Call MT5 from n8n without an Expert Advisor

How the fxapis n8n templates call the REST API with the HTTP Request node. They do not require a local terminal or EA. n8n Cloud was not separately certified in this guide.

n8n workflows that talk to MetaTrader 5 often assume a custom polling Expert Advisor and a machine that stays on. fxapis replaces that bridge with HTTPS. The templates in fxapis-integrations use n8n's built-in HTTP Request node. There is no official n8n node.

This guide describes those templates. It does not claim a separate test on n8n Cloud. If Cloud blocks an environment variable or a header the template uses, that is a Cloud limit, not proof the API refused the call. Self-hosted n8n can set FXAPIS_KEY in the environment and send it as Authorization: Bearer ….

Start with a read, not an order.

Create a key with accounts:read and trading:read only.
Connect a broker demo account and bring it online.
HTTP Request: GET https://api.fxapis.com/v1/accounts with that header.
HTTP Request: GET https://api.fxapis.com/v1/accounts/{{accountId}}/positions.

A write needs trading:execute and one Idempotency-Key you store on the n8n item and reuse if the node retries. A new key is a new order. n8n's default retry with a freshly generated UUID will place a second order. See Idempotency.

The account must be online before the order node runs. Poll GET /v1/accounts/{id}/status until state is ready, or the order returns 409 ACCOUNT_NOT_READY and nothing was sent.

Related: Webhooks, TradingView, and the n8n and Postman article.