Get EA alerts on your phone in 5 simple steps.

Step 1: Create Your Telegram Bot

Time: 2 minutes    Cost: Free

1. Open Telegram (mobile or desktop)
2. Search for @BotFather in the search bar
3. Click Start to begin a chat
4. Send the command: /newbot
5. BotFather asks for a name → type any name (e.g. "My Gold Scalpers Bot")
6. BotFather asks for a username → must end in bot (e.g. mygoldsniper_bot)
7. Copy the token BotFather gives you. Looks like:

   7891234567:AAH1234abcDEFxyz...

Step 2: Get Your Chat ID

Time: 1 minute

1. In Telegram, search for @userinfobot
2. Click Start
3. It immediately replies with your info, including:

   Id: 123456789

4. Copy the number – that's your Chat ID

Step 3: Activate Your Bot

Time: 30 seconds – but critical step

1. Search for your new bot in Telegram (the one you created in Step 1)
2. Click Start or send any message like hi

Step 4: Configure the EA

Time: 1 minute

1. Attach Gold Scalpers EA to an XAUUSD M15 chart (or open its inputs if it's already running)
2. In the Alerts input group, set use_telegram = true
3. Paste your token from Step 1 into telegram_token
4. Paste your Chat ID from Step 2 into telegram_chatid
5. Click OK to save

Step 5: Allow WebRequest in MetaTrader 5

Time: 30 seconds    This is the step most people miss.

1. In MT5 go to Tools → Options → Expert Advisors
2. Tick "Allow WebRequest for listed URL"
3. Add exactly:

   https://api.telegram.org

4. Click OK, then remove and re-attach the EA (or restart MT5)
5. On attach, the EA sends a "connected" test message to your Telegram — that confirms it's wired up

What You'll Receive

From then on, every trade the EA takes is pushed to your Telegram within seconds, formatted like this:

🟢 BUY opened — Gold Scalpers EA
XAUUSD · M15
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
📍 Entry  : 2384.50
🛑 Stop   : 2380.20  (swing)
🎯 Target : 2393.10
📦 Lot    : 0.02
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
2026-05-04 14:30:00

A matching close message is sent when the trade hits its stop, target or reverse-cross exit.

Troubleshooting

Problem	Solution
No "connected" test message	Add https://api.telegram.org under Tools → Options → Expert Advisors, then re-attach the EA
Experts log shows err 4014 / -1	The Telegram URL isn't whitelisted (or you edited a different MT5 install)
Bad Request: chat not found	Wrong chat ID — re-verify with @userinfobot, and message your bot first
Unauthorized in the log	Wrong bot token in telegram_token
EA runs but no Telegram	use_telegram is false, or the token / chat ID is blank
Bot never messages you	You haven't started a chat with your bot — send it hi (Step 3)

Send to a Group Instead of DM

1. Add your bot to the group → make it admin
2. Visit https://api.telegram.org/bot<TOKEN>/getUpdates in your browser
3. Find "chat":{"id":-1001234567890,...} – the negative number is the group ID
4. Use that negative number as telegram_chatid in the EA inputs