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MT5 Bridge & Event Streaming

Connecting multiple brokers’ MT5 servers to Node.js services over Kafka.

Role: Integration owner

The challenge

Several brokers’ MetaTrader 5 servers had to feed accounts, trades and balances into a Node.js platform reliably, from Windows hosts into a Linux back end.

The solution

A .NET bridge running on Windows publishes MT5 events to Kafka on an Ubuntu server, decoupling the trading servers from every downstream service — CRM, RMS, copy trading, prop challenges and the payment gateway.

What was built

• Kafka topics as the contract between MT5 and the platform
• Bridge instances per broker, consolidating towards a single host
• Shared by CRM, RMS, copy-trading, prop-firm and payment services

Outcome

• One integration point for every trading product
• Services scale and deploy independently of MT5 hosts

Technology

.NET, C#, Kafka, MT5, Node.js, Ubuntu, Windows Server

Case study by Shahfayaz Khan.