Manual signals

Type a signal directly into the dashboard. Useful for testing routes, sending one-off trades, or sanity-checking signal format syntax.

When to use

Manual signals are not meant for live automated trading, use them for:

  • , End-to-end route testing. Verify that a newly configured Route, with all its steps and targets, works before connecting a live signal source.
  • , Signal format debugging. Try different signal strings to confirm Signalync parses them the way you expect, without firing real trades.
  • , One-off trades. Send a single trade on a low-conviction day without setting up a full automated pipeline.
  • , Step filter verification. Test how a Route step (time window, symbol allowlist, AI probability filter) behaves with specific signal values.

No extra source to create

Every account has a built-in manual source. You do not need to create one, just go to the Send signal page and pick it from the source dropdown.

Sending a signal

  1. 1

    Open Send signal

    In the dashboard sidebar, click Signals → Send signal (or navigate directly to /signals/manual).
  2. 2

    Select a source

    Choose the Manual source (or any source you own) from the dropdown.
  3. 3

    Type your signal

    Enter a signal in the text field using the standard format, e.g. EURUSD,buy,vol=0.1,sl_pips=50,tp_pips=100. See the signal format reference for all options.
  4. 4

    Hit Send

    Signalync processes the signal immediately. Check the Signals table to see the result and any delivery attempts.

Manual signals go through Routes

The signal is processed exactly the same way as any other signal, it runs through all steps configured on the Route. If no Route maps the Manual source to a target, no delivery will happen. Make sure a Route is configured and enabled.

Troubleshooting

Signal sent but no delivery attempt

Check that a Route exists with the Manual source as its input and that the Route is enabled. Open Routes in the sidebar and look for a route that includes the Manual source. Also check whether any Route steps (time window, symbol allowlist, action filter) might be blocking the signal.

Format error on submission

The signal text did not match the expected format. The minimum required fields are a symbol and an action, e.g. EURUSD,buy. Check the signal format reference for correct syntax. Make sure there are no spaces around commas.

Delivery shows “failed” in Signals table

Expand the signal row and open the delivery detail. The error message will say whether the MT5 EA was offline, rejected the trade (e.g. insufficient margin), or another adapter error occurred. Check that the MT5 EA is running and shows Online in the Targets page.