BitMEX Trading API Header files - library for MetaTrader 5

Getting Started

BitMEX Trading API library was built to be as easy to use as possible. Concern more with the trading strategy logic and less with the code.

All the header files are required to build your BitMEX EA or Script.

Download and install

To use BitMEX Trading API and run all the example codes, you must download all the files and install them in their corresponding folders.

1. Download the files as ZIP
2. Open MetaTrader 5
3. Open Data Folder by pressing Ctrl + Shift + D
4. Extract the corresponding CryptoCharts folder to \MQL5\Include\ and \MQL5\Scripts\ 

Running some examples

   I'm assuming you already have BitMEX Trading API and you correctly downloaded and installed all the required files above.

1. Open MetaTrader 5
2. Open MetaEditor by pressing F4
3. Go to Scripts\CryptoCharts\TradingAPI\BitMEX in Navigator window
4. Open one of the examples found there
5. Set your BitMEX account credentials
6. Compile the example
7. Run it on MetaTrader 5 

To set your credentials, you should change the following variables:

//---Set BitMEX account credentials
   string apikey="BITMEX_API_KEY";
   string secret="BITMEX_SECRET";
   bool testnet_account=true;

By default all the examples files are to trade on BitMEX Testnet and XBTUSD symbol. If you want to move to real account, change the boolean variable testnet_account to false.