The gap between "I trade gold" and "here is the account" is one line of HTML. Myfxbook generates an embed snippet for any account you have connected to it, and once that snippet is on your page the numbers refresh from the account rather than from a screenshot you took in a good week. That is the entire appeal. It is also why the settings underneath the widget deserve more attention than the widget itself.
What a widget actually pulls
Myfxbook connects to a trading account through an investor password or through the platform's own reporting, then reads the closed trade history and the current equity. The widget is a rendering of that data set. Depending on which one you pick, the visitor sees a growth curve, a small stat block with gain, drawdown and profit factor, an equity line, or a breakdown by symbol.
Nothing in the widget is typed in by you. That is the point of the format and the reason readers treat it differently from a spreadsheet. If you have not read the basics of how the platform builds those figures, the Myfxbook overview covers the account types and how gain is calculated, which matters because a deposit made mid-month changes the shape of the curve.
The four embeds most people use
Myfxbook offers several widget formats from the account's sharing or widgets tab. The custom widget builder is the one worth learning, because it lets you pick individual fields rather than accepting a fixed layout.
| Widget | Shows | Best used for |
|---|---|---|
| Chart / growth | Growth curve over a chosen period | A visual summary on a landing page |
| Custom widget | Fields you select: gain, drawdown, pips, profit factor | Stat blocks where you control the framing |
| Full account embed | A larger panel with several tabs of data | A dedicated transparency page |
| Outlook / community | Aggregate positioning across Myfxbook users | Market commentary, not personal proof |
The outlook widget is often misused. It shows crowd positioning across the platform's connected accounts, so it says nothing about your trading. Put it on a market page, not on the page where you are asking someone to trust your record.
Privacy settings decide what a stranger can dig up
Every connected account has a privacy block with separate switches for the trade history, the daily statistics, the equity value, and whether the account appears in public search. A widget can only render what those switches permit. Two consequences follow.
First, if you lock down the history and publish only a headline gain number, sceptical readers will notice. The whole reason a Myfxbook embed carries weight is that it is checkable, and a locked account converts the widget back into a claim. Second, opening everything means opening everything. Position sizes, the time of day you trade, the symbols you touch and the length of your losing runs are all readable by a competitor.
The sensible middle is to publish the statistics and the drawdown while keeping individual trade entries closed, then explain in plain text why. Readers accept that reasoning. They do not accept a blank panel.
A verified badge on Myfxbook confirms that the account and the broker connection are what they claim to be. It does not verify that the account is real money, that the strategy is repeatable, or that the person embedding the widget is the person who traded it. Verification is an identity check, not an endorsement.
Where widgets belong and where they backfire
On a signal service page, a widget replaces three paragraphs of adjectives. On a prop firm application, it is often the first thing a risk desk clicks. On a personal blog, it invites a category of reader you may not want, because the moment a public curve dips people arrive to say so.
Two failure modes are common. The first is the account that gets swapped: a widget pointing at account A is quietly repointed to a fresher account B while the surrounding copy still describes years of trading. Anyone comparing the widget's start date to the text catches this. The second is the cherry-picked period. A widget set to "last three months" on a page that talks about long-term consistency is a choice, and it reads as one.
If you are weighing Myfxbook against the other free option, the comparison of the two platforms goes through where each one is stronger on publishing and on analytics. FX Blue's public pages are lighter and load faster, Myfxbook's community features are deeper.
Practical notes before you paste the code
The embed is an iframe or a script tag pointing at Myfxbook's servers. That means three things for your site. Your page inherits a third-party request, so a strict content security policy will block it unless you allow the domain. The widget will not render offline or in a static export used as a PDF. And if Myfxbook is slow, your page shows an empty box, so give the container a fixed height so the layout does not jump.
Set the period explicitly rather than leaving a rolling default, otherwise the numbers under your headline text drift away from what the text says. Take a dated screenshot of the widget when you publish, purely so you have a record of what the page claimed on that day. And if you sell anything based on the account, keep the risk language next to the widget rather than in a footer, because a growth curve is the most persuasive object on the page.
Widgets are a reporting tool, not a marketing claim you can dress up. Traders who publish them and then also publish the bad months tend to keep the audience they build. Those who publish a curve and go quiet when it turns do not. Leveraged trading carries a high risk of loss, and a public track record does not change that for the person copying it.
"If you publish a widget, publish the drawdown next to the gain. A page that shows only the profit curve tells a reader you are hiding the other half."
— Alex Onta, Executive Director, SINGUARD
Key Takeaways
- A Myfxbook widget renders live account data, so the numbers change without you touching the page.
- The account's privacy switches decide what the widget can show; a locked account turns the embed back into an unverifiable claim.
- Publish drawdown alongside gain, and set the period explicitly so the figures match the surrounding copy.
- The verified badge confirms the broker connection, not the quality or repeatability of the strategy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do Myfxbook widgets update automatically?
Yes. The widget reads from the connected account, so the figures refresh as new closed trades are recorded. How often depends on the account connection type and Myfxbook's own update cycle.
Can I show my gain without exposing every trade?
Yes. The privacy settings let you publish statistics such as gain and drawdown while keeping individual trade entries private. Readers generally accept that if you explain the choice in plain text.
Does a verified Myfxbook account prove a strategy works?
No. Verification confirms the account and broker connection are genuine. It says nothing about whether past results will repeat, and leveraged trading carries a high risk of loss.
About the Author
Alex Onta is an Executive Director at SINGUARD. He built eTrader, the terminal, the mobile apps, eTrader Broker, Copytrading, Business and Community, along with the worldwide clustered-server infrastructure it all runs on, with his brother Roman Onta helping on the design, and he leads that division today. Together with Roman he builds the Prop Firm CRM, the Broker CRM, Scalegram and CopySignals, and the two of them carry worldwide compliance, payment processing and international business structuring side by side. He lives and works in Dubai for most of the year. Meet the executive duo leading Singuard's five divisions.