MetaTrader 5 for linux system

Requirements Updated/Patched, working on Ubuntu 23 64bit, install into wine for mt5

(The default wine is ~./wine however usually an mt5 install uses ~./mt5 )

Use WINEPREFIX=~/.mt5

To install use WINEPREFIX=~/.mt5 wine path/to/downloaded/python/installer/file.exe to install the windows python to the actual wine instance that mt5 runs on.

(just download it and open with wine using that prefix)

I installed for all users and checked the box to add to path in the beginning.

I used WINEPREFIX=~/.mt5 wineconsole to then get a windows shell that accesses the wine version mt5 runs in, and there you run the pip install commands...

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A simple package that uses wine, rpyc and a Python Windows version to allow using MetaTrader5 on Linux.

Install

1. Install Wine.

2. Install Python for Windows on Linux with the help of Wine.

3. Find the path to python.exe.

   • If you install to the same wine instance where mt5 installs to, (tws and others install there etc) it should be /home/azeem/.mt5/drive_c/Program Files/Python311/.

4. Install mt5 library on your Windows Python version.

pip install MetaTrader5
pip install --upgrade MetaTrader5

5. Install this package on both Windows and Linux Python versions

Installs THIS patched version of mt5linux.

pip install -U git+https://www.github.com/azeemh/mt5linux.git

[for whatever reason if you want to install the original mt5linux library pip install mt5linux]

How To Use

Follow the steps:

1. Open MetaTrader5.

2. On Windows side, start the server on a terminal:

python -m mt5linux <path/to/python.exe>

3. On Linux side, make your scripts/notebooks as you did with MetaTrader5:

# 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('GOOG',mt5.TIMEFRAME_M1,0,1000)
# ...
# don't forget to shutdown
mt5.shutdown()

4. Be happy!

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