Skynet Terminal: White-Label MT5-Style Trading Workstation
A pixel-matched MetaTrader-5-style desktop terminal for brokers, built in Python with its own EA engine and strategy tester.
PySide6 desktop app verified against the real MT5 pixel by pixel, with a Python EA engine, strategy tester, live/paper accounts, a native protected build, a Windows installer, a macOS CI build and a DK-branded second edition.
- Pixel-diff harness against the real MT5 at identical window rects
- Bit-exact chart typography and autoscale rules measured from the terminal
- Native protected build + MT5-style installer + macOS CI with soak test
- Re-branded DK edition produced from the same codebase
Brokers who want their own branded terminal are locked into MetaQuotes licensing. Skynet Terminal is a from-scratch desktop workstation that looks and behaves like MetaTrader 5 so traders need no retraining, while the broker owns the brand. The app reads live quotes from any MT5 broker, charts with bit-exact MT5 fonts and grid geometry, and runs a Python EA engine with a Strategy Tester and a built-in editor.
Parity was treated as a measurable requirement, not a vibe. A compare harness captures the real terminal and the clone at the same window rectangle and diffs them region by region; a menu sweep drives every MT5 command and the matching command in the clone, logging each discrepancy until fixed. Orders go to a paper account by default; live trading requires typing LIVE and real-money proof is left to me.
The terminal ships as a Nuitka-compiled native build with zero source strings, an Inno Setup installer styled like the MT5 installer, and a GitHub Actions macOS build with a 10-minute soak test. A second edition was re-branded for another broker in a day because branding is isolated from code. A hosted Skynet Server (an AstraTrade derivative) feeds the demo server, and a two-monitor 4K promo video shows the app being rebuilt from scratch.
How it works
- Terminal attaches read-only to a running MT5 broker feed or the hosted Skynet Server
- Charts, Market Watch, Navigator and toolbars render with measured MT5 geometry
- Python EAs run in the engine or the Strategy Tester against cached history
- Orders route to a paper account, or live only after a typed confirmation
- Protected native build and installer are produced for distribution