I am trying to analyze currency data using MT5 in Python but it is not working. I didn't understand where is the problem? even importing is not work
from MetaTrader5 import *
from datetime import date
# Initializing MT5 connection
MT5Initialize()
MT5WaitForTerminal()
print(MT5TerminalInfo())
print(MT5Version())
This is the error: MT5WaitForTerminal()RuntimeError: No IPC connection
I had the same issue and I found the following solution: My terminal was downloaded from the broker site and probably had some modifications that block ipc connections. I downloaded original software from https://www.metatrader5.com/en/download and copied "Config" folder from broker's version.
Now python script works.
I have a computer with a Windows 10 64-bit installation where everything would work without a hitch. I also have another machine with a Windows 10 32-bit installation, which would always complain about an invalid IPC connection. Not the official MetaTrader 5 version, nor my broker's customized version would work out of the box.
I eventually fixed it by specifying the path to my broker's exe in the initialize function like below (check for your own path, and mind the use of / instead of \):
mt5.initialize("C:/Program Files (x86)/GT247/terminal.exe")
