MetaTrader 5 expects strategy logic to live inside the platform, so algorithms developed elsewhere usually run with a human retyping signals into the terminal. We built a bridge service plus a Wails desktop GUI that connects external algorithms to MT5 directly, with builds for both Windows and Linux.
MetaTrader 5 is where a large share of retail and semi-professional trading actually executes, and it is close to a walled garden. Strategy logic is expected to live inside the platform in MQL5, which is fine until the strategy is developed elsewhere — in Go, in Python, against data the platform does not carry. The usual workaround is a human sitting between the two: the algorithm produces a signal, the trader reads it and places the order by hand. That introduces exactly the latency and inconsistency the automation was supposed to remove, and it means the strategy only runs while someone is awake to run it. What was needed was a bridge that let external algorithms drive MT5 directly, operable by a trader rather than only from a terminal.
Connects external trading algorithms to MetaTrader 5, carrying signals into the platform without manual re-entry. The bridge runs as a service, so strategies execute continuously rather than during supervised hours.
A Wails-based desktop application for configuring and monitoring the bridge, so the operator sees connection state and signal flow without reading logs. This is what makes the system usable by a trader instead of only by its author.
Dockerised builds target both Linux and Windows, matching where MT5 actually runs while keeping the service deployable on standard server infrastructure.
Signal generation and execution are joined into one automated path: strategies developed outside MetaTrader drive it directly, removing both the reaction delay of manual entry and the requirement for someone to be watching. The desktop GUI keeps day-to-day operation in the trader's hands. The bridge is in production use.
Tell us what the process looks like today and we will tell you what can be automated — and what should not be.
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