Claude can now trade on Axi accounts via MT5

What's new

Australian broker Axi announced on October 9, 2026, that customers with an eligible MT5 account can now connect the account to Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant. MT5 is a widely used trading platform for currencies, stocks, gold and crude oil, among other things. The connection is built on the Model Context Protocol, or MCP. It is an open standard that lets AI programs talk to other tools and data.

According to Axi, Claude can show balance, equity, margin and account status, search instruments and display live buy and sell prices. Claude can also open buy and sell orders with stop-loss and take-profit, modify open positions and close them fully or partially. It can also pull trade history with result, commission and swap, as well as price data.

What's smart

Instead of clicking around the platform, you can write to Claude in plain language and get an overview of your account, prices and history. Setup is simple: you add a connector in Claude under Customize > Connectors using Axi's MCP address, log in with Axi and approve access.

Axi says Claude must have the customer's explicit approval before a trade is executed, and that it cannot transfer money or change the account without permission. Axi login details are never shared with Claude, the connection is encrypted, and you can disconnect it at any time. This is Axi's own description and has not been independently tested. Axi presents the solution as AI-assisted trading in which the customer makes the decision, as opposed to bots that trade fully automatically.

Cheaper or better?

Axi has not disclosed a separate fee for the integration. An active MT5 account with Axi is required, and a paid Claude subscription is recommended. The price of the subscription is not given in the sources. It works with both live and demo accounts, so you can try it without real money.

Axi is not alone. In May 2026, Spotware launched cTrader AI Agent Connect with two MCP servers that work with Claude Code, ChatGPT Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI, among others. MetaTrader 5 Build 6030 from July 2026 also uses MCP and has a built-in AI assistant. According to Finance Magnates, the broker ThinkMarkets has also built an MCP server that does not give access to the customer's money. These are platforms and brokers, so they cannot be compared directly with Axi. There are no measurements or user numbers for Axi's solution.

What it's good for

The service is for Axi customers with an active MT5 account who want a faster overview of their account, prices and history. The demo account makes it a natural way to try out how an AI assistant fits into the way you trade.

One important caveat: The sources do not say whether the service is available to customers in Denmark or the EU. Axi itself says the content is not necessarily available in all countries. Axi also warns that trading CFDs carries a high risk of loss.