Telegram Control Center
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Nik Andersen
Independent algorithmic trader and EA developer based in Denmark with 15 years of trading experience.
Creator of Nika EA — a professional multi-strategy Expert Advisor built on a proprietary signal engine with 12 signal types, 11 MA methods, and 15 layered risk management controls. - Version: 1.20
Telegram Control Center (TCC) is a utility Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 5 that connects your trading account to Telegram. It does not open or manage trades. It monitors your account, sends real-time alerts, and lets you control positions remotely via Telegram commands.
Key Features
- Real-time monitoring of balance, equity, margin, and all open positions
- Instant Telegram alerts when positions open, close, or are modified
- Equity drawdown alerts with a configurable threshold
- Built-in Economic Calendar news filter with upcoming event warnings
- Remote position management via Telegram commands, password-protected
- On-demand chart screenshots for any symbol sent directly to Telegram
- Live on-chart status bar showing connection and news filter status
- Cross-EA integration via global variable TCC_NEWS_WINDOW_ACTIVE
- Single-chart attachment monitors all symbols and all magic numbers on the account
- Optional magic number filter to monitor specific EAs only
- No external DLLs required
Telegram Commands
- status — Account overview (balance, equity, margin, open positions)
- positions — List all open positions with full details
- news — Show recent and upcoming high-impact news events
- closeall [password] — Close all open positions
- close [ticket] [password] — Close a specific position by ticket number
- pause [password] — Pause all Telegram alerts
- resume [password] — Resume Telegram alerts
- screenshot [symbol] — Request a chart screenshot for any symbol
- help — Show all available commands
Input Parameters
Telegram Settings
- Bot Token — Your Telegram bot token
- Chat ID — Your Telegram chat or group ID
- Command Password — Password required for all control commands
Alert Settings
- Drawdown Alert Threshold — Equity drawdown level (%) that triggers an alert
- Connection Fail Limit — Number of failed polls before a connection alert fires
News Filter Settings
- Enable News Filter — Activate the Economic Calendar news filter
- News Window Minutes Before — Minutes before a news event to activate the window
- News Window Minutes After — Minutes after a news event before the window closes
Monitoring Settings
- Magic Number Filter — Restrict monitoring to a specific EA magic number (0 = all)
- Poll Interval Seconds — How often TCC checks for new Telegram commands
How to Use
1. Create a Telegram bot via BotFather and copy the Bot Token.
2. Obtain your Chat ID (use a bot like userinfobot).
3. Enable WebRequest in MT5 Tools > Options > Expert Advisors for api.telegram.org.
4. Attach TCC to any one chart — it monitors your entire account from a single attachment.
5. Set your Bot Token, Chat ID, and Command Password in the input parameters.
6. Send help to your bot to confirm the connection and see all available commands.
Notes
- Requires MetaTrader 5 Build 3000 or newer.
- WebRequest must be enabled for api.telegram.org in MT5 settings.
- TCC does not open, modify, or hedge trades — it is a monitoring and control utility only.
- The global variable TCC_NEWS_WINDOW_ACTIVE can be read by other EAs to pause trading during news events.
- Screenshot functionality requires the relevant chart to be open in the terminal.
For the full setup guide, see the blog post linked in the comments.

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