mt5linux 0.1.8

MetaTrader5 for linux users

MetaTrader 5 for linux system

A simple package that use wine, rpyc and a Python Windows version to allow the use of MetaTrader5 on linux.

Install

As usual:

pip install mt5linux

How to use

Follow the steps:

1. open MetaTrader5
2. open the server: python -m mt5linux <path/to/python.exe>
3. in your script/notebook:

# import the package
from mt5linux import MetaTrader5
# connecto to the server
mt5 = MetaTrader5(
    # host = 'localhost' (default)
    # port = 18812       (default)
) 
# use as you learned from: https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/integration/python_metatrader5/
mt5.initialize()
mt5.terminal_info()
mt5.copy_rates_from_pos('VALE3',mt5.TIMEFRAME_M1,0,1000)
# ...
# don't forget to shutdown
mt5.shutdown()

In step 2 you can provide the port, host, executable, etc... just type python -m mt5linux --help.