Does Hookmode validate an AI-generated Pine Script?

No. Hookmode does not build, validate, or improve a trading strategy. Review the script and test the alert yourself. Hookmode receives the webhook, checks the rules you configure, and sends the command to the paired Windows device.

What should I test before using an alert live?

Check the Pine Script and alert payload, use a demo setup where appropriate, set conservative rules, then read a trace for a fill, block, or failure. A trace shows the signal path; it does not prove that a strategy is safe or profitable.

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.

How fast does a trade open or close?

Under a second in most cases, from the moment the alert reaches Hookmode until your broker confirms the trade. The signal is checked and routed on our servers in a few milliseconds; most of the time is the broker’s own response to the order. Every trace shows the timing of each step, including the broker call, so you can see the real number for your setup.

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, just as browser-saved passwords can. 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. Hookmode is private, invite-only beta software. We will email you when an invitation is available.

Nothing while the beta runs. We will write to the waitlist before that changes.

Will a prop firm accept this?

Orders are submitted by your own PC and MetaTrader 5 terminal. Rules differ by firm, so read yours and ask them if you are unsure. We can explain the architecture to a firm that asks.

Does Hookmode enforce my prop firm’s daily loss limit?

You set a daily loss limit per account. It counts today’s closed losses plus the stop-loss risk of every open trade, minus today’s profits, and resets at midnight in your broker’s server time, read from your terminal. When it is reached, no new trade opens on that account until the next day; closes still pass, and you get a Telegram alert. It only counts trades placed through Hookmode, and your firm measures its own way. Set the Hookmode limit below the firm’s.

Anything I should know before installing?

Two things. The beta installer is not signed with a publisher certificate yet, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on first run. Read the warning and install only if you trust the file you downloaded from Hookmode. The PC also has to stay on and online: if it sleeps, nothing trades.

Private betaIn: TradingView / HTTPOut: MetaTrader 5

Your trades.
Your machine.

Take an AI-assisted Pine Script from a tested alert to MetaTrader 5 on your PC.

Hookmode is the execution layer after your review. It receives the TradingView signal, checks your rules, then asks your paired Windows device to place the MetaTrader 5 trade. No chart EA. No VPS to rent. Your broker password stays on your PC.

Join the waitlist See how it works ↓

Hookmode · illustrative routing

TradingView sends a signal

EURUSD Buy 0.50

Hookmode

Signal received and 3 rules matched
Drawdown limit checks pass
3 trades dispatched to “Office PC”

Broker accountFilled+0.2 s$120 / $500
Funded accountFilled+0.3 s$260 / $500
Challenge accountFilled+0.2 s$330 / $500

Broker passwords on our servers

1 → many

One signal, multiple account rules

< 1 s

Alert to open or close

No VPS

Nothing extra to rent

Hookmode is a Windows desktop application that receives TradingView webhook alerts and places the trades in MetaTrader 5 on the trader’s own computer. It is not an Expert Advisor and does not need a VPS.

Signals from

TradingView alerts
any HTTP webhook

Executes on

MetaTrader 5
Windows

01 /

Built for

01.1

AI-assisted Pine Script users

You used AI to draft a script. Now you need a clear path to review the alert, test it, set limits, and decide when to execute it.

01.2

Pine Script and webhook builders

You already have a signal source. Route it to account rules without attaching an Expert Advisor to a chart or renting a VPS.

01.3

MetaTrader 5 prop-firm traders

Set a drawdown budget per rule and a daily loss limit per account. Then compare those controls with your firm’s own published rules.

Before live execution

AI writes the Pine. You test the alert.

Treat AI-generated code as a draft, not a trading decision. Hookmode does not build, validate, or improve a strategy. It executes the signal path you configure after your own review.

01
Review the script
Understand what the Pine Script can open, close, and override.
02
Test the alert
Check the payload and the result in a demo setup where appropriate.
03
Set conservative controls
Configure the alert’s stop loss, then choose a risk factor, a position cap, and limits you understand.
04
Read the trace
Confirm a fill, block, or failure before you rely on the execution path.

