Restart an EA on your VPS from your phone.
A stuck EA, a broker reconnect, a setting to reload — say “restart Gold Scalper” and it happens on your VPS, with a preview first and a readback from MetaTrader after.
Restarting an EA means closing and re-applying its chart template on the terminal. Done by hand over RDP it is slow and easy to get wrong; done by AlgoHand it is one confirmed command, and it is refused when the EA has open positions and its restart safety is not yet verified.
BTC Grid restarts with its current inputs. It has 2 open positions; its restart safety is verified — it picks them up by magic number. Apply?
BTC Grid is back on its chart and managing both positions. Inputs read back from the terminal match what was applied.
One command, three checks
Preview
The assistant shows what will happen: which EA, which chart, which inputs, how many positions are open — before anything moves.
Safety check
An EA with open positions restarts only when its restart safety is verified. Otherwise the command is refused until it is flat, and it says so.
Apply and read back
The agent re-applies the chart template on the terminal and reads the result back. What you see in the chat is what MetaTrader reports.
Stop, pause and restart — the differences
Soft stop
No new trades; open positions stay managed by the EA. The right pause for news, weekends and “I am not sure”.
Hard stop
The EA is removed from its chart. Open positions stay open in the terminal but nothing manages them — the assistant warns before doing this.
Restart
Close and re-apply the chart, with the same or changed inputs. Used for settings changes, stuck EAs and reconnects.
What you need
The EAs you already run, on the VPS you already have.
- MetaTrader 5 on a Windows VPS, logged in, with your .ex5 files
- The AlgoHand agent — one command, five minutes, outbound-only
- For EAs with open positions, a verified restart safety (checked on a demo account during onboarding)
Questions people ask
What happens to open positions when an EA restarts?
They stay open in the terminal. A well-built EA recovers them by magic number after the restart; AlgoHand verifies that behaviour on a demo account and refuses restarts with open positions for EAs where it is not verified yet.
Can I restart an EA that hangs?
Yes — a restart re-applies the chart template, which reloads the EA. If the whole terminal is unresponsive, the agent can restart the terminal in its maintenance window or when the account is flat.
Does a restart change my settings?
Not unless you ask. A plain restart keeps the current inputs; the preview lists them, and the readback afterwards confirms them.
Do I need to open RDP to do this?
No. The command goes from the chat to the agent on the VPS; you can be on a phone. RDP is only for installing the agent the first time.