From sign-up to first backtest

Six steps, about five minutes. By the end you'll have a compiled, backtested trading bot generated from a single sentence.

1. 01

   Create a free account

   Head to the sign-up page and register with your email. No card required, the Free tier gives you 3 AI builds and 10 preview backtests a month so you can try the whole pipeline before paying anything.
2. 02

   Install the desktop agent

   Builds and MT5 DeepTests run on your own machine. Download the QuantLab agent and run the installer, it's a small background app. See the desktop-agent guide for the full walk-through. If you don't already have MetaTrader 5, the agent installs it and opens a free demo account for you automatically.
3. 03

   Describe your strategy

   Open a new build and type your strategy in plain English, for example: EMA(12) crosses EMA(26), RSI above 50, 1% risk, 40-pip stop on EURUSD M15. You can also write code directly in the web IDE.
4. 04

   Let it build

   QuantLab generates the bot and your agent compiles it locally. You'll see compile status in real time. If anything is ambiguous, the AI asks before guessing, so you get clean code, not a black box.
5. 05

   Backtest it

   Run an instant preview backtest to sanity-check the logic, then run MT5 DeepTest, the genuine MetaTrader Strategy Tester, for tick accurate results. Review the equity curve, trade list, profit factor, and max drawdown right in the browser.
6. 06

   Download or ship

   Happy with it? Download the compiled .ex5 (Entry+) or the full .mq5 source (Pro+), and attach it in MetaTrader. Upgrade any time to lift your build and backtest limits, unlock more platforms, or remove branding.