Along with this guide you've received your license key (by email, in the format AUR-XXXXXX-XXXXXX) and the link to the ZIP, a compressed file that bundles all the files into one. Download it from homeaureum.com/descargas/AUREUM.zip (it's the same link as in the email). It's saved to your Downloads folder; you'll unzip it in step 2.

When you unzip it you'll see a folder called AUREUM. There are two things inside:

• This guide (Guide_AUREUM_EN.html), a summary (README.txt) and their Spanish versions (Guia_AUREUM.html and LEEME.txt). They don't go into MetaTrader: just double-click to open them.
• The Para_MetaTrader5 ▸ MQL5 folder (para means “for”), with three folders inside: Experts, Indicators and Scripts. That's what you'll copy into MetaTrader in step 2.

A name you'll see a lot: in MetaTrader, robots are called Expert Advisors (or EAs). In this guide, “the robot”, “the algorithm” and “the EA” all mean the same thing: the 33526_AUREUM file.

If you already trade with a broker that offers MetaTrader 5, check off this step and skip to step 1. If “broker” is all Greek to you, this step is for you, and it's easier than it looks.

How to choose a broker: 3 requirements

1. It must be properly regulated. Look for reputable regulators: CySEC (EU), FCA (UK) or ASIC (Australia). If it operates in Spain, it must be listed in the register of the CNMV (Spain's securities regulator).
2. It must offer MetaTrader 5. Watch out: many brokers only advertise MetaTrader 4, and MT4 won't work with AUREUM. Their website must say “MetaTrader 5” or “MT5”.
3. It must offer gold (XAUUSD) with low costs. If it has a “Raw” or “ECN” account (a low spread plus a small fixed commission; the spread is the gap between the buying and the selling price, and it's what the broker charges you on every trade), that's the ideal one for robots. A “Standard” account works too.

Three well-known examples that meet all three requirements: IC Markets and Pepperstone (both with very-low-spread Raw accounts) and XM (very easy to get started with). These are examples, not an investment recommendation: any regulated broker with MT5 and gold will do. In the European Union the law caps gold leverage at 1:20 for retail clients. That's normal and doesn't stop you from using AUREUM.

Opening the account (10 minutes + waiting for verification)

1. Go to the broker's official website and click “Open account” (or “Sign up”). Fill in your real details.
2. When it asks about the platform, choose MetaTrader 5 (not MT4!).
3. Account type: Raw/ECN if there is one; otherwise Standard. Currency: EUR or USD (either works).
4. Answer the experience questionnaire honestly. It's a legal requirement, not an exam.
5. Verify your identity: they'll ask for a photo of your ID card or passport and a recent proof of address (a utility bill, a bank statement…). Approval takes anywhere from a few minutes to 1–2 days.
6. Once the account is approved, deposit funds (bank transfer or card). You don't need to calculate anything: AUREUM sizes each trade to your capital (step 5).
7. The broker will send you an email with three details: account number (login), password and server (something like “ICMarketsSC-Live05” or “Pepperstone-Live”). Keep that email: it's exactly what MT5 is going to ask you for.

Once your account is approved and you have the broker's email handy, go on to step 1: that's where you install MT5 and connect it to your account.

MetaTrader 5 is free. If you already have it installed and connected to your broker, check off this step and go on to step 2. No broker yet? Go back up to step 0.

Install it

Connect MT5 to your broker account

Have the broker's email with your three details handy: account number, password and server (step 0).

1. In MT5, open the File → Login to Trade Account menu. (If a window to connect to an existing account already popped up when you opened MT5, you can use that one: it asks for the same details.)
2. In “Login”, type your account number.
3. In “Password”, type your trading account password and check “Save password” (so MT5 logs back in on its own every time you open it).
4. In “Server”, pick exactly the name that came in the email. If it isn't in the list, type it in exactly as written.
5. Click OK.

This is the step where most people go wrong, so let's take it slowly. There's only one rule: each file goes into the MT5 folder with the same name as its folder in the package. What's in Experts goes to Experts, what's in Indicators goes to Indicators, and what's in Scripts goes to Scripts.

