# Hookmode

> 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.

## Guides

- [Hookmode: Pine Script to MetaTrader 5, on your PC](https://hookmode.com/): Turn an AI-assisted Pine Script strategy into MetaTrader 5 trades on your Windows PC. Hookmode routes TradingView alerts and other webhooks; your broker password stays on your PC. Private beta.
- [Hookmode - getting started: five steps to your first test](https://hookmode.com/docs/getting-started): Set up Hookmode: create your account, pair the Windows desktop app, add a MetaTrader 5 account, connect a TradingView alert, and fire a test trade.
- [Hookmode - Step 1: create your account](https://hookmode.com/docs/getting-started/sign-up): Accept the beta invitation, create your Hookmode account at app.hookmode.com and take a first look at Home and its Finish setup checklist. One workspace per user. Nothing to configure.
- [Hookmode - Step 2: install the desktop app and pair it](https://hookmode.com/docs/getting-started/desktop): Download the Hookmode desktop app for Windows, get past SmartScreen on the unsigned beta build, pair the PC with a 6-digit code and set the power settings.
- [Hookmode - Step 3: add your MetaTrader 5 account](https://hookmode.com/docs/getting-started/account): Add a MetaTrader 5 account to Hookmode: name, server and login in the web app; the password is typed on your PC only and verified against the broker.
- [Hookmode - TradingView webhook to MetaTrader 5, step by step](https://hookmode.com/docs/tradingview): Turn a TradingView alert into a MetaTrader 5 trade on your own Windows PC: create a webhook, paste the payload into the alert, watch the trade and its trace.
- [Hookmode - Step 5: fire a test alert, read the trace, set the guardrails](https://hookmode.com/docs/getting-started/first-trade): Trigger a test trade by hand, follow its trace event by event, set the daily loss limit and the drawdown budget, and connect Telegram notifications.
- [Hookmode: prop-firm daily loss limit and drawdown rules](https://hookmode.com/docs/prop-firm-guardrails): How Hookmode’s daily loss limit and drawdown budget work on MetaTrader 5 prop-firm accounts: what counts, when the day resets, what happens on a breach.
- [Security - Hookmode keeps your broker password on your PC](https://hookmode.com/security): How Hookmode splits the job: our servers route signals, your PC holds the broker password and places the order. For traders and prop-firm compliance teams.
- [Changelog | Hookmode](https://hookmode.com/changelog): New features and fixes in Hookmode, in plain words.