ICT AI Signal MT5 EA on HTX

AI HTX Signal Bot - ICT Concepts

Trade HTX spot and perpetuals from MT5 with an ICT engine that reads structure and pulls the trigger for you — order blocks, fair value gaps, killzones, liquidity pools, all mapped and executed in under 10ms with a hard stop on every order.

  • Entry
  • Stop loss
  • Take-profit 1 / 2 / 3
  • Live price
  • Breakeven move
The product

See the ICT engine on an HTX chart

The panel below is the live product running the same detection logic the EA uses to map structure, order blocks and FVGs before it fires an HTX order.

ICT AI SIGNAL MT5 EA 00:17
TradeBTCUSD
Buy · Active Spread 1.0p
Spot · M1
64734.50
TP365028.98+31497.0p
TP264923.99+20998.0p
TP164819.00+10499.0p
Entry64714.01
SL64609.02−10499.0p
Trade engine Connected Auto  off
Open P&L Lot 0.05
Held 0:00
#389113563
+180.0p
+9.00 USD
SLEntryTP1TP2TP3
Stagerunning · exit TP3
Score★★★★★
WatchlistBTCUSD 3 / 5Choose symbols
•••BullishBTCUSD19 finishedAuto
•••BullishETHUSD24 finishedAuto
•••MixedSOLUSD21 finishedAuto
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Signal history64
SymbolBiasSignalQualityModelTFEntry zoneDistStateResultAge
BTCUSDSell★★★★CM564170.15 – 64185.40Invalid42m
ETHUSDSell★★★★★CM13315.40 – 3316.20Ran50m
XRPUSDSell★★★★★CM10.6248 – 0.6251Invalid55m
SOLUSDBuy★★★★★CM1152.40 – 152.63Ran1h
SOLUSDSell★★★★CM5151.14 – 151.62Ran1h
BTCUSDSell★★★★★CM163925.30 – 63938.60Missed1h
BTCUSDBuy★★★★★BM564066.40 – 64082.00Invalid2h
Scanning 3 symbols · 1 refused (too wide) · engine 10 µsDouble-click a row to open it · 55 more
Daily pivot zonesClassic 3 resist · 4 support Zones on
Prev day O 63800.00  H 64950.00  L 63500.00  C 64700.00 2026.08.06
R366200.0066150.00 – 66250.00+2180.0 pts
R265600.0065550.00 – 65650.00+1580.0 pts
R165100.0065050.00 – 65150.00+1080.0 pts
PP64350.0064300.00 – 64400.00+330.0 pts
S163700.0063650.00 – 63750.00−320.0 pts
S263100.0063050.00 – 63150.00−920.0 pts
S362500.0062450.00 – 62550.00−1520.0 pts
Price now64020.00Drawn on chart
Trend alignmentBTCUSD
Bullish
5 up   1 down   3 range
Score +0.59
H1 and H4 weighted heaviest
5of 9
M1
MN1
M1
Down
Displacement
M5
Up
Displacement
M15
Range
Range width
M30
Up
Displacement
H1
Up
Displacement
H4
Up
Displacement
D1
Range
Range width
W1
Range
Range width
MN1
Up
Displacement
Coin strength18 pairs
BTC
+82
ETH
+64
SOL
+48
BNB
+12
XRP
−22
ADA
−40
DOGE
−58
AVAX
−90
StrongestBTC
AVAXWeakest
Trading sessions24/7 market · always open14:53
0003060912151821
Asia
01–09
Open
Europe
09–19
Open
US
15–00
Open
24h crypto volatilityMean H1 range · 20 days
000408121620
This hour is usuallyMedium
Swing structure
BOS
↑ 64950.00
Internal structure
BOS
↑ 64620.00
Premium / discount63500.00 – 64950.00
DiscountEquilibriumPremium
FVGOn
64580.00 – 64615.00
24 live
Inverted FVGOff
64720.00 – 64760.00
18 live
BPROn
63780.00 – 63840.00
7 live
UnicornOn
64500.00 – 64512.00
11 live
InducementOff
64330.00 – 64335.00
1 live
SFPOff
65010.00 – 65015.00
6 live
Chart layers6 off
Signal models3 of 3 running
Turbo Breakout (A)
0 in the book
MasterAI (B)
1 in the book
Rayan (C)
2 in the book
Turbo Breakout (A)Running

Reactions at levels the market built earlier and came back to.

