How It
Works
From first click to first trade — every step, every cost, every timescale. No surprises.
Mud to Margin licenses algorithmic trading software. You keep your own broker account, your own money and your own control at all times. What we supply is a validated machine — one strategy that survived 100+ candidates, 400,000+ backtests and six filter stages — and the support to run it properly. This page explains exactly what happens, in the order it happens.
Step One — Choose Your Plan
Every plan runs the same machines, to the same standard, at the same 1% risk per trade. The only difference is how many machines you run.
One machine. The smallest way in — watch a single validated system work on one market. Includes the free Telegram feed.
Two machines. Different strategies across different markets, so no single edge carries you alone. Includes the premium Telegram signal feed.
All three machines. The complete arsenal — every certified strategy running at once, so no single market or method carries your account alone. Includes the premium Telegram signal feed with trade context, founder-level support, and early access to every new machine.
Machine subscriptions are open. The free Learning Vault and the position size calculator are available to everyone, subscriber or not.
Step Two — Choose How It Runs
Three delivery methods, the same price whichever you pick. The difference is how much control you keep — and who chooses your machines.
Self-Hosted EA
Your machine is compiled and licence-locked to your MT5 account number, then emailed to you with full setup instructions. It runs on your own terminal and your own VPS.
- You choose your machines — any of the three, up to your tier
- Full custody — your credentials never leave your hands
- Total control: pause, adjust risk or switch off at any moment
- Licence-locked to your account, so your machine runs nowhere else
- One-time setup — around 30–45 minutes with the guide
- Needs a VPS of your own, typically €10–15/month
- You apply updates when we release them
Approval Mode
Everything automated except the decision. The machine finds the trade, sizes it and stages it — nothing executes until you approve it.
- Final say on every single trade — nothing enters without you
- The machine's discipline with your authority
- No charts, no analysis — just a yes or a no
- Machines are assigned by us — third-party setup, so the selection is fixed per tier
- You must be reachable — a missed approval is a missed trade
- Your reaction time is added to every entry
- Cherry-picking approvals reintroduces the human error the machines exist to remove
Full Automation
Completely hands-off. Trades replicate to your account in real time through a professional copy-trading platform. No VPS, no setup, no screen time.
- Zero setup, zero maintenance, nothing to monitor
- Never miss an entry or an exit — execution mirrors the master in real time
- Disconnect at any time; the account remains yours
- Machines are assigned by us — third-party setup, so the selection is fixed per tier
- Your account connection is managed on the platform — a layer of custody traded for total convenience
- Fully hands-off: you are trusting execution end to end
- Fills can differ slightly from the master — your broker's spread and latency apply
Step Three — Your Journey
There are two ways in, and they work differently. Read the one that applies to you.
Subscribing Directly
- Pick your plan and delivery method. Starter, Pro or Elite — then EA, approval mode or full automation.
- Checkout. You'll confirm you've read the terms and risk disclosure, then enter your broker name and MT5 account number. Payment is taken immediately and your subscription starts.
- Your onboarding email arrives within two working days. Self-hosted EA customers receive their machine, compiled and licence-locked to the account number given at checkout, with step-by-step setup. Approval and automation customers receive a secure link to connect their account.
- You go live. Every machine runs at 1% risk per trade with a stop loss placed at the broker on every position.
- You stay in control. Cancel any time — access runs to the end of the paid period, and nothing renews after that.
The Free Month
Open an account with our partner broker through our link and your first month of Pro costs nothing. This route includes a verification step, because we have to confirm the broker account is genuinely yours and genuinely opened through us.
- Open and fund your broker account through the referral link on the Free Trial page. It must be opened through that link — existing accounts cannot be re-attributed afterwards.
- Apply. Your card is saved but charged €0. You give your delivery method, broker name and MT5 account number.
- We verify. A manual check that the account came through our link and is funded — usually a few hours. Nothing is charged while you wait, and a declined application is never charged at all.
- Approved. Your 30 days begin and your onboarding email arrives within two working days, exactly as in Journey A.
- You decide. We email before the month ends. Keep it and it's €129/month from month two, when the premium Telegram unlocks. Cancel before renewal and you pay nothing.
What You'll Need
- A live broker account in your own name, with MT5.
- A VPS — self-hosted EA only. Roughly €10–15/month from any provider; approval mode and full automation don't need one.
- An account funded appropriately for the number of machines you run. Every machine risks 1% per trade, but the smallest position most brokers allow is 0.01 lots — on a very small balance that minimum can exceed 1%, and the machine will skip the trade rather than over-risk. Running more machines also means more positions can be open at once, each consuming margin. This is not a suggestion to fund more than you should: your tier sets a maximum, never a target, and if your capital suits one machine, run one machine.
What We Never Do
- We never hold, receive or have access to your funds.
- We never ask for your trading password by email or message. If anyone claiming to be us does, it isn't us — forward it to [email protected].
- We never give personal recommendations or financial advice. We license software and provide education.
- We never promise a profit, a win rate or an outcome. Nobody honestly can.
Still Have Questions?
Ask the assistant in the bottom corner of any page, or email us — a person answers every message. Plans and pricing: [email protected]. Existing subscribers: [email protected].
Risk Disclosure
Trading foreign exchange and CFDs carries a high risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone; the majority of retail traders lose money and you can lose your entire deposit. Automation removes hesitation, not risk. Past performance — including backtested results — is not indicative of future results. Mud to Margin provides algorithmic trading software and education only, not financial advice, and is not authorised or regulated by the FCA. You run your own account and we never manage money for you. Read the full risk disclosure and terms before trading.