Hire a forex programmer to build, fix or convert Expert Advisors, indicators and trading bots for MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and cTrader — including prop firm EAs, trade copiers and TradingView alerts.
Expert Advisors, indicators and tools for currency pairs — and for the CFDs your broker lists beside them.
Nordman Algorithms builds automated forex trading systems for traders, prop traders, small funds and trading teams. Our forex programmers turn trading rules, a written specification or just a plain description into Expert Advisors, forex trading bots, indicators and tools for MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and cTrader, and connect them to broker APIs and signal sources.
Forex trading automation depends on details that differ between brokers and accounts: symbol names, price digits, lot steps, hedging or netting, server time, spreads and swaps. Our EAs read these from the account instead of assuming them, and are tested on a demo account with your broker where one is available.
Expert Advisors, indicators, trading tools and integrations for currency pairs — built from your rules.
Expert Advisors for MetaTrader 4 and 5 and cBots for cTrader built from your rules — price action, indicators or session breakouts — with position sizing, stops and trade management, for currency pairs as well as gold and index CFDs.
Trading systems connected to forex brokers and data sources: the OANDA REST API, cTrader Open API, FIX where the broker offers it, MetaTrader 5 through its Python package, and external market data or economic calendars fed into your EA.
Custom indicators for MT4, MT5 and cTrader: signals, market structure, key levels and alerts — with bar-close, non-repainting signals where the project calls for them.
Scanners and dashboards that watch many pairs and timeframes at once — currency strength, signal tables and alerts in one view.
On-chart trade panels for faster, safer manual trading: one-click orders, risk-based lot sizes, stop and target placement, partial closes and break-even.
EAs with daily loss and maximum drawdown limits calculated the way your firm does — including the daily reset time — plus spread, slippage and news filters.
Trades copied between MT4, MT5 and cTrader accounts, locally or through a server, with sizing per account, reverse copying and licence control.
Signals from TradingView alerts, Telegram channels or Discord servers read and executed in MT4, MT5 or cTrader, with symbol mapping, lot sizing and several take-profits.
EAs, indicators and strategies moved between MT4, MT5, cTrader, TradingView, NinjaTrader and Python, with behaviour compared to the original.
Changes and fixes to EAs you already use — new rules or risk settings, orders that do not open, wrong lot sizes.
Describe what you need — a new tool, an integration or a change to something you already run. We will review it and tell you what it would take.
Every project is built around its own rules. These are the capabilities forex EAs, panels, copiers and tools commonly combine.
Forex brokers on MetaTrader and cTrader usually list CFDs beside currency pairs — gold and silver, stock indices, oil and other commodities. EAs for them follow the same logic, with a few differences that matter.
Gold, indices and oil each have their own contract size and tick value, which also differ between brokers. Lot sizing reads each symbol’s specification instead of reusing forex values.
Index and commodity CFDs trade shorter hours than currency pairs, often with daily breaks. Session filters follow each symbol’s own schedule.
Overnight swaps apply to CFDs as well, and index CFDs can carry dividend adjustments. Holding logic takes these costs into account where the strategy keeps positions overnight.
Index CFDs at a forex broker are not the same as index futures on an exchange. For ES, NQ and other futures contracts, see Futures Automation.
MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and cTrader are built around forex. NinjaTrader and Quantower reach it through a connected broker, Interactive Brokers through its API, and TradingView and thinkorswim cover analysis and alerts.
MetaTrader 5Core platformForex and broker-listed CFDs, hedging or netting accounts, multi-currency testing.MetaTrader 5 development →
MetaTrader 4Core platformBuilt around forex and still widely used for EAs, indicators and pair scanners.MetaTrader 4 development →
cTraderCore platformAn FX and CFD environment; cBots and indicators are written in C# or Python.cTrader development →
TradingViewAnalysis & alertsForex analysis in Pine Script; live execution depends on where the alert is sent.TradingView development →
NinjaTraderThrough connectionsForex access depends on the third-party connection and account you choose.NinjaTrader development →
QuantowerThrough a brokerForex and CFDs through a connected broker, with its symbols, sizing and trading rules.Quantower development →
Interactive BrokersThrough the APICurrency strategies through the API, with pair selection, sizing and exposure controls.Interactive Brokers development →
thinkorswimStudies & scansCurrency pairs on a separately approved forex account; studies and scans, manual execution.thinkorswim development →Beyond the platform languages, these technologies build standalone forex tools, connect broker accounts, process market data and execute signals.