All three folders already exist in your MT5 and already have other things in them (for example, the samples that come with MetaTrader). That's normal: don't delete anything, just add.

A · Get the two windows ready

1. Unzip the ZIP. In your Downloads folder, right-click AUREUM.zip → “Extract All…” → “Extract”. A window opens with the extracted folder.
2. Unzip the ZIP. In your Downloads folder, double-click AUREUM.zip. An AUREUM folder appears next to it. (If you downloaded it with Safari, it may already be unzipped: if you see the AUREUM folder in Downloads and no .zip, use that folder.)
3. Go into the package folder until you reach AUREUM ▸ Para_MetaTrader5 ▸ MQL5 (if there's another AUREUM folder inside AUREUM, go into that one too). You'll see Experts, Indicators and Scripts. This is the package window.
4. Open MT5's folder in another window. In MT5: File → Open Data Folder menu (shortcut Ctrl+Shift+D). Another File Explorer window opens with several folders; one of them is MQL5. Always use this menu: don't look for the folder by hand, because there are several similar ones.
5. Go into the MQL5 folder in that window. This is the MT5 window. Put the two windows side by side.
6. Open MT5's folder in another window. Click Finder (the smiling face in the Dock), open a new window (Cmd+N) and go to the Go → Go to Folder… menu (Cmd+Shift+G). Paste this path and press Return:
   ~/Library/Application Support/net.metaquotes.wine.metatrader5/drive_c/Program Files/MetaTrader 5/MQL5 Copy

   You land straight in MQL5, with Experts, Indicators and Scripts in view. That folder lives inside Library, which your Mac hides: that's why it's safer to get there with this path than to look for it by hand. This is the MT5 window. Put the two windows side by side. Does it say the folder doesn't exist? See this problem.

B · Copy the robot

1. In the package window, go into Experts and click 33526_AUREUM.ex5.
2. Copy it: Ctrl+CCmd+C.
3. In the MT5 window, go into Experts and paste: Ctrl+VCmd+V.
4. Go back up to MQL5 in both windows, with the ← arrow (or <) at the top left of each window.

C · Copy all 42 indicators at once

1. In the package window, go into Indicators.
2. Select everything in it: click one file and press Ctrl+A. At the bottom left it should say “42 items selected”.click one file and press Cmd+A. They all get selected. If you want to count them, turn on the status bar (View → Show Status Bar menu): it should say 42 of 42 selected.
3. Copy them: Ctrl+CCmd+C.
4. In the MT5 window, go into Indicators and paste: Ctrl+VCmd+V. If it asks whether you want to replace files that already exist (that happens when you update), choose to replace them.
5. Go back up to MQL5 in both windows, with the ← arrow (or <) at the top left of each window.

D · Copy the checker

1. In the package window, go into Scripts and copy AUREUM_Comprobar.ex5.
2. In the MT5 window, go into Scripts and paste it.

E · Restart MT5 and check

1. Close MT5 completely: File → Exit menu.
2. Open it again.
3. Open the Navigator: View → Navigator menu (shortcut: Ctrl+N, on a Mac too). It's the panel on the left.
4. Expand its three sections with the little arrow next to each one: Expert Advisors, Indicators and Scripts.

What the Navigator should look like (shortened)Navigator
 ├─ Expert Advisors
 │   └─ 33526_AUREUM
 ├─ Indicators
 │   ├─ SqADX
 │   ├─ SqAroon
 │   ├─ … (a long list of “Sq…”)
 │   └─ SqWPR
 └─ Scripts
     └─ AUREUM_Comprobar

AUREUM checks your license against our server. For security, MT5 only allows that connection if you authorize it, just once. Without this step, the robot sits on the chart but doesn't open trades: it tells you so with the AUREUM E01 message.

