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"From install to live in six steps"
Six steps from a fresh install to a live, monitored strategy.
Getting started with DomeHFT
DomeHFT is a native Windows terminal for high-frequency and latency-arbitrage trading. This guide walks you from a fresh install to a running strategy: create your account and activate a license, install the MT5 Expert Advisor, connect a broker or feed, choose and configure a strategy, then enable the pre-order Risk Engine before you go live. Each step below links to the relevant section of the documentation. Trading involves substantial risk of loss.
Setup in six steps
1. Create Account & Activate License
Sign up at dometerminal.com and start a trial or purchase a plan. Open DomeHFT, paste your license key, and the terminal unlocks live connectors and strategies for your machine.
2. Install the MT5 EA
One-click install the DomeHFT Expert Advisor into your MetaTrader 5 terminal. It bridges to DomeHFT over a local named pipe, so orders and quotes pass between MT5 and the terminal with no manual DLL setup.
3. Connect a Broker or Feed
Add a connection: MT5 through the EA bridge, a FIX broker profile (around 20 included), or a signed-REST crypto venue such as Binance, Bitfinex or OKX. Use Broker Intelligence to check server location and map symbols.
4. Pick & Configure a Strategy
Choose a strategy — OneLeg, TwoLegLock, Hedge, Triangular or Statistical — then set its symbols, thresholds and execution parameters. All orders route through the Order Management (OMS) layer with broker reconciliation.
5. Enable the Risk Engine
Turn on the pre-order Risk Engine — 11 configurable rules, off by default — to gate orders on spread, exposure, latency and more before they ever reach the market. Start conservative and adjust each rule as you test.
6. Go Live
Start the strategy and watch fills, latency (p50/p95/p99), order-to-response time, reject ratio and markout in real time. Begin on a demo account first. Trading involves substantial risk of loss.
From the community
"Setup was straightforward — the EA installed in one click and I had an MT5 feed connected within minutes. The latency and reject-ratio metrics are genuinely useful for tuning a strategy."
