MetaStats forex metrics API

MetaStats is a fast, cost-efficient, easy to use and standards-driven cloud forex trading statistics API supporting both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms designed to boost forex application development process.

Using MetaStats API you can develop applications similar to Myfxbook or MetriX extremely fast, saving time you otherwise spend for coding, optimizing and testing your own trading metrics calculation engine, since we already did it for you.

MetaStats API is a member of MetaApi project (), a powerful cloud forex trading API which supports both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms.

This SDK requires a 3.8+ version of Python to run.

MetaStats API features

Features supported:

• support for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms
• metrics calculation for MetaTrader accounts added to MetaApi
• optionally include open positions in metrics calculation
• get historical trades for MetaApi account. The historical trades data is updated when you invoke metrics calculation endpoint or when set query parameter updateHistory to true
• get open trades for MetaApi account

The features described above are available for use via a professional, fast, easy to use, standards-driven REST API which can be easily consumed from any programming language.

The primary intended use of MetaStats API is creating trade monitoring applications.

Pricing

MetaStats is available to all MetaApi users without extra charges at this point.

You pay a fee executing MetaTrader terminal on MetaApi cloud. See for more details.

MetaApi provides a free tier so that you can test our APIs without any charges.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

FAQ is located here:

REST API documentation

MetaStats SDK is built on top of MetaStats REST API.

MetaStats REST API docs are available at

Code examples

We published some code examples in our github repository, namely:

• Python: https://github.com/metaapi/metaapi-metastats-python-sdk/tree/master/examples

Installation

pip install metaapi-cloud-sdk

Retrieving API token

Please visit web UI to obtain your API token.

Configuring trading statistics

from metaapi_cloud_sdk import MetaStats

token = '...'
api = MetaStats(token=token)

See in-code documentation for full definition of possible configuration options.

Retrieving trading statistics

account_id = '...'  #  MetaApi account id

# retrieve MetaApi MetaTrader account statistics
print(await metaStats.get_metrics(account_id=account_id))

# retrieve MetaApi MetaTrader account statistics including open positions
print(await metaStats.get_metrics(account_id=account_id, include_open_positions=True))

# retrieve MetaApi MetaTrader account trades
print(await metaStats.get_account_trades(account_id=account_id, start_time='2020-01-01 00:00:00.000',
                                         end_time='2021-01-01 00:00:00.000'))

# retrieve MetaApi MetaTrader account open trades
print(await metaStats.get_account_open_trades(account_id=account_id))

Quotas and rate limits

API calls you make are subject to rate limits. See for more details.

Related projects:

See our website for the full list of APIs and features supported

Some of the APIs you might decide to use together with this module:

1. MetaApi cloud forex trading API

2. CopyFactory copy trading API

3. MetaTrader account management API

4. MetaApi MT manager API

5. MetaApi risk management API