1. In MT5, open the Tools → Options menu (shortcut: Ctrl+O, on a Mac too).
2. Click the Expert Advisors tab.
3. Check the “Allow WebRequest for listed URL:” box.
4. Double-click the last row of the list below it, the one that says “add new URL like 'https://www.mql5.com'”. It becomes editable.
5. Paste this exact address (use the “Copy” button and, in MT5, right-click → Paste; on a Mac, two-finger click or Control-click) and press Enter:

6. Click OK to save. You won't have to do this again.

On that same tab you'll see “Allow DLL imports”. Leave it unchecked: AUREUM doesn't need it.

AUREUM trades only gold against the US dollar, on 1-hour candles (H1): each candle on the chart sums up one hour of price movement. That “how often” setting is called the timeframe (in MT5's menus, “Timeframes”). If you put it on another symbol or another timeframe, it doesn't attach and warns you with a pop-up window: AUREUM E11 if the chart isn't gold and AUREUM E12 if it isn't on H1.

1. Open Market Watch: View → Market Watch menu (shortcut: Ctrl+M, on a Mac too).
2. Find gold. Depending on your broker it's called XAUUSD, GOLD or has a suffix (for example XAUUSD.m). It's the same instrument. Not there? Click the last row of the list, the one that says “click to add...”, type XAU and pick gold. Seeing more than one? See this problem.
3. Right-click gold → “Chart Window”. Its chart opens.
4. Set the timeframe to H1: the H1 button on the top toolbar, or right-click the chart → Timeframes → 1 Hour.

1. In the Navigator, expand Expert Advisors.
2. Drag 33526_AUREUM onto the gold chart on H1: click its name, hold the button down, move it over the chart and let go. Its settings window opens.
3. Common tab: check the “Allow Algo Trading” box (the exact wording can vary slightly between MT5 versions). Without it, the robot loads but doesn't trade.
4. Inputs tab: double-click the value in the first row, “Clave de licencia AUREUM (AUR-XXXXXX-XXXXXX)” (AUREUM license key), which says PEGA-AQUI-TU-CLAVE (paste your key here).
5. Paste your full key, copied from the email, and press Enter.
6. Check that the “Modo de lote” (lot mode) row says LOT_REFERENCIA. Don't touch anything else.

7. Click OK.
8. Look at the “Algo Trading” button on MT5's top toolbar (it has those words on it and a colored icon). It must be green. If it's red, click it once.

Top-left corner of the chart (shortened)AUREUM · licencia OK hasta 2026.10.08 14:00
Oro H1 · Magic 11111 · lote referencia

The lot: leave it on LOT_REFERENCIA

The lot is the size of each trade. The Modo de lote (lot mode) row has two options:

1. LOT_REFERENCIA (reference lot: it comes set like this, and it's what we recommend). AUREUM calculates the lot on every trade: 0.01 lots for every 1,000 of capital (your balance, plus or minus whatever your open trades are gaining or losing), rounded to the hundredth. It never goes below your broker's minimum lot or above 1.0. Examples: with 5,000 → 0.05; with 1,000 → 0.01; with 500 → 0.01 (the minimum). If your account grows, the lot grows with it; if it shrinks, so does the lot. You don't have to calculate anything.
2. LOT_MANUAL. Only if you want to set the size yourself. Then what counts is mmLots × mmMultiplier. With LOT_MANUAL you can pick a lot that's too big for your capital and get the “Not enough money” warning.

Only if you choose LOT_MANUAL: lot size by capital

A prudent rule, the same one LOT_REFERENCIA applies on its own: 0.01 for every 1,000. Too big for your capital and MT5 will reject the orders; too aggressive and a losing streak hurts.

Rough figures, not financial advice. Gold can move $30–50 in a day; start small and only go up if you understand the risk. You can lose part or all of your capital.