Strictness
VlooseLooseBalancedTightVtight
left for more signals, right for fewer
Quality filter
OffOn
off passes every reaction, however weak
Structure needed
10+
bars of clear air a level needs · lower finds more
Reaction room
3.0+
how far past a level still counts · higher accepts more
Level lifetime
500+
bars a level stays usable · higher keeps more in play
Settling time
20+
bars before a level may be used · lower reacts sooner
TradeBTCUSD
Buy · Active Spread 1.0p
Spot · M1
64125.50
TP364967.00+841.5p
TP264686.50+561.0p
TP164406.00+280.5p
Entry64125.50
SL63845.00−280.5p
One decision a day

The market never sleeps. So the EA doesn't either.

The whole trade is drawn before you make it — entry, stop and three targets, already on your chart. A setup can fire at 3am or over the weekend and sit there waiting; you check in when you can, and the engine keeps the watch while you're asleep or at work.

  • Entry on the exact candle that triggered it
  • Stop anchored to structure, not a round-number level
  • TP1 / TP2 / TP3 with the risk and reward zones shaded
  • Fires by push, email and an on-chart alert — at any hour
  • Works on MT4 & MT5, any crypto exchange, any coin
Signal history64
SymbolBiasSignalQualityModelTFEntry zoneStateAge
BTCUSDSell★★★★CM564170.15 – 64185.40Invalid42m
ETHUSDSell★★★★★CM13315.40 – 3316.20Ran50m
SOLUSDBuy★★★★★CM1152.40 – 152.63Ran1h
XRPUSDSell★★★★CM50.6248 – 0.6251Ran1h
BTCUSDBuy★★★★★BM564066.40 – 64082.00Invalid2h
Scanning 3 symbols · engine 10 µsDouble-click a row to open it · 59 more
Signals tab

Every signal logged and scored — the losers too

The book keeps every signal the engine has printed across your coins, re-read on each closed bar. Nothing is quietly deleted, so what you see is the full record — not a highlight reel of green candles.

  • A 1–5 quality score per signal

    Model, timeframe and entry zone on every row, each rated so you take the Q4+ setups and skip the noise.

  • Ran · Missed · Invalid, on record

    The outcome of every signal is written down and kept — the honest history you'd want before trusting an engine with your coins.

  • The day counter resets at 00:00 UTC

    A clean count of what fired today, up to five coins watched at once and re-scanned around the clock.

Daily pivot zonesClassic Zones on
Prev dayO 63800.00  H 64950.00  L 63500.00  C 64700.00
R366200.0066150.00 – 66250.00+2180.0 pts
R265600.0065550.00 – 65650.00+1580.0 pts
R165100.0065050.00 – 65150.00+1080.0 pts
PP64350.0064300.00 – 64400.00+330.0 pts
S163700.0063650.00 – 63750.00−320.0 pts
S263100.0063050.00 – 63150.00−920.0 pts
S362500.0062450.00 – 62550.00−1520.0 pts
Price now64020.00Drawn on chart
S&R tab

The prior day's pivots, mapped as zones not hairlines

Classic floor-trader pivots for the coin on your chart, built from yesterday's open, high, low and close — and rendered as bands, because price reacts to areas, and a wick rarely respects a single hairline.

  • R3 → S3, each with its own band

    The full pivot ladder plus the central pivot, so you can see which zone price is really trading into.

  • Live distance in points

    How far price sits from every level right now, updating on the tick — no measuring the wick by eye.

  • The inputs shown, not hidden

    Yesterday's O/H/L/C sit on the card so you can check the maths, and one switch puts the whole set on the chart.

Coin strength18 pairs
BTC
+82
ETH
+64
SOL
+48
BNB
+12
XRP
−22
ADA
−40
DOGE
−58
AVAX
−90
StrongestBTC
AVAXWeakest
CSM tab

Read the coin, not one pair's wick

The major crypto crosses reduced to eight coins and ranked live, so you read the strength of the coin itself — not the noise of a single pair's candle.

