MT5-MCP-Quant

A native Windows MCP server that drives MetaTrader 5 to compile, backtest, optimize, and analyze MQL5 expert advisors and export market data.

What you can do

It exposes tools for the full Strategy Tester pipeline: compiling MQL5 experts through MetaEditor, running backtests and genetic optimizations, and extracting results. It stores reports and deals in SQLite and offers deal-level analytics such as monthly P/L, drawdown events, loss sequences, layer performance, and cost impact. Additional tools manage Market Watch symbols, export historical tick CSVs, build economic-calendar datasets, read and write .set parameter files, and inspect MT5 logs and processes.

When to use it

Use it when an assistant should work inside MetaTrader 5 on Windows: running and comparing backtests, tuning parameters, diagnosing crashes or failed runs, organizing report history, or preparing tick and calendar datasets for research. It suits MQL5 strategy development rather than live order execution.

Requirements

Windows 10/11 x64 with native MetaTrader 5 installed and opened once under the same user account, plus a logged-in MT5 demo or live account in the same interactive session. The pre-built release needs no Rust or Visual Studio; source builds need Rust stable and the Visual Studio C++ workload. An optional MT5McpQuantBridge MQL5 Service must be compiled and started once for Market Watch, tick export, and calendar tools. Configuration directory is set by MT5_MCP_QUANT_HOME.