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# FAQs

**Does Hydra Agent place or modify trades?** No. Hydra Agent never places, changes or closes a trade. It reads data from MT5 — account details, open positions, closed deals, periodic snapshots, and the Hydra Vision EA's grid activity, setfiles, settings fingerprints (Strategy Print and Tuning Print) and notifications — and uploads it to Hydra Vision. It also carries the commands you give from **Controls** on the Agents page (including a close you confirm there) to the Hydra Vision EA, and reports the EA's answer back to the portal. The EA decides whether to carry the command out.

**Does it work with a demo account?** No. Live Analytics only covers live accounts. On a demo or contest account the agent keeps running but sends nothing, and the **Accounts** menu shows "Demo account: analytics run on live accounts only".

**Can I close MT5 while the agent is running?** The agent needs the terminal open and logged in to read data. If you close MT5, the account's sync will fail until you open it again; the agent will recover automatically once it is back.

**Does it need to stay in the tray all the time?** Yes — syncing only happens while Hydra Agent is running. Choosing **Exit** stops all syncing until you launch it again from the Start menu or sign in to Windows again (it starts automatically at sign-in). Remember to choose **Start All Agents** after it launches.

**What happens when my licence renews or changes?** The agent re-validates your licence with Hydra Vision periodically in the background. New account numbers added to your licence appear in Settings after the next check (or immediately if you exit, relaunch and re-enter your token).

**Can I run the agent on more than one PC?** Each MT5 account can only be synced by one agent at a time. You can run agents on different PCs as long as each syncs different accounts.

**Where do I get my API token?** From your Hydra Vision customer portal at [hydravision.ai](https://hydravision.ai).