  • Ranked strongest to weakest

    Re-sorted on every update from the full cross-pair matrix, not a single coin's candle.

  • Strongest against weakest

    Pair the top coin with the bottom and you have the cleanest trend pair on the board — here, BTC against AVAX.

  • Exchange-agnostic

    Reads the same on every exchange and every symbol suffix, so the ranking holds wherever you trade.

Session tab

No open, no close — but the tape still has a rhythm

Asia, Europe and US liquidity are all live at once — crypto trades round the clock, so no bell opens or closes it — beside a 24-hour volatility profile built from the last 20 days, so you know whether this hour is normally quiet, medium or busy before you size in.

Trading sessions24/7 market · always open14:53
0003060912151821
Asia
01–09
Open
Europe
09–19
Open
US
15–00
Open
24h crypto volatilityMean H1 range · 20 days
000408121620
This hour is usuallyMedium
Chart layers6 off
SMC tab

Twelve smart-money layers, dark until you call them

Smart-money structure is drawn only when you switch it on. Nothing clutters the coin's chart by default — each layer is its own toggle, so you build exactly the view you read from.

  • One switch per layer

    Market and internal structure, swing points, premium/discount, FVG, iFVG, BPR, Unicorn, Inducement, SFP, sessions and levels.

  • Clean by default

    Everything starts off, so the chart shows only what you chose — no wall of boxes the moment a coin loads.

  • Layers and zones stay in sync

    Flip a zone's layer and its live count follows, because on the panel the switch and the drawing are one setting.

Signal models3 of 3 running
Turbo Breakout (A)
0 in the book
MasterAI (B)
1 in the book
Rayan (C)
2 in the book
Turbo Breakout (A)Running
MasterAI (B)Running
Rayan (C)Running
Strategy tab

Three engines reading every coin at once

Every signal comes from one of three models, each reading the market a different way. Run them together for full coverage across your coins or single one out — and each keeps its own count of what's live in the book.

  • Turbo Breakout (A)

    Reactions at levels the market built earlier and returned to — fast, structure-led entries that suit crypto's pace.

  • MasterAI (B)

    The AI-weighted model, blending the confluence signals into a single scored read.

  • Rayan (C)

    The confirmation-heavy engine for traders who want fewer, higher-conviction setups through the noise.

Turbo Breakout (A)Running

Reactions at levels the market built earlier and came back to.

Strictness
VlooseLooseBalancedTightVtight
left for more signals, right for fewer
Quality filter
OffOn
off passes every reaction, however weak
Structure needed
10+
bars of clear air a level needs · lower finds more
Reaction room
3.0+
how far past a level still counts · higher accepts more
Level lifetime
500+
bars a level stays usable · higher keeps more in play
Settling time
20+
bars before a level may be used · lower reacts sooner
Strategy tab · the dials

Your dials set how loud each engine gets

Each engine exposes its settings in plain language, not cryptic inputs. Loosen for more signals when you want to catch every move, tighten for fewer when the tape turns choppy — every row tells you which way it trades frequency against selectivity.

  • Strictness in one row

    Slide from Vloose to Vtight to move the whole engine between more setups and cleaner ones.

  • Filters you can read

    Quality filter, structure needed, reaction room, level lifetime and settling time — each with a plain hint.

  • New settings apply from here on

    Change a dial and it affects future bars; what's already in the book keeps the settings it was found under.

The problem

The problem with trading crypto ICT by hand

The concepts travel to crypto perfectly. Your sleep schedule does not — and that gap is where the setups you wanted slip past.

  • The market has no close.

    The clean liquidity grab you'd have taken happens at 4am your time, and you wake up to the move already gone.

  • Third-party bridges are fragile.

    Wiring an exchange to MT5 usually means a flaky connector that drops right when volatility spikes.

  • Crypto moves faster than your fingers.

    A sweep and displacement can play out in one candle — manual entry is a coin-flip on whether you're filled at the level or chasing it.

Market scanner

Scan every coin for ICT setups

The EA watches your whole coin list and trades the ones that form a valid ICT setup — at any hour, so a 4am move isn't a missed one.

  • One panel, every coin

    Your whole watchlist sits in a single scanning view instead of a wall of open charts.

