symbol

aiomql.lib.symbol — Trading instrument interface.

Overview

The Symbol class represents a financial instrument (forex pair, stock, etc.) and provides methods for querying market data, selecting symbols, and retrieving rates and ticks.

Inherits from _Base and SymbolInfo.

Classes

`Symbol`

Interface for a MetaTrader 5 trading instrument.

Attribute	Type	Description
`name`	`str`	Symbol name (e.g. `"EURUSD"`)
`select`	`bool`	Whether the symbol is selected in Market Watch
`tick`	`Tick`	Current price tick for the instrument
`account`	`Account`	Trading account instance
`initialized`	`bool`	Whether the symbol has been successfully initialized

All SymbolInfo fields are available as instance attributes after initialisation.

Initialisation

Method	Returns	Description
`__init__(**kwargs)`	—	Requires `name` keyword argument
`initialize()`	`bool`	Async. Fetches symbol info, tick, and selects the symbol
`initialize_sync()`	`bool`	Synchronous version of `initialize()`

Symbol Info

Method	Returns	Description
`info()`	`SymbolInfo \| None`	Fetches and updates all symbol properties
`info_tick(name="")`	`Tick \| None`	Gets the current price tick
`symbol_select(enable=True)`	`bool`	Selects or removes the symbol from Market Watch

Market Depth

Method	Returns	Description
`book_add()`	`bool`	Subscribes to Market Depth events
`book_get()`	`tuple[BookInfo, ...]`	Returns Market Depth entries
`book_release()`	`bool`	Cancels Market Depth subscription

Volume Helpers

Method	Returns	Description
`check_volume(volume)`	`tuple[bool, float]`	Checks if volume is within min/max limits
`round_off_volume(volume, round_down=False)`	`float`	Rounds volume to nearest volume step
`compute_volume(args, *kwargs)`	`float`	Returns `volume_min` (override in subclasses)

Currency Conversion

Method	Returns	Description
`amount_in_quote_currency(amount)`	`float`	Converts amount to the symbol's quote currency
`convert_currency(amount, from_currency, to_currency)`	`float \| None`	Converts between two currencies via tick data

Market Data

Method	Returns	Description
`copy_rates_from(timeframe, date_from, count)`	`Candles`	Historical bars from a date
`copy_rates_from_pos(timeframe, count, start_position)`	`Candles`	Historical bars from a position
`copy_rates_range(timeframe, date_from, date_to)`	`Candles`	Historical bars in a date range
`copy_ticks_from(date_from, count, flags)`	`Ticks`	Historical ticks from a date
`copy_ticks_range(date_from, date_to, flags)`	`Ticks`	Historical ticks in a date range

Properties

Property	Returns	Description
`pip`	`float`	Pip size (`point * 10`)

Overridable Methods

These methods raise NotImplementedError in the base Symbol and are meant to be implemented by subclasses such as ForexSymbol.

Method	Returns	Description
`compute_volume_sl(amount, price, sl, round_down)`	`float`	Compute volume from stop-loss distance
`compute_volume_points(amount, points, round_down)`	`float`	Compute volume from point distance

Synchronous API

Available in aiomql.lib.sync.symbol. All async methods become synchronous with the same signatures.

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