Read the TradingView guide

02 /

What must be true before a trade can open

A Windows 10 or 11 PC that stays on and online while you expect trades.
MetaTrader 5 installed on that PC and logged in to your broker at least once.
A trading account on MetaTrader 5.
A signal source: a TradingView plan that supports webhook alerts, or anything that can POST JSON.
A beta invitation. Join the waitlist if you do not have one yet.

No VPS to rent. The PC is the part that must stay on.

03 / How it works

From a tested alert to a traced result on your PC.

Three setup steps. Hookmode receives and checks the signal; your paired Windows device places the MetaTrader 5 trade.

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 a device
Install the Hookmode desktop app, then pair the Windows device from the web app with a 6-digit code. The code is valid for 10 minutes and can be used once.
4 8 2 9 1 7
Code valid 10 minutes, single use
2Per account
Add a trading account
Add the nickname, broker server, and login in the web app. Type the password on the paired device. The desktop app verifies it against MetaTrader 5 and stores it there, encrypted.
You point the app at your MetaTrader 5 install folder once.
Active · verified against MetaTrader 5 · terminal running
3Per webhook
Add the alert and rules
Create a webhook, copy its message into TradingView, then add a portfolio rule for each account. Rules set the symbol, the risk factor and the guardrails before a signal reaches the device.
POST api.hookmode.com/api/webhook

Follow the full setup path

Follow the five-step getting-started guide, with separate TradingView and guardrail guides when you need more detail.

Read the guide

04 / Nothing hidden

Do not guess what happened. Read the trace.

Every signal leaves an ordered record. See whether it was rejected, which rules matched, whether a guardrail blocked a new trade, and what the broker returned.

Illustrative examples. Not trading results.

Opened

webhook received
1 rule matched
trade dispatched to “Office PC”
trade opened · EURUSD 0.50 @ 1.08742 · +0.6 s

Daily-loss block

webhook received
2 rules matched
trade dispatch failed · Challenge account · the account reached its daily loss limit
trade dispatched to “Office PC”
trade opened · EURUSD 0.25 @ 1.08744 · +0.5 s

Bad key

webhook rejected · invalid signature

A rejected signal names the reason before a trade is sent.
A blocked trade names the account or rule and the limit it reached.
A failed trade records the device or broker reason. It is not queued or replayed.
Broker-side closes are written back with their source.

05 / Guardrails before execution

Limits that block new Hookmode trades before dispatch. Closes still pass.

Set a drawdown budget per rule and a daily loss limit per account. Hookmode checks them before it asks your device to place a new trade.

These limits count only trades placed through Hookmode. Your broker or prop firm may calculate risk differently, so set Hookmode below the limit that matters to you.

Drawdown

Illustrative rule example · hard stop on

Blocked: drawdown

$0budget left

Drawdown −$500 of $500

EURUSD Sell 0.50closed−$120
XAUUSD Buy 0.20closed−$140
EURUSD Sell 0.50closed−$150
GBPUSD Buy 0.30closed−$90
Next signal blocked: rule drawdown

No new trades until you reset it. Closes still pass.

Daily loss limit

Illustrative account · resets 00:00 server time

Blocked: daily loss

$0left today

Realized −$300open trades reserve $700

EURUSD Buy 0.50opened · stop-loss riskreserves $300
EURUSD Buy 0.50closed at stop−$300
XAUUSD Sell 0.20opened · stop-loss riskreserves $700
Next signal blocked: the account reached its daily loss limit

Blocked while XAUUSD is still open. The limit counts the stop-loss risk of open trades, not only closed losses. No new trades on this account until midnight. Closes still pass. A Telegram alert went out.

See how the limits are computed →

Drawdown limit per rule. The rule’s realized P&L, measured from its best point. You set the drawdown budget on the webhook; each rule scales it by its risk factor. With the hard stop on, a breach blocks new trades until you reset it. Closes still pass.
Daily loss limit per account. Today’s closed losses plus the stop-loss risk of every open trade, minus today’s profits. When it is reached, no new trade opens on that account until the day resets. It resets at midnight in your broker’s server time, read from your terminal. Closes still pass.
Every trade is placed with a stop loss. Stop loss and take profit are set per webhook side and placed at the broker. Per-signal overrides only if you allow them.
Max open positions per rule. Default one. Raise it only on hedging accounts.
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.

