I got tired of MQL5 being a C++ knockoff from 2005 and the official Python library only working on Windows, so I built something that lets me hit MT5 from any machine, any language, with plain HTTP.

**mt5-httpapi** — a real Windows VM running inside Docker via QEMU/KVM with the full MT5 terminal in portable mode and a REST API on top. Not Wine, not emulation. A legit tiny11 environment (Windows 11, debloated to hell, Defender removed entirely) running actual MetaTrader 5 binaries.

**What makes this different from the other MT5 wrappers out there:**

* Real Windows VM, not Wine hacks that break every time you update
* Multi-broker, multi-account simultaneously in one container. I'm running 4 terminals (RoboForex, 2x TeleTrade, FTMO) on 2 vCPUs and 512MB real RAM. The rest lives in swap. CPU idles at \~15% after startup. You could run 10+ terminals without breaking a sweat
* Each terminal gets its own API on its own port. Hit :6542 for one broker, :6543 for another
* Full REST API: symbols, OHLCV candles (all timeframes M1 through MN1), tick data, orders (market + pending), positions, account info, trade history
* Any language, any platform. If it can make HTTP requests, it can trade
* Runs headless. noVNC is there for initial setup, after that you forget the UI exists
* Ships with a working TA example using pandas-ta + Smart Money Concepts (order blocks, fair value gaps, break of structure, change of character, liquidity levels) with signal detection and publication-quality 1920x1080 chart rendering
* Includes an AI agent skill so you can point your coding agent at a running instance and it knows the full API, position sizing formulas, and pre-trade safety checks

**What it doesn't do:**

* Make you money. It's infrastructure, not a strategy
* Hold your hand. Read the docs, use demo accounts first

MetaTrader 5 running inside a real Windows VM (Docker + QEMU/KVM) with a REST API slapped on top for programmatic trading because MQL5 can go fuck itself