# API auto connect ?

**URL:** <https://community.deriv.com/t/api-auto-connect/89161>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** mt5, dtrader, fundtransfer\
**Created:** [February 20, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/api-auto-connect/89161 "2026-02-20T05:56:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![affreux-adsmith-2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@affreux-adsmith-2](https://community.deriv.com/u/affreux-adsmith-2)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/api-auto-connect/89161/1 "2026-02-20T05:56:50Z")

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i was closed trading yesterday midnight, today morning when i open mt5 and Dtrader my balance gone and i can see that someone doing trade right now also, when i connect to an chat agent he will tell that any api token connected to your account, my question is when 2FA is active, i didn’t do any activity since mid night because of it’s sleeping time than how my account connect automatically , this kind of activity is done by either me or broker (Deriv). now i didn’t get any solution even answer yet

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/deriv/original/2X/3/3f75af40fda524d88f80027b2f3678de5a8992f5.png) [@system](https://community.deriv.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 5:56am UTC](https://community.deriv.com/t/api-auto-connect/89161/2 "2026-02-20T05:56:50Z")

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