Go through these five signs. If they all check out, AUREUM is up and running:

• At the top right of the chart you'll see 33526_AUREUM with an icon next to it. If the icon is crossed out or gray, algo trading is off (see this problem).
• The “Algo Trading” button on the top toolbar is green.
• At the top left of the chart it says “AUREUM · licencia OK hasta …” (license OK until …) and, below that, “Oro H1 · Magic 11111 · lote referencia” (gold H1 · magic number 11111 · reference lot). If it says “AUREUM E0x: …”, the license isn't OK: look up the code under “If something isn't working”.
• In the Toolbox (View → Toolbox menu), Experts tab, the last AUREUM line is “AUREUM licencia OK hasta …” (license OK until …). An earlier “AUREUM E02” is normal: the robot retried on its own (step 5).
• It hasn't opened any trades yet… and that's normal. AUREUM is selective and waits for its conditions on 1-hour candles. It can take hours or days to trade for the first time.

Toolbox → Experts (what you should see, shortened)33526_AUREUM (XAUUSD,H1)  ---VERBOSE--- … Starting the EA
33526_AUREUM (XAUUSD,H1)  AUREUM licencia OK hasta 2026.10.08 14:00 (token hasta 2026.10.08 14:00)

“licencia OK hasta … (token hasta …)” = license OK until … (token valid until …).

Recommended final step: run the checker

It takes two minutes and confirms that everything is fine, including the 42 indicators. The instructions are under “The checker” (when you're done, come back here with the link you'll find there or with your browser's “Back” button). It should finish with a pop-up that says “AUREUM: 6/6 OK”. On weekends, on holidays and during gold's daily break (about an hour every day) test 6 can fail because no prices are coming in: it means nothing.

Installing is 20% of the job. What makes the difference is that AUREUM stays alive day after day, and that you can tell in 30 seconds whether it's trading.

What must stay on (if it trades on your computer)

1. MT5 open, with the gold chart and AUREUM on it. You can minimize MT5 or look at other charts, but don't close that chart, don't remove the robot and don't close MT5 (not even with the window's red button). Don't change that chart's timeframe: if you take it off H1, the robot warns you with AUREUM E12 and removes itself; set H1 again and drag it on again.
2. The computer on and not going to sleep. The screen can turn off; the computer can't. On a Mac: open System Settings, type “sleep” in the search box on the left and turn on the “Prevent automatic sleeping…” option (on a laptop, the one that says “on power adapter”, and keep it plugged in). A MacBook with the lid closed goes to sleep: leave it open. On Windows 11: Settings → System → Power & battery (on desktops, “Power”) → Screen and sleep (“Screen, sleep, & hibernate timeouts” in recent versions) → “When plugged in, put my device to sleep after”: Never. On Windows 10: Settings → System → Power & sleep → “Sleep”: Never. On a laptop, also: Control Panel → Power Options → “Choose what closing the lid does” → Do nothing, or leave the lid open.
3. A stable internet connection. If it drops for a while, MT5 reconnects on its own. Open trades keep their stop loss and take profit on the broker's server, not on your computer: an outage doesn't leave them unprotected. While the outage lasts, the robot can't move the stop to the entry price or do the automatic Friday close (at 20:40 broker server time, the time you see in Market Watch). The license rides it out: only after 3 days in a row without internet would it stop opening new trades, and it would start opening them again as soon as it reconnects.
4. If you restart MT5 or the computer, when you open MT5 the chart comes back with AUREUM on it (MT5 remembers) and the robot checks its license again. There's no need to drag it on again. If it was off for more than 3 days and our server is slow to wake up, you may see AUREUM E02 for a few minutes while it retries on its own; to skip the wait, F7 → OK.
5. Weekends: the gold market closes on Friday night and reopens on Sunday night. You don't need to touch anything.

The two algo trading switches

1. The main one: the “Algo Trading” button on the top toolbar. Green = robots can trade. Red = none of them trade. It's your pause button: the robot stays on the chart, but it can't trade.
2. The robot's own: the “Allow Algo Trading” box on AUREUM's Common tab (step 5). Without it, AUREUM doesn't trade even with the button green. To get back to that window: F7 with the chart selected (fn+F7 on a MacBook).
3. What happens when you pause: AUREUM stops opening trades and also stops managing the open ones. Open trades don't close on their own: they keep the stop loss and take profit they have at the broker. Any pending orders it had placed (buy or sell “stop” orders) stay at the broker and can still be filled. If you're going to stop for a few days, do it with no open trades, or close them and delete the pending orders yourself from the Trade tab (right-click each one).
4. What it looks like: next to the name 33526_AUREUM, at the top right of the chart, the icon looks crossed out or gray if either switch is off. A license problem does not change that icon: it shows up as text at the top left (“AUREUM E0x: …”).

