Axi Lets Clients Ask Claude to Place Trades on MetaTrader 5
Axi says eligible clients can connect MetaTrader 5 accounts to Anthropic's Claude, with explicit approval required for every trade. The broker describes the service as alpha testing.
Axi now lets eligible clients link MetaTrader 5 to Claude for trading actions, but every order still needs a yes in the chat unless the client sets 'Always allow'.
What Claude can do
Axi said on Wednesday that eligible clients can connect their MetaTrader 5 (MT5) accounts to Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant, and ask it to place trades. The link uses the Model Context Protocol, an open standard for connecting AI tools to outside data and services. Through Claude, clients can check live prices, open, modify and close positions, place pending orders and adjust stop-loss and take-profit levels, according to the connector's website.
Axi describes the service as alpha testing. The AI-side entry cost is zero: Axi says the connector works on Claude's free plan, which allows one custom connector. TradeStation requires a Claude Pro subscription and a $10,000 account balance for its MCP link.
Guardrails and rivals
Any trade or order action needs the client's explicit approval in the chat before it goes through, the connector's website says. Axi's help center adds that Claude "is not an automated strategy or Expert Advisor." It acts only when a client asks, unless the client has set a specific action to "Always allow" in Claude's permission settings.
Who can connect: only active MT5 accounts, verified or unverified. Accounts running only on MT4 or the Axi trading platform are excluded. Users add Axi as a custom connector in Claude, enter the broker's MCP address and log in with Axi credentials.
Rivals take different approaches. Interactive Brokers lets Claude draft trades but requires manual sign-off on each order. ThinkMarkets' ChelseaAI lets AI execute orders but not access funds. CMC Markets' ChatGPT link for UK clients is read-only.
The takeaway: Axi is testing an AI bridge to live MT5 accounts with approval baked in, but clients still carry the trading risk.
Summary written by Oh Cannot from the original report by Finance Magnates. Not financial advice.
