Your First Project in 10 Minutes (C#)

Hands-on Quick Start - Create a working trading project with MetaTrader 4 and CSharpMT4 from scratch.

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Step 0: Obtain Your API Key

To connect to MetaRPC endpoints (mt4.mrpc.pro:443), obtain your API key: 1. Register for free at https://mrpc.pro/signup. 2. Generate your API token in your dashboard at https://mrpc.pro/my. 3. Set your token in your environment or connection config.

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Step 1: Create Your Project

Create a new directory for your trading bot:

mkdir my_csharpmt4_bot
cd my_csharpmt4_bot

Install the package:

dotnet add package MetaRPC.MT4

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Step 2: Write Your Trading Code

Create your main application file and paste the following snippet:

using mt4_term_api;
using MetaRPC.MT4;

// Account ID generation (GetId) and authentication are handled automatically
var account = new MT4Account(user, password, grpcServer, apiKey);
await account.ConnectByServerNameAsync(serverName, "EURUSD", 30);
var summary = await account.AccountSummaryAsync();
Console.WriteLine($"Balance: {summary.AccountBalance}, Equity: {summary.AccountEquity}");

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Step 3: Run the Program

Run your application:

# Verify connection output
# Balance: 10000.00, Equity: 10000.00

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🚀 Next Steps

Congratulations! You have successfully established a direct gRPC connection to MetaTrader 4. Next: - Explore gRPC Streaming to listen to live ticks. - Check the API Reference for all 40+ available terminal methods. - Learn about high-level risk management and auto-normalization in MT4Sugar.