cleanest way to sync chart templates and indicators across 3 mt5 installs

[ghostknight]

i run mt5 on my desktop, a laptop and a vps. keeping templates, custom indicators and chart layouts in sync between all three is driving me insane. i set something up on the desktop, then have to manually copy files to the other two and i always forget one.

whats your actual workflow for this? not looking for theory, want to know what people really do day to day.

[darkhorizon]

i symlink the relevant folders (MQL5/Indicators, templates, profiles) to a synced cloud folder. set it once per machine and every change propagates automatically. the trick is closing the terminal before it picks up changes, otherwise mt5 caches and overwrites on exit. works flawlessly once you respect that.

[lostsignal]

three machines for retail forex is the actual problem here. you dont need a desktop, a laptop and a vps to click buy and sell. youve built a sysadmin job for yourself instead of trading.

[jeremyy]

the cloud symlink approach is what i use too, with one caution: dont sync the live terminal config or logins through the cloud, only the templates and indicators. you dont want credentials sitting in a synced folder. keep that separation clean.

[richardlee]

is there a risk of the sync corrupting a template if two machines edit at the same time?

[darkhorizon]

yes if you edit simultaneously you can get conflict copies. realistically you edit on one machine at a time so its rarely an issue, but the habit that saves you is: make changes in one place, let it sync, then open the others. treat one machine as the source of truth and the rest as read-only mirrors.