Research and backtests on forex data, bots on broker APIs, MetaTrader 5 through its official package, and cBots or indicators written in Python inside cTrader.
Explore Python →cBots and indicators for cTrader, code for NinjaTrader and Quantower, and standalone tools such as copiers and account monitors beside MetaTrader.
Explore C# →Orders, positions and account history through forex broker APIs such as OANDA.
Explore REST API →Streaming prices and account updates, including through the cTrader Open API, with reconnection when a stream drops.
Explore WebSocket →Order routing and execution reports through the FIX API of cTrader brokers or Interactive Brokers, where it is enabled for the account.
Explore FIX →TradingView alerts received on your server and passed to MT4, MT5 or cTrader once they pass your sizing and risk rules.
Explore Webhooks →We agree the rules, your platform, broker and account type, the symbols and the acceptance checks with you before any code is written.
Send your trading rules or the tool that needs work, the platform, broker and account type you use, and the symbols it should trade.
Receive the project source code, the ready-to-use files for your platform, set files where they are used, and a guide to every input. We walk through the specified behaviour and provide technical support under the agreed terms.
Work with forex software developers who build MetaTrader and cTrader tools every day.
We build and sell our own MetaTrader indicators for forex traders, so currency-pair logic and broker quirks are familiar ground.
We build and test the strategy you bring. We do not sell “profitable” EAs or promise returns.
Requirements, deliverables, fixed price and acceptance examples are agreed before development begins.
An NDA is available on request. Source code and full IP ownership are transferred on delivery.
Installation help, input explanations and technical answers within the agreed support scope.
Feedback from clients across our custom trading software projects.
Our forex tools cover MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader and signal execution. These examples show the development services above in practice.
Best SellerCurrency Strength Meter indicator: 8 major currencies from 28 pairs, MA, MACD or RSI based strength, per-timeframe scores and totals, dashboard, alerts.
Best SellerKill Zones indicator: Asia, London, New York and custom sessions, high, low and middle pivots, pivot extension, 10 custom pivots, breakout alerts.
New ReleaseSMT Divergence indicator: classic and hidden SMT between correlated instruments, forming and confirmed states, second instrument, Kill Zones filters, alerts.
Cloud copier from TradingView alerts to MT5: manual, strategy and indicator workflows, No-Code setup, TP/SL, lot sizing, prop limits, demo + live account.
Browse our forex product ranges, or ask us to build a tool around your own rules.
Practical answers about forex EAs, brokers and prop firm rules.
Yes. Send the rules, a written specification or just a plain description — entries, exits, filters and risk. We agree the details, build it for MT4, MT5 or cTrader and test it before delivery.
Both work for forex. MT5 adds netting accounts, multi-currency testing and more order types, and many brokers now favour it; MT4 is still common. If your broker offers both, we suggest one based on your strategy — and can convert an existing EA between them.
It is written to read symbol names, price digits, lot steps and stop levels from the account instead of assuming them, and to handle hedging or netting accounts. We test it on a demo account with your broker where one is available.
Yes. Daily loss and maximum drawdown limits can be calculated the way your firm does — including when the daily limit resets and whether drawdown is measured on balance or equity. Numeric limits and schedules are set as inputs; if a firm changes how it calculates a rule, the logic may need a code update.
Yes. EAs for XAUUSD and index or commodity CFDs follow the same logic as forex EAs, with position sizing based on each symbol’s contract size and tick value, and filters for its trading hours.
Yes, if you have the source code — .mq4, .mq5 or the cTrader project. We find why it misbehaves — orders that do not open, wrong lot sizes, results that differ from the Strategy Tester — and change or fix it. A compiled .ex4 or .ex5 file cannot be edited; the EA can only be rebuilt from its rules or observed behaviour.
No. We check that the software does exactly what the agreed rules say. We do not guarantee that a strategy is profitable or predict future results.
Yes. You receive the full source code with every project, together with all rights to it.
Send your strategy, tool requirements or existing code, and tell us your platform, broker and account type. We will review it and propose the scope and next steps.