit / loss since 00:00 today and since Monday 00:00 (closed + open orders). OPEN = open chains · total lots. MAX DD (WEEK) = the deepest floating loss of this chart this week; it is kept when you restart the EA and starts again each Monday.
  • Slot table: every strategy (slot) of the setup with an on / off switch (green = on), the open chains (B = BUY, S = SELL) and the current signal.
StatusMeaning
RUNNINGTrading normally
CONNECTINGContacting the server
STANDBYThe same setup already runs on another chart or terminal for this account. This chart takes over about 2 minutes after the other one stops
SETUP OFFTrading is disabled for this setup: no new chains, open chains are still managed
NEWSNEWS FILTER is on and High / Medium news is near: no new chains (and no new levels with NO ADD) until the time shown in the note
HOURSTRADING HOURS is on and it is outside Start - Stop: no new chains; open chains are managed until they close. New chains open again at Start
DAY LOSSDAILY LOSS LIMIT reached today: no new chains until 00:00 broker time; open chains are managed (or closed, with CLOSE ALL)
PAUSEDMaximum total loss was reached and every order was closed. Press RESUME to continue
MANAGE ONLYLicense not valid: open chains are managed, no new chains
REMOVINGRemoved in SETTINGS, waiting for its open chains to close
WAITINGOne setup per account: waiting for the open orders of the old setup to close (switching), or another chart / terminal already runs a setup for this account
OFFLINEServer not reachable for a while. Open orders stay; the EA syncs again when the server is back
WAIT PAYMENTPaid setup waiting for the payment confirmation: no new chains
EXPIRED / NOT PAIDThe paid months ended, or the payment was not confirmed: no new chains, open chains are managed until they close
STOPPEDThe server refused the setup - remove it in SETTINGS
SignalMeaning
BUY / SELLAll indicators of the slot agree - a new chain can open
HOLDIndicators do not agree - waiting
ZONEPrice zone strategy - waiting for price to enter the zone
SPREADSpread is above the slot limit - waiting
OFF / NO NEWThe slot or the setup does not open new chains (also during a NEWS stop)

Timeframes per slot. The strategy column shows the timeframes of the slot, for example fibo M5 / D1 = TradeTF M5, TrendTF D1. Click the name (▾) to choose your own TradeTF and TrendTF for that slot (TrendTF must be higher than TradeTF); DEFAULT goes back to the timeframes KintechAsia set. A gold name = your own timeframes. The choice is saved on this computer, the Strategy Tester uses it too, and it applies to new chains only - open chains keep running.

Step money per slot. In the same box (click the slot name), STEP sets the step money of a martingale slot: the money per 0.01 lot the newest order must reach (P/L minus fees) before the next level is added, for example -2.2. More negative = levels further apart. The box shows the default KintechAsia set; empty or DEFAULT = the default. A gold name also means your own step. It applies to new chains only - open chains keep the step they started with.

Virtual orders. Some setups start real orders only from a later level of the chain (the level can differ between slots). The chain column then shows two numbers, for example B7/3: the full chain has 7 levels and 3 of them are real orders.

NEWS tab. The economic calendar of the week for the currencies of the chart symbol, in this computer's time. A dot shows the level: red = High, orange = Medium, grey = Low (Low news is only shown, it never stops trading). Past news is dimmed; upcoming news shows a countdown. The card at the top shows your NEWS FILTER and the current or next stop, for example *Stopped now until 20:45 · USD Core CPI m/m*. Scroll with ▲ ▼ or the mouse wheel. The list comes from the KintechAsia server and updates by itself. News does not stop the Strategy Tester: backtests run without the news filter.

Update available. When KintechAsia publishes a newer Kintech EA, a gold Update x.yy button appears in the title bar of the panel. Click it to see the download link. Download the new EA, replace the old Kintech_EA.ex5 (File > Open Data Folder > MQL5 > Experts) and attach the EA again: your panel settings stay on this computer.

6. Stop or pause trading

  • DISABLE TRADE (button at the bottom of the SETUPS tab): no new chains on the setup of the chart. Open chains keep being managed - new levels and take-profit included - until they close. With no real orders open, virtual chains are closed at once. Click again to enable.
  • CLOSE ALL (next to DISABLE TRADE): closes every real order and virtual chain of the setup on the chart right now, after you confirm. Trade stays as it is: if it is enabled, new chains can open right away, so press DISABLE TRADE first to stop them.
  • Trade on / off switch on a setup card: the same, for one setup only.
  • On / off switch in the slot table: the same, for one strategy only.

These switches are saved on the KintechAsia server for your account, so they survive restarts.

Important

Do not close single orders of a chain by hand and do not remove the EA while chains are open. The EA manages a chain as a whole - take-profit, new levels and maximum loss depend on every order of the chain.

7. Maximum total loss

Every setup has a maximum total loss in money. When the open orders of the setup reach it, the EA closes every order of the setup and shows PAUSED with a RESUME button. Nothing new opens until you press RESUME. If the server cannot be reached at that moment, the EA still closes everything by itself.

8. How orders look

  • Comment: KintechAsia-XAUUSD01|3 = symbol, slot 01, level 3 of the chain.
  • Magic number: 9 + account number + run + slot. Do not change it.
  • When a chain is closed, all its orders are sent to the broker at the same moment.

9. ERROR LOGS

The ERROR LOGS tab lists problems, newest first. A short connection drop is listed as an info line; it counts as a problem when it lasts more than about 10 seconds. CLEAR empties the list.

MessageWhat to do
No connection to the serverAdd the server address to WebRequest (step 2) and check the internet
Network error 1003 ... retryingThe connection dropped - the EA retries by itself
A HEDGING account is required (Experts tab, the EA does not start)Open a Hedging account with your broker
Setup ... does not exist / no published versionCheck the code in SETTINGS or contact us
Not enough marginThe order is retried after 60 seconds - add funds or lower the risk
Market closedNormal outside trading hours

10. Backtesting

Kintech_EA backtests in the MT5 Strategy Tester with the setup you chose. No DLL is needed.

  1. Keep Kintech_EA running on a live chart of the same account and symbol in this terminal, with the setup chosen in SETTINGS. The Strategy Tester cannot connect to the internet, so it asks the KintechAsia server through this chart.
  2. Open the Strategy Tester (Ctrl+R) and choose Kintech_EA, the symbol and the dates.
  3. Modelling: Every tick based on real ticks. Keep the default inputs (Mode = Direct).
  4. Press Start.
Note

The test uses the setup selected on the live chart. To test another setup, choose it in SETTINGS first (the live chart then trades that setup too). The account license must be valid. A test only reads trading plans - it does not change your live run.

The test asks the server at every new bar and order level, so one day of testing takes a few minutes, depending on your internet.

Message (Strategy Tester Journal)What to do
no setup chosen for account ...Attach Kintech_EA to a live chart of that account and symbol and choose the setup in SETTINGS
no answer - keep Kintech_EA running on a live chartThe live chart was closed or Algo Trading is off - turn it on and start again
license not validRun Kintech_EA live on this account first, or contact us

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