Get started¶
Three paths from clone to running strategy. Pick the one that matches what you want to do today.
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Quickstart
Five minutes from clone to a running paper-traded strategy.
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Deploy paper
Run a strategy in the daemon against the in-process paper broker. No real money, no real broker.
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Deploy MT5
Spin up the full Docker stack — qkt + mt5-gateway — and trade against an Exness or other MT5 broker.
What you need¶
| For | Required |
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| Quickstart | JDK 21, Git |
| Deploy paper | JDK 21, Git, a working qkt install |
| Deploy MT5 | Docker + Docker Compose, an MT5 broker account (Exness/ICMarkets/FTMO/Pepperstone) |
Where to next¶
After your first strategy is running, the Concepts section explains how the engine actually works under the hood — what guarantees you get and what you don't. The Reference section is the lookup material when you're writing strategies day-to-day.