diff --git a/MT5Connector/MT5Connector.cpp b/MT5Connector/MT5Connector.cpp
index 89b9b39d..fa11cea0 100755
--- a/MT5Connector/MT5Connector.cpp
+++ b/MT5Connector/MT5Connector.cpp
@@ -9,12 +9,27 @@
 #include "Mt5Handler.h"
 #include "MtService.h"
 
-static void convertSystemString(wchar_t* dest, const std::string& src)
+// Capacities (in wchar_t, including the null terminator) of the caller-allocated
+// MQL string buffers. They must match the StringInit calls in the expert advisor:
+// StringInit(_error, 1000, 0) and StringInit(payload, 5000, 0).
+static const size_t ERROR_BUFFER_CAPACITY = 1000;
+static const size_t PAYLOAD_BUFFER_CAPACITY = 5000;
+
+static std::wstring convertToWString(const std::string& src)
 {
     using convert_typeX = std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>;
     std::wstring_convert<convert_typeX, wchar_t> converterX;
-    auto wstr = converterX.from_bytes(src);
-    memcpy(dest, wstr.c_str(), wcsnlen(wstr.c_str(), 1000) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+    return converterX.from_bytes(src);
+}
+
+static void convertSystemString(wchar_t* dest, const std::string& src, size_t capacity)
+{
+    auto wstr = convertToWString(src);
+    size_t len = wstr.length();
+    if (len >= capacity)
+        len = capacity - 1;
+    memcpy(dest, wstr.c_str(), len * sizeof(wchar_t));
+    dest[len] = L'\0';
 }
 
 static std::string convertWString(const wchar_t* src)
@@ -34,7 +49,7 @@ template <typename T> T Execute(std::function<T()> func, wchar_t* err, T default
     }
     catch (std::exception& e)
     {
-        convertSystemString(err, e.what());
+        convertSystemString(err, e.what(), ERROR_BUFFER_CAPACITY);
         MtService::GetInstance().LogError(e.what());
     }
     return result;
@@ -84,7 +99,26 @@ _DLLAPI int _stdcall getCommandType(int expertHandle, int& res, wchar_t* err)
 _DLLAPI int _stdcall getPayload(int expertHandle, wchar_t* res, wchar_t* err)
 {
     return Execute<int>([&expertHandle, res]() {
-        convertSystemString(res, MtService::GetInstance().GetCommandPayload(expertHandle));
+        convertSystemString(res, MtService::GetInstance().GetCommandPayload(expertHandle), PAYLOAD_BUFFER_CAPACITY);
         return 1;
         }, err, 0);
+}
+
+// Size-aware replacement for getPayload: copies at most (capacity - 1) characters
+// into res (always null-terminated) and returns the full payload length in wchar_t
+// (excluding the null terminator), or -1 on error. If the returned length is
+// >= capacity, the caller should re-allocate its buffer and call again.
+_DLLAPI int _stdcall getPayload2(int expertHandle, wchar_t* res, int capacity, wchar_t* err)
+{
+    return Execute<int>([&expertHandle, res, &capacity]() {
+        auto wstr = convertToWString(MtService::GetInstance().GetCommandPayload(expertHandle));
+        int required = static_cast<int>(wstr.length());
+        if (capacity > 0)
+        {
+            int len = required < capacity ? required : capacity - 1;
+            memcpy(res, wstr.c_str(), static_cast<size_t>(len) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+            res[len] = L'\0';
+        }
+        return required;
+        }, err, -1);
 }
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diff --git a/MTConnector/MTConnector.cpp b/MTConnector/MTConnector.cpp
index 0bf77e33..518803e2 100755
--- a/MTConnector/MTConnector.cpp
+++ b/MTConnector/MTConnector.cpp
@@ -9,12 +9,27 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <codecvt>
 
-static void convertSystemString(wchar_t* dest, const std::string& src)
+// Capacities (in wchar_t, including the null terminator) of the caller-allocated
+// MQL string buffers. They must match the StringInit calls in the expert advisor:
+// StringInit(_error, 1000, 0) and StringInit(payload, 5000, 0).
+static const size_t ERROR_BUFFER_CAPACITY = 1000;
+static const size_t PAYLOAD_BUFFER_CAPACITY = 5000;
+
+static std::wstring convertToWString(const std::string& src)
 {
     using convert_typeX = std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>;
     std::wstring_convert<convert_typeX, wchar_t> converterX;
-    auto wstr = converterX.from_bytes(src);
-    memcpy(dest, wstr.c_str(), wcsnlen(wstr.c_str(), 1000) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+    return converterX.from_bytes(src);
+}
+
+static void convertSystemString(wchar_t* dest, const std::string& src, size_t capacity)
+{
+    auto wstr = convertToWString(src);
+    size_t len = wstr.length();
+    if (len >= capacity)
+        len = capacity - 1;
+    memcpy(dest, wstr.c_str(), len * sizeof(wchar_t));
+    dest[len] = L'\0';
 }
 