  • Acts at any hour

    A 4am liquidity grab on any coin is a trade taken, not a screenshot you regret over coffee.

  • Only the graded setups

    It surfaces the coins genuinely setting up and sits out the noise of a flat, chop-prone tape.

Market scanner · Crypto scanning
  • BTC/USDT M5 Armed
  • ETH/USDT M5 Sweep
  • SOL/USDT M5 Scanning
  • BNB/USDT M5 Coiling
  • XRP/USDT M5 Scanning
  • DOGE/USDT M5 FVG return
  • AVAX/USDT M5 Scanning
  • ADA/USDT M5 Armed

Watching your top coins — trading whichever validates first, 24/7

Account fit

HTX at a glance

The account facts that decide whether the EA drops straight in.

MetaTrader 5
Native via connector
Runs inside MT5, no external terminal
Connector
Baked in
No third-party bridge required
Symbol format
BTCUSDT-style pairs
Matches HTX's native pair naming
Markets
Spot & perpetual
EA can work either book
Access
API key · KYC
HTX requires verification before key issuance
Coverage
24/7
Crypto markets never close
Liquidity
Established, deep order books
Long-running global exchange since 2013
EA / automation
Supported
API trading permitted on HTX
The fit

Why HTX is a strong home for the ICT EA

HTX gives the EA the order-book depth an ICT engine actually needs to find real liquidity, not noise.

Deep liquidity on an established global exchange

HTX (formerly Huobi) has been running since 2013 and carries some of the deepest order books in crypto. That matters for ICT logic specifically — liquidity pools, equal highs/lows and stop runs are only meaningful signals when the book behind them is thick enough that a sweep reflects real positioning, not one thin order moving price.

Connector baked in, not bridged

The HTX build ships with the exchange connector built directly into the EA — no third-party bridge script, no separate service to keep alive. Structure detection and order placement run in one process.

24/7 killzone coverage

Crypto never closes, so the EA watches HTX around the clock — London and New York killzones, plus the Asia session HTX's own volume leans into.

Trade-only key, nothing else

You connect with an HTX API key scoped to trading only. No withdrawal permission, no login shared with the EA — your funds stay withdrawable only by you.

Comparison

ICT EA vs. a signal indicator

A signal indicator only points at a setup — you still have to place, size and manage the trade yourself. Here is what the EA does instead.

A typical signal indicator
ICT AI Signal EA
An arrow you must catch live
The signal
The trade taken for you in under 10ms
Often redraws after the candle closes
Repaint
Fixed ICT rules — no hindsight redraw
Direction only — you size and place it
The plan
Entry, stop, target and risk on every order
You still fight emotion at the click
Discipline
Hard stop and risk cap enforced in code
One chart in front of you at a time
Coverage
The whole market watched from one panel
A black-box arrow you can't audit
The logic
Legible ICT / Smart Money you can read
Paid — monthly or per license
Cost
Free lifetime license
24/7 coverage

How the EA trades crypto 24/7

Crypto never closes, so the EA covers the hours you can't. Here is a full day, step by step.

  1. 03:40
    Deep night

    A 4am liquidity grab sets up.

    The move you'd have wanted forms while you sleep — on a 24/7 tape there's no 'after hours' to excuse the miss.

  2. 03:41
    Order fires

    Sweep + displacement — taken.

    The EA reads the grab and the return into the fair value gap and places the order through the built-in connector in milliseconds.

  3. 06:15
    Managed to target

    Target tagged while you slept.

    Stop and target rode the order from the start; you wake to a closed trade, not the one you missed.

  4. 14:00
    Midday chop

    Nothing clean — nothing taken.

    No valid structure means no trade; the EA sits out the noise instead of over-trading a flat tape.

  5. 21:30
    Evening break

    Another window, same rules.

    A fresh liquidity sweep, another disciplined entry — the coverage never clocks off.

Who it's for

Who this crypto EA is for

It's built for one kind of crypto trader, and honest about who it isn't for.

This is for you if

  • You keep waking up to the move you'd have taken if you'd been awake.
  • You're tired of flaky third-party bridges dropping at the worst moment.
  • You want one-candle crypto moves executed at the level, not chased.
  • You want a Smart Money edge covered around the clock.