06 / Security, explained plainly

The server handles the signal. Your PC handles the broker login.

Hookmode servers receive, validate, and route the webhook. Your paired Windows device stores the broker password and uses its local MetaTrader 5 terminal to place the trade.

06.1

Password on your PC only

You type it on your machine. Windows encrypts it (DPAPI), and the desktop app uses it locally to connect the MetaTrader 5 terminal. Our servers keep the nickname, server and login. Never the password. Protect your Windows sign-in and lock the PC when you leave it.

06.2

Outbound only

The desktop app opens a TLS connection to Hookmode. It communicates with the MetaTrader 5 terminal over localhost on the same PC. No port forwarding is needed.

06.3

Pair with a code, revoke in a click

A 6-digit code is valid for 10 minutes and can be used once. Every device gets its own token. Unpair it from the web app to revoke its access.

06.4

A key per webhook

Every webhook has its own 32-character key, sent in the signature field of the message. A request without a valid key is rejected before an order is sent. Rotate the key at any time. TradingView cannot add custom headers to its requests, so the key sits in the message body, protected in transit by TLS.

06.5

Terminal stays local

Hookmode manages one MetaTrader 5 terminal per account. Each terminal uses a per-session token and is reached only by the desktop app on your PC.

06.6

Your machine, your IP

Orders are submitted by your own PC and your own MetaTrader 5 terminal. Broker and prop-firm rules differ, so check yours before automating.

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

Read the security details

07 / Know when the path breaks

Your PC executes. Your phone tells you when it does not.

Watch signals, trades, blocks, and device status from any browser. If the device is offline when a signal fires, the trade fails and is not queued.

Telegram example

Illustrative notification data. Not trading results.

09:31Received EURUSD open signal
09:31Opened EURUSD buy trade for 0.50 lots
11:04Broker closed EURUSD buy trade
13:15Opened XAUUSD sell trade for 0.20 lots
14:02Device “Desk PC” went offline
14:06Device “Desk PC” is online again
15:40Broker closed XAUUSD sell trade
MonWeekly summary of signals and trades

07.1

Problems first

The Home page shows an attention card when a device is offline or an account is blocked. When nothing is wrong, it stays out of the way.

07.2

Review each account

Review balance and equity snapshots, open positions, trade history, and the rules that produced each result.

07.3

Alerts you choose

Receive Telegram and in-app alerts for signals, trades, failures, device changes, and risk blocks. Choose the Telegram events per chat.

08 /

Features

08.1

Webhook control

One URL and one rotatable key per webhook. TradingView, a bot, or anything that can POST JSON can send a signal.

08.2

One signal, many account rules

Add a rule per account with its own symbol and risk factor. One close signal closes the matching stack.

08.3

Guardrail visibility

A drawdown or daily-loss block is visible in the trace and can send a Telegram alert.

08.4

Broker closes written back

A stop loss, take profit, manual terminal close, or stop-out is detected and recorded with the broker result.

08.5

Runs in the background

The desktop app manages a MetaTrader 5 terminal per account while the device is powered, online, and connected.

08.6

Manual actions

Trigger a buy or sell, or close a side, from the webhook page. The trace marks it as manual.

09 /

What Hookmode does not pretend to be

Not a strategy builder or signal provider. You bring the alert and decide whether it is ready.
Not an Expert Advisor attached to a chart. The desktop app works with the MetaTrader 5 terminal on your device.
Not a copy-trading service. Hookmode never holds your broker password and nobody else’s trades run on your account.
Not an always-on cloud bot. If your device is offline, the trade fails. Nothing is queued or replayed.
Not a prop-firm approval or a replacement for the firm’s own rules.
Not multi-platform yet. MetaTrader 5 on Windows today.

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FAQ

11 / Private beta

Bring a tested alert to a PC you control.

Hookmode is for traders with Windows, MetaTrader 5, and a webhook source who want a clear, traceable execution path. Join the waitlist and we will email when an invitation is available.

Join the waitlist

Private beta. We will email you when an invitation is available.