How to connect your broker

What you need

PIPFORGE only stores a reference name (or key label) for your broker credentials. You keep the actual API keys in your broker dashboard or a secrets manager. Before you copy-trade, you need access to create or read an API key for your broker.

MetaTrader 5 (MT5)

• Open your broker's client portal or MT5 platform.
• Find the section labelled 'API', 'Trading passwords' or 'Managed accounts'.
• Create a read-only or trading password and note the account/server number.
• In PIPFORGE, choose MT5 and enter a label (e.g. 'Deriv MT5') plus the reference you will use to look up the password.

Binance

• Log in to Binance and go to Wallet → API Management.
• Create a new API key with Spot & Margin trading enabled.
• Restrict it to your IP address and allow spot trading only.
• Copy the API key name into PIPFORGE as the broker reference.

Bitget

• Open Bitget and go to Account → API Management.
• Create an API key with Spot trading permission.
• Save the key name or last four characters as your PIPFORGE reference.
• Never share the secret key; keep it in your password manager or Bitget's API page.

TradingView alerts (webhook)

TradingView is not a broker, but you can route its alert messages into PIPFORGE so your TradingView strategies trigger real copy-trades.

• In PIPFORGE, go to /brokers and choose 'TradingView webhook'.
• Give it a label (e.g. 'TV Gold alerts') and leave the secrets reference blank.
• Save the connection and copy the generated webhook URL.
• In TradingView, open the alert you want to forward and enable the Webhook URL option.
• Paste the PIPFORGE webhook URL into the alert.
• Send a JSON message with ticker, action (buy/sell/long/short), price/close, stopLoss and takeProfit. PIPFORGE creates a copy-trade and runs it through the same guardrails as system signals.
• If you have an active MT5 / Binance / Bitget connection, the copy-trade is marked executed. If not, it is marked no_broker until you connect one.

What happens next

Once your broker label is saved in PIPFORGE, copy-trades from system strategies and TradingView alerts can be marked as executed. If no broker is connected, the copy-trade is recorded as no_broker so you can see what you would have traded.