mt5d

#!/bin/zsh
# mt5d — download tick and bar history for a symbol from the terminal, headless.
#
# usage:
#   mt5d --symbol XAUUSD --from 2025.01.01 --to 2025.07.01 [--timeframe M1]
#        [--no-bars] [--timeout 600]
#
# Runs an MQL5 script inside MetaTrader that pulls the range from the broker,
# so the tester can then run on real ticks instead of generated ones.

set -e

MT5_APP="/Applications/MetaTrader 5.app"
PREFIX="$HOME/Library/Application Support/net.metaquotes.wine.metatrader5"
WINE="$MT5_APP/Contents/SharedSupport/wine/bin/wine64"
ROOT="$PREFIX/drive_c/Program Files/MetaTrader 5"
FILES="$ROOT/MQL5/Files"
SCRIPTS="$ROOT/MQL5/Scripts"
HERE="${0:A:h}"

symbol=""; from=""; to=""; tf="M1"; bars=1; timeout=600
login="${MT5_LOGIN:-}"; password="${MT5_PASSWORD:-}"; server="${MT5_SERVER:-}"

while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
  case "$1" in
    --symbol)    symbol="$2"; shift 2 ;;
    --from)      from="$2";   shift 2 ;;
    --to)        to="$2";     shift 2 ;;
    --timeframe) tf="$2";     shift 2 ;;
    --timeout)   timeout="$2";shift 2 ;;
    --login)     login="$2";  shift 2 ;;
    --password)  password="$2"; shift 2 ;;
    --server)    server="$2"; shift 2 ;;
    --no-bars)   bars=0; shift ;;
    *)           echo "unknown option: $1"; exit 2 ;;
  esac
done

[[ -z "$symbol" || -z "$from" || -z "$to" ]] && {
  echo "usage: mt5d --symbol SYM --from YYYY.MM.DD --to YYYY.MM.DD [--timeframe M1] [--no-bars]"
  exit 2
}
[[ -x "$WINE" ]] || { echo "MT5 wine runtime missing at $WINE"; exit 2; }

#--- compile the fetch script into the terminal ------------------------------
mkdir -p "$FILES" "$SCRIPTS"
cp "$HERE/scripts/mt5d_fetch.mq5" "$SCRIPTS/mt5d_fetch.mq5"

cd "$ROOT"
WINEPREFIX="$PREFIX" WINEDEBUG=-all WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winemac.drv=d" "$WINE" MetaEditor64.exe \
  /portable /compile:"MQL5\\Scripts\\mt5d_fetch.mq5" /log >/dev/null 2>&1 || true

if [[ ! -f "$SCRIPTS/mt5d_fetch.ex5" ]]; then
  echo "could not compile the fetch script:"
  [[ -f "$SCRIPTS/mt5d_fetch.log" ]] && iconv -f UTF-16LE -t UTF-8 "$SCRIPTS/mt5d_fetch.log" | tr -d '\r' | grep -i error
  exit 1
fi

#--- hand the request to the script ------------------------------------------
rm -f "$FILES/mt5d_result.txt"
{
  echo "symbol=$symbol"
  echo "from=$from 00:00:00"
  echo "to=$to 00:00:00"
  echo "timeframe=$tf"
  echo "bars=$bars"
  echo "timeout=$timeout"
} > "$FILES/mt5d.txt"

ini="$ROOT/config/mt5d.ini"
{
  if [[ -n "$login" ]]; then
    echo "[Common]"
    echo "Login=$login"
    [[ -n "$password" ]] && echo "Password=$password"
    [[ -n "$server" ]]   && echo "Server=$server"
    echo ""
  fi
  echo "[StartUp]"
  echo "Script=mt5d_fetch"
  echo "Symbol=$symbol"
  echo "Period=$tf"
} > "$ini"
chmod 600 "$ini"

echo "downloading $symbol  $from .. $to  ($tf)"

WINEPREFIX="$PREFIX" WINEDEBUG=-all WINEDLLOVERRIDES="winemac.drv=d" "$WINE" terminal64.exe \
  /portable /config:"config\\mt5d.ini" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true

#--- report what the terminal actually got -----------------------------------
res="$FILES/mt5d_result.txt"
if [[ ! -f "$res" ]]; then
  echo "no result written. the terminal may not have connected to a server."
  exit 1
fi

status=$(head -1 "$res" | tr -d '\r')
tail -n +2 "$res" | tr -d '\r' | sed 's/^/  /'

[[ "$status" == "STATUS=OK" ]] || { echo; echo "download incomplete"; exit 1; }
echo
echo "done — rerun mt5t with --model 4 for a real tick test"