Experts and Journal: what to look at and what's normal

Open the Toolbox (View → Toolbox menu; shortcut: Ctrl+T, on a Mac too), the strip of tabs along the bottom. Four of them matter to you:

1. Experts: what AUREUM says. When all is well, “AUREUM licencia OK hasta …” (license OK until …). If something fails, a line “AUREUM E0x: …” with the code. Messages that are not errors: “Order with these parameters already exists” (it already has a trade open), “… at incorrect price … (this is NOT an error)” (it discarded an order that didn't apply), “Moving SL 2 BE” (it moved the stop to the entry price) and “Exit On Friday” (the Friday close).
2. Journal: what MT5 says (always in English). The connection to the broker, the robot loading (“expert 33526_AUREUM (XAUUSD,H1) loaded successfully”) and the result of every order.
3. Trade: what's open right now, with its profit or loss in real time.
4. History: what's already closed. AUREUM's trades carry the comment 33526 in the Comment column (if you can't see it, right-click the table header and turn it on). Look at the opening line: the closing one may show “[sl …]” or “[tp …]”.

The 30-second check

• Top right of the chart: 33526_AUREUM with the icon not crossed out.
• The “Algo Trading” button is green.
• Top left: “AUREUM · licencia OK hasta …” (license OK until …; the date doesn't matter, what counts is “licencia OK”).
• Bottom right of MT5: the connection with numbers, no errors.
• If it has already traded: in Trade or History, trades with the comment 33526.

A VPS is a computer in the cloud that's always on. MetaTrader has its own, “MQL5 Virtual Hosting” (you'll also see it called “MetaTrader VPS”). You rent it from your own MT5 in a few clicks, and MT5 copies your gold chart with AUREUM to it. That copy is called migrating. From then on AUREUM trades there, 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, even if you close MT5 and turn off your computer.

Three names you'll see in MT5 for the same thing: VPS, “Virtual Hosting” and “Virtual Server”. And two for sending it over: the first time MT5 calls it “migrate” and after that “synchronize”; either way, it means sending your chart with AUREUM from your computer to the VPS.

How much it costs

MetaQuotes prices as of October 5, 2026, before VAT. Any VAT that applies in your country is added on top: in Spain, for example, the 15 USD month comes to 18.15 USD. Check the current price in the rental window before you pay: that's where the final price appears. Some brokers give it away (it shows up as “Sponsored by broker”): ask yours. AUREUM doesn't charge anything for this: you pay MetaQuotes, the company behind MetaTrader.

What you need

• Steps 1 to 6 done on your computer, with AUREUM working.
• A free MQL5.community account, MetaTrader's website (mql5.com). You must be 18 or older.
• A card to pay with (it also accepts PayPal or your MQL5 account balance).
• Your broker account must not use a one-time password (2FA/OTP) to log in to MT5. Those accounts can't go to the VPS.

A · Before migrating: checklist

The VPS takes an exact copy of what you have in your MT5. Go through this first, on your computer:

