EA accounts and terminals
When you need an interactive terminal, and what you can do with it.
Every account Trademetry connects runs a real MetaTrader terminal on hosted infrastructure. The difference between the two kinds of account is whether you can get at that terminal.
Copier accounts
The default, and the right choice for almost everything. The terminal runs headlessly: it logs in, reports trades, and executes copies. There is no desktop and nothing to look at, which is a feature — nothing to leave in a bad state.
Use a copier account for any leader whose trades come from a person or an external signal, and for every follower.
EA accounts
An EA account gets an interactive terminal you can open in the browser: the real MetaTrader window, with charts, the Navigator, and the ability to put files onto the terminal and run them.
Use one when the account itself has to run something:
- A leader account whose trades are generated by an Expert Advisor you supply.
- An account that needs a custom indicator, script, or template installed.
- An account you occasionally need to inspect by eye.
EA accounts are counted and priced separately from copier accounts, because an interactive terminal costs materially more to run. The EA Account toggle only appears on the account form when your plan includes EA capacity.
You cannot flip an ordinary account into an EA account once you are at your EA limit — the toggle is disabled and explains why. Raise the EA slider in billing settings first.
The Terminal tab
Open an EA account and it has a Terminal tab that copier accounts do not.
The tab is only there for EA accounts and only when the host running that terminal supports it. If you expect the tab and it is absent, the account is not marked EA.
Terminal Files is a file browser for the terminal's own directory. You can
navigate into subfolders, download a file, upload one, edit text files in place,
and delete. This is how an Expert Advisor gets onto the terminal: upload the
compiled .ex4 or .ex5 into MQL4/Experts or MQL5/Experts.
The browser is deliberately narrow about what it will touch:
| Folders | Experts, Indicators, Scripts, Presets, Libraries, Files, and the terminal's config |
| Extensions | .ex4, .ex5, .set, .mqh, .csv, .txt, .ini |
| Size | 10 MB per file |
Uncompiled source (.mq4, .mq5) is refused — compile it in MetaEditor and
upload the result. Two things are hidden entirely: the startup configuration
files, which hold your broker password in plain text, and the Trademetry bridge
EA, which is what connects the terminal to the copy engine. Deleting that would
disconnect the account from the product.
The console opens the live terminal desktop in a new browser tab, where available. It is the actual MetaTrader window — you can attach the EA to a chart, change its inputs, and confirm AutoTrading is on.
Both need the terminal running
File management and the console are only available while the account's status is connected. On any other status the controls are disabled and the reason is shown: the terminal is not running, so there is nothing to browse or display.
Fix the connection first — see Account status — and the tab comes back.
A copy rejected with MetaTrader error 133, trade is disabled, is usually the terminal's AutoTrading button being off rather than anything wrong with the copier. Open the console and check the toolbar — it is the most common reason an otherwise healthy account places nothing.