This isn't for you if

  • You expect a guaranteed win — crypto's volatility guarantees the opposite is always possible.
  • You'd rather hand-trade every setup and only want an alert.
  • You want to learn ICT from zero before letting anything automate it.
Get running

Live on HTX in 4 steps

No bridge and no plugin — if you can drag a file onto a chart, you can run it on your HTX account.

~2 min
  1. 1

    Verify & create a trade-only key

    Complete HTX's KYC, then generate an API key scoped to trading only — no withdrawal rights.

  2. 2

    Claim your free license

    Message support with your HTX account details and they'll activate your license and hand you the HTX build.

  3. 3

    Install MT5 and load the build

    Install MetaTrader 5, drop in the HTX EA build with its connector already baked in, and restart the terminal.

  4. 4

    Add your key, set risk, go live

    Paste in your trade-only API key, set your account-level risk cap, and let the EA start reading structure.

Pricing

What the ICT crypto EA costs

A Smart Money EA with an exchange connector normally sells for hundreds. Ours — connector included — is free for life.

Sold on other sites

A tool like this, elsewhere

$300–500

one-time — or billed to you every month

And here's the catch

  • Connector sold separately
  • Hundreds paid upfront
  • Features behind paid upsells
  • Setup billed by the hour

That's the going rate — connector and all. We don't charge it.

Our price At SignalBots

ICT AI Signal EA · Crypto

$0 free forever, yours to keep

You keep up to $500

Everything you'd normally pay for

  • The full ICT AI Signal EA $299 Free
  • Built-in exchange connector $99 Free
  • Tuned presets for your pairs $49 Free
  • Guided setup & 24/7 support $39 Free

No card, no subscription — our team activates it in minutes.

Availability

Where HTX accepts accounts

The free EA license itself has no country limit — the list below is HTX's own onboarding policy. Always confirm on HTX before you sign up.

  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • American Samoa
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Anguilla
  • Antarctica
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bermuda
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Bouvet Island
  • Brazil
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Brunei
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Colombia
  • Comoros
  • Congo
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao
  • Cyprus
  • Czechia
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • DR Congo
  • Denmark
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Guiana
  • French Polynesia
  • French Southern Territories
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe
  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Guernsey
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Holy See (Vatican City State)
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jersey
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Martinique
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mayotte
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • North Korea
  • North Macedonia
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Palestine, State of
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Réunion
  • Saint Barthélemy
  • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Martin (French part)
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • South Korea
  • South Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Türkiye
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Virgin Islands, U.S.
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Western Sahara
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
  • Åland Islands
Reviews

Reviews from HTX traders

Traders on running the ICT AI Signal EA day to day.

  • Boris L. HTX trader · via Google Reviews
    HTX has been around since 2013 and the order books show it — the liquidity sweeps the EA reads feel like real positioning, not one thin order moving price.
  • Elina T. HTX user · via Telegram
    I trade the Asia session and HTX's volume leans into it, so the EA gets clean structure through hours other venues go quiet.
  • Kwabena O. HTX trader · via Trustpilot
    One process, no separate bridge service to keep alive on HTX — the connector's built into the EA and it just stays connected.
Good to know

Frequently asked questions

How does the EA connect to HTX?

The HTX build has the exchange connector baked directly into the EA — you add a trade-only API key inside MT5 and it places orders on your HTX account directly, no separate bridge process to run.

Is the HTX build available for instant download?

Not yet — exchange builds are rolled out through support rather than a public download. Message support with your HTX details and they'll get you set up.

Does HTX allow automated trading via API?

Yes, HTX supports API-based trading, which is what the EA uses to place and manage orders on your behalf.

Which HTX account type works best with the EA?

A standard verified HTX account with spot or perpetuals access is enough — the EA doesn't need any special account tier, just a trade-only API key.

Do I need MetaTrader 5 specifically?

Yes. The EA is an MT5 Expert Advisor with the HTX connector built into that MT5 build — MT4 is not supported for this exchange integration.

Can I trade HTX perpetuals as well as spot?

Yes, the HTX build covers both spot and perpetual markets, so the EA can act on whichever book your setup targets.

Do I need a VPS to keep this running?