• The gold chart on H1 with AUREUM on it and your key pasted (steps 4 and 5). The VPS only takes charts that have a robot on them.
• “Modo de lote” (lot mode) on LOT_REFERENCIA (F7 with the chart selected, fn+F7 on a MacBook → Inputs). The inputs travel exactly as they are.
• The “Algo Trading” button green and the “Allow Algo Trading” box checked (F7 → Common). On the VPS trading is always allowed, but this way you check on your computer that AUREUM works before you move it.
• The URL https://servidor-aureum.onrender.com allowed in WebRequest (step 3). That permission travels to the VPS; if it's missing, you'll get AUREUM E01 there.
• All 42 indicators in MQL5 ▸ Indicators (step 2). If even one is missing, the migration fails.
• The checker run on your computer, with “AUREUM: 6/6 OK” (with the market closed it's fine if only test 6 fails). Scripts don't travel to the VPS: this is your chance to run it. If test 2 says “el VPS de MT5 no podrá migrarlo” (the MT5 VPS won't be able to migrate it), indicators are missing.
• No other robots on your charts (unless you want them trading on the VPS too). If you have other robots on other charts, they'd go to the VPS too: remove them or close those charts. Charts without a robot, like the ones MT5 opens out of the box, don't travel and don't get in the way.
• MT5 connected to the account AUREUM trades on. The VPS is rented for the account that's connected at that moment, and only for that one.

B · Connect your MQL5 account to MT5

Careful, this is a different account: it isn't your broker account or your AUREUM license. It's your account on MetaTrader's website, and it's the one you use to pay for the VPS.

1. If you don't have an MQL5.community account, create one for free at www.mql5.com (the sign-up button at the top right) and follow what the confirmation email asks you to do. Write down your username and your password.
2. In MT5, Tools → Options menu → Community tab.
3. Type your MQL5 login (the username you chose when you signed up, rather than your email) and your password, and click OK.

If you skip this, MT5 will ask you to log in with your MQL5 account when you go to pay.

C · Rent and pay

1. In the Navigator (Ctrl+N if you can't see it), expand Accounts: you'll see your broker's server and, under it, your account number. Right-click your account number (on a Mac, two-finger click or Control-click) → “Register a Virtual Server”. (The Tools → MQL5 Virtual Hosting menu works too. Not there? See this problem.)
2. The VPS window opens. MT5 picks the server on its own, the one closest to your broker, and compares its delay with your computer's. There's no need to change it. Don't be surprised if it's in another country: for a European broker it may be London or New York.
3. Under “Select a rental period:”, pick the plan. To start, 1 month.
4. Look at the final price: the window says “Prices include VAT (…%)”.
5. Leave the “Automatically renew subscription with sufficient funds and terminal activity” box checked if you don't want it to stop. It's the only way to renew: there's no manual renewal.
6. Click “Rent”, choose card as the payment method and follow the steps. (If you choose to pay with your “MQL5” balance and you don't have any, the payment fails. If a payment page opens in your browser, finish paying there and then go back to MT5.) By renting it you accept MetaQuotes' service rules.

D · Migrate AUREUM to the VPS

1. After you pay, a “Congratulations!” window appears with four options. Choose “Migrate experts: account, charts, experts, indicators and settings”. (“Migrate all” works too.)
2. Click “Migrate”.
3. Wait a few seconds for the “Migration successful” notice.

Did you choose “Migrate later”? When you're ready: in the Navigator, under Accounts, find your VPS (it carries the server's name, for example “VPS London LD4 07”) → right-click → “Synchronize experts, indicators”.

Toolbox → Journal in your MT5 (“Virtual Hosting” lines)…: 43 files prepared to synchronize, total size … Mb
…: automated trading disabled after migration and enabled on virtual hosting
…: migration processed

E · Check that AUREUM is working on the VPS

The VPS has no screen: your chart is there, but you can't see it. What happens on it shows up in its log, which you read from your MT5. Careful: the chart you still see on your computer, with its panel, is your computer's copy, not the VPS.

1. In the Toolbox, open the VPS tab. Under “Environment” you should see the robot, with its XAUUSD chart and H1.
2. Click “Journal Viewer”. (Or: Navigator → right-click your VPS → “Journals”.)
3. Choose the Experts log (instead of “Terminal”).
4. Type AUREUM in the filter, leave today's date and click “Request”.

The VPS's “Experts” log (what you should see)33526_AUREUM (XAUUSD,H1)  AUREUM licencia OK hasta 2026.10.08 14:00 (token hasta 2026.10.08 14:00)

If you see “AUREUM: no se pudo guardar la gracia (err …)” (couldn't save the grace permit), it isn't a failure: the robot keeps trading on the permit it holds in memory (that line may repeat every hour, at each renewal). Nor is “AUREUM: fallo de renovación (E02 …), se mantiene la gracia hasta …” (renewal failed, grace period kept until …): it retries on its own.

