Welcome to mt5docker repository!
Before stepping into the below, I strongly recommend you to check MetaQuotes' official Python MQL5 documentation.
1. Clone the repo and make sure Docker is installed.
2. Edit the compose.yaml file by setting a value to MT5_HOST and VNC_PWD environment variables. It is recommended to leave the ports unchanged, but if you decide to change it, make sure to update them accordingly in the start.sh script.
3. Run docker compose up -d.
4. Access your MT5 instance at http://MT5_HOST:6081/vnc.html, replacing MT5_HOST by the value assigned to it (localhost in most cases). Password to connect is the value set to VNC_PWD.
5. Proceed with the interactive installation of MT5. Don't change the default installation folder.
6. A connection test is performed exclusively at container startup. Check the last container logs to see if connection test was successful. To establish the connection from your script (check tests/test_connection.py), run:
# estblish connection to MT5
from pymt5linux import MetaTrader5
mt5 = MetaTrader5(host="mt5docker", port=8001)7. Make sure you test with a DEMO account first, then have fun!