A VPS keeps MT5 online continuously, which matters for HTX since crypto trades 24/7 — the EA can only catch a setup while the terminal is running.

Can I set my own risk limits?

Yes, you set the account-level risk cap and every order carries a hard stop and defined target within that cap — nothing trades outside limits you set.

Does HTX require KYC before I can connect the EA?

Yes, HTX requires identity verification before it issues API keys, so KYC comes before you can generate the trade-only key the EA needs.

Is the license really free?

Yes — no card, no subscription. SignalBots is an Introducing Broker, so HTX pays a commission on your trading activity and the license stays free for life.

What does it cost to run this?

The EA itself is free for life. You only pay HTX's standard trading fees on the orders it places, same as manual trading.

Is my capital at risk?

Yes. Trading crypto through the EA carries real risk and nothing is guaranteed — size your risk deliberately and read the risk warning before you go live.

Compliance & regulation

The rules, risks & regulators behind automated trading

The platform’s own conditions, the market’s risks, and the regulators that oversee it — organised in one place so you can check each before you automate a single trade.

HTX — licences & API/bot policy

HTX is a large offshore crypto exchange that permits API-based trading and bots. Check its licence footprint and API key permission model before connecting any automated tool.

  • HTX operates under a Seychelles VASP licence rather than a top-tier regulator; it has no FCA, ASIC or FinCEN authorization, so US and several other jurisdictions' residents are excluded under its User Agreement.
  • HTX's Open Platform (API) issues permissioned keys — read, trade and withdraw are granted separately — so a trading bot should only ever be given trade permission, with withdrawal left off and IP binding enabled.
  • Funds used by a bot stay custodied on the exchange under HTX's User Agreement, not with the trader, so exchange counterparty and withdrawal-freeze risk applies on top of normal market risk.
  • HTX's terms prohibit market manipulation and abusive API use (e.g. excessive request rates, spoofing); breaching API rate limits or documented trading rules can trigger account restriction regardless of who or what is placing the order.

Official sources

Crypto market risks

What to weigh before you run any EA on a crypto exchange account.

  • Crypto is highly volatile and trades 24/7; a single candle can move double-digit percentages, and perpetual-futures liquidations can cascade in seconds.
  • Many exchanges sit outside deposit-insurance or investor-compensation schemes — funds held on an exchange carry custody and counterparty risk if it halts withdrawals or fails.
  • An exchange API key is a security surface: a leaked trade-only key can still be used to move your open positions, so scope, IP-lock and rotate it carefully.

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Global regulators

The international bodies that oversee automated and retail trading. These references hold wherever you run the EA — confirm the rules for your own jurisdiction before you enable AutoTrading.

  • Under the EU's MiFID II, firms running algorithmic strategies must keep pre-trade risk controls, governance and testing in place — ESMA extended that scrutiny to AI-driven trading systems in 2026.
  • The FCA (UK) and ASIC (Australia) cap retail CFD leverage from 30:1 down to 2:1 and require negative-balance protection — a hard limit on the exposure any EA can take on a retail account.
  • Regulators consistently report that most retail CFD accounts lose money; automating the entries does not change that base rate.
  • CySEC, the FCA, ASIC and the CFTC all warn that an 'AI trading bot' promising guaranteed or risk-free returns is itself a fraud red flag — legitimate automation never guarantees a result.

Regulators

United States

US persons face a distinct set of rules for automated forex, futures and securities trading — and a specific regulator advisory aimed at trading bots.

  • The CFTC's advisory “AI Won't Turn Trading Bots into Money Machines” names automated-bot and AI-signal scams directly — one fake-AI forex-bot case ended in a $3.4 billion judgment.
  • Retail off-exchange forex dealers must register with the CFTC and be NFA Forex Dealer Members; soliciting retail forex orders — including for an automated system — requires NFA registration.
  • The SEC, NASAA and FINRA jointly warn that a phrase like “our proprietary AI system can't lose” signals an unregistered scheme, not legitimate automation.
  • FINRA Rule 3110 makes member firms supervise, test and register the people behind an algorithmic strategy — the institutional bar for 'supervised' automated trading.

Regulators

Trading carries risk of loss. Read our full risk warning before you use any signal, backtest or automated strategy.

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