Are you looking for a way to send automated notifications from MetaTrader to a Telegram channel? Here is your step-by-step guide:
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Pick the product that matches your version of MetaTrader:
Enable MetaTrader to send web requests to Telegram:
“Tools” menu → “Options” → “Expert Advisors” → check “Allow WebRequest for listed URL” and add “https://api.telegram.org”
If you don’t have one yet, create a Telegram Bot and a Channel (see detailed instructions below)
Attach the utility to the chart you want to monitor (or simply drag-and-drop on top of the chart area)
In the Inputs section, enter the Discord Webhook and customize the settings to get notified when and how you prefer
Creating a TelegramBot and finding a channel’s id:
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Open your Telegram APP and search for “BotFather”
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Type “/start” and then “/newbot” to create a new bot
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Give your bot a nickname and username
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Congratulations! You have created your Telegram bot
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Save your bot API token, this will be an input to the utility
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If you don’t already have one, create the channel or group
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Open the channel/group Info, then Manage, Add Administrators, type the bot username, and click Save
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Log in with your account to Telegram web and open the above channel/group. In the URL of your web browser you should see something similar to https://web.telegram.org/k/#-XXXXXXXXX
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Copy the chat id (the last part of the URL, i.e., -XXXXXXXXX)
Inputs:
General Settings
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Telegram Bot API Token: from the above steps
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Telegram Chat Id: from the above steps
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Magic numbers filter:
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Enter a comma-separated list of magic numbers (e.g., “11111, 22222, 33333”)
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Or use “ALL” to avoid filtering
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Symbol filter
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Enter a comma-separated list of symbols (e.g., “EURUSD,GOLD,[DJI30]”)
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Or use “ALL” to avoid filtering
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Time format: pick your preferred format
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Force pip value: force your own pip value
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Pip value: custom pip value
Notifications
Screenshot Settings
Messages Formats
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Customize your message in this section
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You can enter a mix of text and placeholders to build your messages
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Use “\n” for a new line
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Placeholders are all capitalized and will be replaced with the corresponding order information. You can use the you can use the following data points:
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[TYPE] → Order type
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[TIME] → Time stamp for the corresponding change in state (created, modified, etc.)
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[SYMBOL] → Order symbol
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[TICKET] → Order ticket
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[SL] → Order stop loss
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[TP] → Order take profit
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[SLPIP] → Order stop loss in pips
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[TPPIP] → Order take profit in pips
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[ENTRY] → Entry price
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[RRR] → Risk to reward ratio
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[LOTSIZE] → Lot size
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[PROFIT] → Trade profit
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[PROFITPIP] → Profit in pips
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[REASON] → Order reason
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[RISK] → Risk involved in trade
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[RISKACCOUNTPERCENTAGE] → Risk involved in trade based on account percentage
Happy trading!
