--- title: "Log in to MetaTrader 5 (first time ever)" url: "https://smpfund.com/help/connect-mt5" language: "en" --- # Log in to MetaTrader 5 (first time ever) Website Sign in and MetaTrader login are two different doors. After we issue the account, copy three fields from Credentials, install official MT5, then File → Login to Trade Account and search the exact server name. 8 min read ## Step 1: Get the three fields from Credentials First sign in to the website ([Sign in](https://smpfund.com/login)), not to MetaTrader. Open [Credentials](https://smpfund.com/account/credentials). If the page is empty, the trading account is not issued yet — read [After you pay](https://smpfund.com/help/after-you-pay) and check [My challenges](https://smpfund.com/account/challenges). On the card, find Login (usually a number), Server (a name like a broker server), and Password. Password stays hidden. Tap Reveal. We ask for your website password or a one-time email code. That is normal. Copy all three exactly — a missing letter in the server name means you will connect to the wrong place or to nothing. The [Platforms](https://smpfund.com/platforms) page is general marketing. Your real platform is the one printed on this card. ![Annotated screen: Get the three fields from Credentials](https://smpfund.com/help/screenshots/credentials.webp) - Login - Server - Reveal ## Step 2: Install official MT5 from the download row Stay on [Credentials](https://smpfund.com/account/credentials). Under the same card, use the Windows / macOS / Android / iOS (or web terminal) links we printed. Those open the official MetaTrader 5 installer or store page. Do not search a random broker in the first-run wizard and open a free MetaQuotes demo. That demo is not your challenge and will never show our rules. If the card says MT4, stop this guide and open [Log in to MetaTrader 4](https://smpfund.com/help/connect-mt4) instead. ![Annotated screen: Install official MT5 from the download row](https://smpfund.com/help/screenshots/credentials.webp) - Downloads ## Step 3: In MT5: File → Login to Trade Account Open the MT5 window. The top menus stay in English even if Windows is another language. Click File (first menu). Click Login to Trade Account. Some builds say Open an Account. Choose the option that logs into an existing trade account. Do not create a new demo from MetaQuotes. You are still not trading. You are only opening the login form. ![Annotated screen: In MT5: File → Login to Trade Account](https://smpfund.com/help/screenshots/mt5-menu.webp) - File menu ## Step 4: Paste login and password, then search the server In the form: Login = the number from [Credentials](https://smpfund.com/account/credentials). Password = the revealed trading password (not the website password from [Sign in](https://smpfund.com/login)). Server: click the field and type the name from the vault. Pick the matching row in the search list, including any suffix. A similar name from another broker will not connect to your challenge. Press Login. If it fails, copy the three fields again. Do not try random servers. Then open [Tickets](https://smpfund.com/account/tickets) and paste login, server spelling, and the exact error text. ![Annotated screen: Paste login and password, then search the server](https://smpfund.com/help/screenshots/mt5-login.webp) - Login - Password - Search server ## Step 5: After you are in: rules live on our site, not only in MT5 Sharing login details is a hard breach — the account can close. Keep the password only on your device and in [Credentials](https://smpfund.com/account/credentials). MT5 shows broker profit and loss. Our daily loss, max loss, news windows, and phase result are on [Trader dashboard](https://smpfund.com/account) and [My challenges](https://smpfund.com/account/challenges). After each session, look there. Also check [News calendar](https://smpfund.com/account/news-calendar) before you trade if your program restricts news. Full contract: [Trading Rules](https://smpfund.com/trading-rules). ![Annotated screen: After you are in: rules live on our site, not only in MT5](https://smpfund.com/help/screenshots/credentials.webp) - Password ## Open these pages - [Credentials](https://smpfund.com/account/credentials) - [Platforms](https://smpfund.com/platforms) - [My tickets](https://smpfund.com/account/tickets) ## Related guides - [Credentials vault: where the MetaTrader password lives](https://smpfund.com/help/credentials): This is the only panel page that can show the trading password. Reveal asks for extra proof (site password or email code). Never paste that password into any other website. - [After you pay: wait, then copy trading login](https://smpfund.com/help/after-you-pay): A green paid order is not MetaTrader. We still have to create the demo account. When it is ready you get an email and three fields appear in Credentials. Often this takes up to about 24 hours. - [Log in to MetaTrader 4 (only if your card says MT4)](https://smpfund.com/help/connect-mt4): MT4 is a different program from MT5. Use it only when Credentials says MT4. The three fields and File → Login to Trade Account work the same way. - [Sign in to the website (not MetaTrader)](https://smpfund.com/help/sign-in): The Sign in page is only for this website. MetaTrader has a separate login, password, and server that appear later under Credentials. Mixing the two is the most common beginner mistake.