Days later, the VPS log doesn't fill up with messages: AUREUM writes “licencia OK” when it starts and whenever its status changes, so a day with no new lines isn't a bad sign; an “AUREUM E0x” line is. For day-to-day checks it's easier to keep an eye on it from your phone, without turning on your computer:

• The MetaTrader 5 app with your account: you'll see the trades the VPS opens, because it's the same account.
• The traffic light at homeaureum.com/en/license (“Robot status”). With one catch: the VPS and the MT5 on your computer use the same key and the same account, and our server can't tell them apart. For the traffic light to tell you about the VPS, close MT5 on your computer. And it isn't instant: if the VPS stops, it takes up to 14 hours to turn amber and 36 to turn red.

F · What NOT to do

G · Changing something later (lot, key, mode)

You don't touch the VPS directly: you change things on your computer and send them over again. It always goes from your computer to the VPS, never the other way around.

1. Open MT5 on your computer, connected to the same account. The gold chart is still there with AUREUM (and the “Algo Trading” button red: leave it that way).
2. Change what you need: F7 on the chart (fn+F7 on a MacBook) → Inputs → OK.
3. In the Navigator, under Accounts, right-click your VPS → “Synchronize experts, indicators”. (Or on the VPS tab, under “Last migration”.)
4. Check the Journal for the “migration processed” line.

Each sync restarts MT5 on the VPS: it takes a few seconds and it's normal. After that, AUREUM checks its license again.

H · Stopping, canceling or going back to your computer

• Pause the VPS: Navigator → right-click your VPS → “Stop Server”. To resume: “Start Server”. Careful: the rental period keeps running, and if it's stopped on renewal day, it doesn't renew.
• Whatever is open doesn't close when you stop it: trades stay at the broker with their stop loss and take profit, and pending orders stay in place, but without the robot managing them. Check the Trade tab and close or delete them yourself if you want.
• Don't renew: on the VPS tab, click the auto-renewal status to turn it off (or in your mql5.com profile → Hosting). When it expires, the VPS and everything on it is deleted.
• Cancel now: Navigator → right-click your VPS → “Cancel Hosting”. Everything is deleted. If you cancel within the first 24 hours you get your money back (the window shows you the deadline). After that you don't get the money back, but whatever time you haven't used is kept in your MQL5 account for a future VPS.
• Go back to trading from your computer: first stop or cancel the VPS. Then, in your MT5, click “Algo Trading” to turn it green.

Alternative: a Windows VPS from a provider or from your broker

If you'd rather have a Windows machine in the cloud (some brokers give one away if you keep a certain balance), that works too. It's more work, because you install everything inside it:

1. Get a VPS with Windows and 2 GB of RAM or more, in a data center close to your broker's.
2. Connect to it with Remote Desktop. On a Mac, with Microsoft's free Windows App.
3. Inside the VPS, follow this guide from step 1 with the Windows instructions, as if it were another computer.
4. Close the remote desktop window without shutting down the VPS. And don't leave AUREUM active on your computer at the same time.

You don't depend on anyone for the day-to-day. Save these two links:

Your license: homeaureum.com/en/license

Check your license's status and expiry date, recover your key if you lose it (we resend it to the email you bought with) and switch MT5 accounts if you move to a new broker or account, with a code we send to your email. On the base plan you can switch accounts once every 30 days; on Premium, as often as you like.

Your robot's traffic light (same page, “Status” tab)

When you look up your license you'll see “Robot status” with a color and the “Robot's last connection”. It's what our server knows about your robot from its last connection:

1. GREEN: the robot has connected in the last 14 hours and is set up correctly. Nothing to do.
2. AMBER: there's something to check:
   • the chart isn't gold or isn't on H1 (step 4);
   • the robot reports an E01–E04 status (see the Experts tab and “If something isn't working”);
   • or it's gone between 14 and 36 hours without connecting (is MT5, the computer or the VPS off?).
3. RED: it's gone more than 36 hours without connecting, or it has never connected. Almost always: MT5 closed, the computer asleep or the VPS stopped.

