Does TradingView Work with MT5? Yes — Here’s the Local Setup

Yes — but not by itself. TradingView does not place orders on MetaTrader 5. There is no official “connect to MT5” button in TradingView. You need a bridge: something that turns a TradingView alert into an MT5 order at your broker.

The three ways people connect them

1. Webhook + cloud bridge (PineConnector and similar) — TradingView POSTs the alert to the internet; their servers talk to MT5. Needs a TradingView plan with webhooks, plus a monthly bridge.
2. Webhook + your own script — same URL field, you write the listener. Still needs webhooks. You maintain the server.
3. Local capture + Expert Advisor — a Windows app watches TradingView on the PC and an EA on MT5 reads a local queue. This is TradingView Bridge. No webhook URL.

Local setup (about 10 minutes)

1. Windows 10/11 PC or Windows VPS with MT5 installed from your broker or prop firm.
2. Install TradingView Bridge and leave it running.
3. Install TradingViewTradeAutomation.ex5 (bridge Settings → MetaTrader EA installer, or copy into MQL5/Experts).
4. Attach the expert to a chart, enable Algo Trading.
5. Sign in to TradingView inside the bridge window.
6. On demo, fire a test alert such as buy,EURUSD,vol_lots=0.01 or a plain-English line like “Buy on EURUSD with 10 pips SL and 40 pips TP.”
7. Confirm the order in MT5. Then map symbols if your broker uses EURUSDm or GOLD.

What does not work

• Opening TradingView in Chrome and hoping MT5 “sees” it — it will not, unless a bridge is capturing alerts.
• MetaTrader for Mac with this EA — the experts are Windows MT4/MT5.
• TradingView’s broker integrations that are not your MT5 account. Those are separate products.

Full click-path: how to connect TradingView to MT4 and MT5. If you specifically do not want webhooks: without webhooks. Dedicated MT4: TradingView to MT4.