A simple package that use wine, rpyc and a Python Windows version to allow the use of MetaTrader5 on linux.
As usual:
pip install mt5linux
Follow the steps:
- open MetaTrader5
- open the server:
python -m mt5linux <path/to/python.exe> - on 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()On step 2 you can provide the port, host, executable, etc... just type python -m mt5linux --help.