 static std::string convertWString(const wchar_t* src)
@@ -34,7 +49,7 @@ template <typename T> T Execute(std::function<T()> func, wchar_t* err, T default
     }
     catch (std::exception& e)
     {
-        convertSystemString(err, e.what());
+        convertSystemString(err, e.what(), ERROR_BUFFER_CAPACITY);
         MtService::GetInstance().LogError(e.what());
     }
     return result;
@@ -84,7 +99,26 @@ _DLLAPI int _stdcall getCommandType(int expertHandle, int& res, wchar_t* err)
 _DLLAPI int _stdcall getPayload(int expertHandle, wchar_t* res, wchar_t* err)
 {
     return Execute<int>([&expertHandle, res]() {
-        convertSystemString(res, MtService::GetInstance().GetCommandPayload(expertHandle));
+        convertSystemString(res, MtService::GetInstance().GetCommandPayload(expertHandle), PAYLOAD_BUFFER_CAPACITY);
         return 1;
         }, err, 0);
+}
+
+// Size-aware replacement for getPayload: copies at most (capacity - 1) characters
+// into res (always null-terminated) and returns the full payload length in wchar_t
+// (excluding the null terminator), or -1 on error. If the returned length is
+// >= capacity, the caller should re-allocate its buffer and call again.
+_DLLAPI int _stdcall getPayload2(int expertHandle, wchar_t* res, int capacity, wchar_t* err)
+{
+    return Execute<int>([&expertHandle, res, &capacity]() {
+        auto wstr = convertToWString(MtService::GetInstance().GetCommandPayload(expertHandle));
+        int required = static_cast<int>(wstr.length());
+        if (capacity > 0)
+        {
+            int len = required < capacity ? required : capacity - 1;
+            memcpy(res, wstr.c_str(), static_cast<size_t>(len) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+            res[len] = L'\0';
+        }
+        return required;
+        }, err, -1);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mq4/MtApi.ex4 b/mq4/MtApi.ex4
index 1c266664..94a66265 100755
Binary files a/mq4/MtApi.ex4 and b/mq4/MtApi.ex4 differ
diff --git a/mq4/MtApi.mq4 b/mq4/MtApi.mq4
index e721df62..6c576a18 100755
--- a/mq4/MtApi.mq4
+++ b/mq4/MtApi.mq4
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
    bool getCommandType(int expertHandle, int& res, string& err);
    bool getPayload(int expertHandle, string& res, string& err);
+   int getPayload2(int expertHandle, string& res, int capacity, string& err);
 #import
 
 //#define __DEBUG_LOG__
@@ -533,13 +534,26 @@ JSONObject* GetJsonPayload()
 {
    string payload;
    StringInit(payload, 5000, 0);
-   
-   if (!getPayload(ExpertHandle, payload, _error))
+
+   int required = getPayload2(ExpertHandle, payload, 5000, _error);
+   if (required < 0)
    {
       PrintFormat("%s [ERROR]: %s", __FUNCTION__, _error);
       return NULL;
    }
 
+   if (required >= 5000)
+   {
+      //--- payload larger than the default buffer: re-allocate and fetch again
+      StringInit(payload, required + 1, 0);
+      required = getPayload2(ExpertHandle, payload, required + 1, _error);
+      if (required < 0)
+      {
+         PrintFormat("%s [ERROR]: %s", __FUNCTION__, _error);
+         return NULL;
+      }
+   }
+
    JSONParser payload_parser;
    JSONValue *payload_json = payload_parser.parse(payload);
    
diff --git a/mq5/MtApi5.ex5 b/mq5/MtApi5.ex5
index 95e17467..96a0ca0a 100755
Binary files a/mq5/MtApi5.ex5 and b/mq5/MtApi5.ex5 differ
diff --git a/mq5/MtApi5.mq5 b/mq5/MtApi5.mq5
index 18c0b55e..76673cbd 100644
--- a/mq5/MtApi5.mq5
+++ b/mq5/MtApi5.mq5
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
    bool getCommandType(int expertHandle, int& res, string& err);
    bool getPayload(int expertHandle, string& res, string& err);
+   int getPayload2(int expertHandle, string& res, int capacity, string& err);
 #import
 
 ///--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -566,13 +567,26 @@ JSONObject* GetJsonPayload()
 {
    string payload;
    StringInit(payload, 5000, 0);
-   
-   if (!getPayload(ExpertHandle, payload, _error))
+
+   int required = getPayload2(ExpertHandle, payload, 5000, _error);
+   if (required < 0)
    {
       PrintFormat("%s [ERROR]: %s", __FUNCTION__, _error);
       return NULL;
    }
 
+   if (required >= 5000)
+   {
+      //--- payload larger than the default buffer: re-allocate and fetch again
+      StringInit(payload, required + 1, 0);
+      required = getPayload2(ExpertHandle, payload, required + 1, _error);
+      if (required < 0)
+      {
+         PrintFormat("%s [ERROR]: %s", __FUNCTION__, _error);
+         return NULL;
+      }
+   }
+
    JSONParser payload_parser;
    JSONValue *payload_json = payload_parser.parse(payload);