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Basic Examples for MT4 (for MT5 click here)

Example 1: Get actual EURUSD price from MT4 with PowerShell

$IP = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("127.0.0.1")
$Port = 77

$Address = [System.Net.IPAddress]::Parse($IP)
$Socket = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient($Address,$Port)
$Stream = $Socket.GetStream()

$Writer = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($Stream)
$Reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($Stream)

$Writer.WriteLine('{"MSG":"QUOTE","SYMBOL":"EURUSD"}')
$Writer.Flush()

$Response = $Reader.ReadLine()
Write-Host $Response

$Stream.Close()
$Socket.Close()

Result:

{
   "MSG":"QUOTE",
   "SYMBOL":"EURUSD",
   "ASK":1.08263,
   "BID":1.08261,
   "FLAGS":6,
   "TIME":"2022.04.13 12:01:48.0",
   "VOLUME":0,
   "ERROR_ID":0,
   "ERROR_DESCRIPTION":"no error"
}

Example 2: Send Order to MT4 with PowerShell

$IP = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("127.0.0.1")
$Port = 77

$Address = [System.Net.IPAddress]::Parse($IP)
$Socket = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient($Address,$Port)
$Stream = $Socket.GetStream()

$Writer = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($Stream)
$Reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($Stream)

$Writer.WriteLine('{"MSG":"ORDER_SEND","SYMBOL":"EURUSD","VOLUME":0.02,"TYPE":"ORDER_TYPE_BUY"}')
$Writer.Flush()

$Response = $Reader.ReadLine()
Write-Host $Response

$Stream.Close()
$Socket.Close()

Result:

{
   "MSG":"ORDER_SEND",
   "TICKET":6543216,
   "ERROR_ID":0,
   "ERROR_DESCRIPTION":"no error"
}

Example 3: Stream actual EURUSD price from MT4 with PowerShell

$IP = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("127.0.0.1")
$Port_cmd = 77
$Port_data = 78

$Address = [System.Net.IPAddress]::Parse($IP)
$Socket_cmd = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient($Address,$Port_cmd)
$Socket_data = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient($Address,$Port_data)

$Stream_cmd = $Socket_cmd.GetStream()
$Stream_data = $Socket_data.GetStream()

$Writer_cmd = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($Stream_cmd)
$Reader_cmd = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($Stream_cmd)

$Writer_data = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($Stream_data)
$Reader_data = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($Stream_data)

$Writer_cmd.WriteLine('{"MSG":"TRACK_PRICES","SYMBOLS":["EURUSD"]}')
$Writer_cmd.Flush()

$Response_cmd = $Reader_cmd.ReadLine()
Write-Host $Response_cmd

while ($true)
{
   $Response_data = $Reader_data.ReadLine()
   Write-Host $Response_data
}

$Stream_cmd.Close()
$Socket_cmd.Close()

$Stream_data.Close()
$Socket_data.Close()

Result:

{"MSG":"TRACK_PRICES","SUCCESS":["EURUSD"],"ERROR_ID":0,"ERROR_DESCRIPTION":"no error"}

{"TIME":"2022.04.13 12:20:04","SYMBOL":"EURUSD","ASK":1.08373,"BID":1.08371,"VOLUME":19596}
{"TIME":"2022.04.13 12:20:13","SYMBOL":"EURUSD","ASK":1.08373,"BID":1.08370,"VOLUME":19596}
{"TIME":"2022.04.13 12:20:14","SYMBOL":"EURUSD","ASK":1.08373,"BID":1.08371,"VOLUME":26891}
{"TIME":"2022.04.13 12:20:14","SYMBOL":"EURUSD","ASK":1.08373,"BID":1.08370,"VOLUME":26892}
{"TIME":"2022.04.13 12:20:17","SYMBOL":"EURUSD","ASK":1.08373,"BID":1.08371,"VOLUME":26893}

Advanced Examples

Example 1: Get actual EURUSD price (using JSON library) from MT4 with PowerShell

$IP = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("127.0.0.1")
$Port = 77

$Address = [System.Net.IPAddress]::Parse($IP)
$Socket = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient($Address,$Port)
$Stream = $Socket.GetStream()

$Writer = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($Stream)
$Reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($Stream)

$Cmd = "" | Select MSG,SYMBOL
$Cmd.MSG = "QUOTE"
$Cmd.SYMBOL = "EURUSD"

