First-run setup

After your first payment, Red Candle asks four quick questions and then shows a summary. It only appears on a computer that has no trades or screenshots yet. Everything you choose here can be changed later in Settings or in Checklist & Rules.

When you navigate between steps, the button you clicked shows a spinner. Navigation buttons and setup fields are temporarily disabled to prevent duplicate actions. The next page opens after saving completes; if saving fails, you stay on the current step and can try again.

1. Language & pair

• Language — English or Bahasa Indonesia. App text, dates, numbers and AI replies follow it.
• Main pair — the pair the app opens on. Add more pairs any time; see Pairs and the active pair.
• Default timeframe — used for new screenshots and analysis.

2. Your trading

• Trading style and Sessions you trade (Asia, London, New York) — used to suggest checklist rules with AI.
• Daily limits — max trades and max losses per day. Log Trade locks when a limit is reached, so a bad day stays small.
• Minimum reward:risk — Log Trade warns when a trade's planned RR is lower.

3. Market data (optional)

Set your Broker server time (most brokers use GMT+2 / +3) and drop an MT5 Export Bars file to import candles now — or click Skip for now and do it later in Market Data. See Export bars from MetaTrader 5.

4. AI assistant

• Local · Ollama or LM Studio — free and private; runs on this computer. Small models around 3B can misread charts; for better analysis, choose Cloud.
• Cloud · OpenAI or Anthropic — most capable; uses your own API key. You add the key later in Settings → AI Provider.
• No AI for now — everything else works: Timeline, checklist, Journal, candles.

See Connect an AI provider.

You're all set

The summary shows your plan and three good first steps: paste your first chart, review your checklist (it starts with six rules) and import more candles. Click Go to Dashboard.

Skip setup at the top saves nothing new and takes you straight to the app.