If the traffic light turns amber or red, we send you a warning email (at most one per reason, and another one if a week goes by without it connecting). Once you've fixed it you don't need to tell us: it goes back to green on its own at the next connection. If you use the MetaTrader VPS, remember the catch from the VPS section: with MT5 open on your computer, the traffic light can't tell one from the other.

Your subscription: Stripe billing portal

In the billing portal (you sign in with the email you bought with, and Stripe sends you a login link) you can change your card, download invoices, switch between monthly and annual billing and cancel the renewal whenever you want. The license stays active until the end of the period you've paid for, and the robot doesn't even notice the payments.

Find your symptom and open the solution. Almost everything gets solved here. If you don't know where to start, start with the checker. When you're done, your browser's “Back” button takes you back to the step you were on.

The checker: the first test when something's wrong

AUREUM_Comprobar (comprobar means “check”) is a small program that tests your setup in 6 checks, tells you which one fails and stops on its own. It doesn't trade, doesn't change anything and doesn't link your key to any account. It's the first thing we'll ask you for if you write to support.

1. In the Navigator, expand Scripts and drag AUREUM_Comprobar onto the gold chart on H1 (the same one the robot is on; having both on it is fine).
2. In its window, Common tab: check “Allow Algo Trading”. Otherwise test 4 fails.
3. Inputs tab: paste your key into “Clave de licencia AUREUM” (AUREUM license key).
4. Click OK and wait a few seconds.

Toolbox → Experts (all good)[1/6] OK — servidor HTTP 200: Servidor AUREUM … OK …
[2/6] OK — 42 indicadores presentes (los 4 del robot y los que pide el VPS de MT5)
[3/6] OK — gráfico XAUUSD H1
[4/6] OK — trading algorítmico permitido
[5/6] OK — clave AUR-XXXXXX-XXXXXX → estado 'activa' · esta cuenta ya está vinculada
[6/6] OK — local 14:00 · GMT 12:00 (offset 120 min) · servidor 15:00 · último tick hace 2 s
Alert: AUREUM: 6/6 OK

In English: [1/6] server HTTP 200: AUREUM server … OK · [2/6] 42 indicators present (the robot's 4 and the ones the MT5 VPS asks for) · [3/6] XAUUSD H1 chart · [4/6] algo trading allowed · [5/6] key … status “active” · this account is already linked · [6/6] local time 14:00 · GMT 12:00 · broker server 15:00 · last tick 2 s ago.

A pop-up also shows the result: “AUREUM: 6/6 OK”, or “AUREUM: Fallo N de 6: …” (N of 6 failed: …) with what's failing. The line-by-line detail stays in the Experts tab, where a failed test says FALLO (failed) instead of OK.

Did you come here from another part of the guide? Go back to step 6, to the VPS checklist, or press “Back” in your browser. The checker stops on its own: there's no need to remove it from the chart.

AUREUM E01: autoriza la URL del servidor en MT5 — sin operaciones nuevas (err 4014)

failed buy stop 0.01 XAUUSD at … [Trade disabled]
Alert: The order request could not be completed. Error no.: 0 - RetCode:10017

Alert: Not enough money to send order with 0.10000000 lot or Margin Calculation Error

If you're still stuck after going through the section above, write to us and we'll sort it out with you. We reply in English or Spanish.

To help you on the first try, include in your email:

• The result of the checker: a screenshot of the Experts tab showing the six [n/6] lines. It's what helps us most.
• The code you see at the top left of the chart (for example “AUREUM E03: …”), if there is one, and any red message from Experts or the Journal.
• Your system: Windows or Mac, and whether you use a VPS (MetaTrader's or another one). If it's MetaTrader's, a screenshot of the VPS's Experts log (“Journal Viewer”).
• Your MT5 account number (the one from your broker), so we can find your license.