$Json = ConvertTo-Json $Cmd -Compress

$Writer.WriteLine($Json)
$Writer.Flush()

$Response = $Reader.ReadLine()
Write-Host $Response

$Stream.Close()
$Socket.Close()

Result:

{"MSG":"QUOTE","SYMBOL":"EURUSD"}
{"MSG":"QUOTE","SYMBOL":"EURUSD","ASK":1.07881,"BID":1.07880,"FLAGS":6,"TIME":"2022.04.18 09:34:36.0","VOLUME":0,"ERROR_ID":0,"ERROR_DESCRIPTION":"no error"}

Example 2: Stream OHLC data (using JSON library) from MT4 with PowerShell

$IP = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("127.0.0.1")
$Port_cmd = 77
$Port_data = 78

$Address = [System.Net.IPAddress]::Parse($IP)
$Socket_cmd = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient($Address,$Port_cmd)
$Socket_data = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient($Address,$Port_data)

$Stream_cmd = $Socket_cmd.GetStream()
$Stream_data = $Socket_data.GetStream()

$Writer_cmd = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($Stream_cmd)
$Reader_cmd = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($Stream_cmd)

$Writer_data = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($Stream_data)
$Reader_data = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($Stream_data)

$Cmd = "" | Select MSG,OHLC
$cmd.MSG = "TRACK_OHLC"

$Items = "" | Select SYMBOL,TIMEFRAME,DEPTH
$Items.SYMBOL = "EURUSD"
$Items.TIMEFRAME = "PERIOD_M1"
$Items.DEPTH = 1

$Sub = @()
$Sub += $Items

$Cmd.OHLC = $Sub

$Json = ConvertTo-Json $Cmd -Compress

$Writer_cmd.WriteLine($Json)
$Writer_cmd.Flush()

$Response_cmd = $Reader_cmd.ReadLine()
Write-Host $Response_cmd

while ($true)
{
   $Response_data = $Reader_data.ReadLine()
   Write-Host $Response_data
}

$Stream_cmd.Close()
$Socket_cmd.Close()

$Stream_data.Close()
$Socket_data.Close()

Result:

{"MSG":"TRACK_OHLC","SUCCESS":["EURUSD"],"ERROR_ID":0,"ERROR_DESCRIPTION":"no error"}
{"SYMBOL":"EURUSD","PERIOD":"PERIOD_M1","OHLC":[{"TIME":"2022.04.18 09:48:00","OPEN":1.07913,"HIGH":1.07924,"LOW":1.07911,"CLOSE":1.07924,"TICK_VOLUME":24}]}
{"SYMBOL":"EURUSD","PERIOD":"PERIOD_M1","OHLC":[{"TIME":"2022.04.18 09:49:00","OPEN":1.07926,"HIGH":1.07927,"LOW":1.07911,"CLOSE":1.07920,"TICK_VOLUME":32}]}
{"SYMBOL":"EURUSD","PERIOD":"PERIOD_M1","OHLC":[{"TIME":"2022.04.18 09:50:00","OPEN":1.07920,"HIGH":1.07920,"LOW":1.07910,"CLOSE":1.07914,"TICK_VOLUME":26}]}

Example 3: Export Trade History from MT4 to CSV with PowerShell

$IP = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses("127.0.0.1")
$Port = 77

$Address = [System.Net.IPAddress]::Parse($IP)
$Socket = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient($Address,$Port)
$Stream = $Socket.GetStream()

$Writer = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($Stream)
$Reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($Stream)

$Cmd = "" | Select MSG,FROM_DATE,TO_DATE
$Cmd.MSG = "TRADE_HISTORY"
$Cmd.FROM_DATE = "2022/04/12 13:00:00"
$Cmd.TO_DATE = "2022/04/15 00:00:00"

$Json = ConvertTo-Json $Cmd -Compress

$Writer.WriteLine($Json)
$Writer.Flush()

$Response = $Reader.ReadLine()
$DataObj = ConvertFrom-Json $Response
$DataObj.TRADES | Export-Csv -Path "History.csv" -Delimiter "," -NoTypeInformation
Write-Host "Exported to CSV!"

$Stream.Close()
$Socket.Close()

Result:

Exported to CSV!

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MTsocketAPI documentation (Metatrader 4)

Basic Examples for MT4 (for MT5 click here)