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I've been experimenting with running MT4 in a Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB RAM using Wine and a Linux light distro. The idea is to mount a home VPS to run a couple of EAs without paying hosting. So far I managed to open the platform, but the execution is slow and the graph has lag. Has anyone managed to do this efficiently or is it simply technological madness?
I keep testing. By making overclock moderate and deactivating the GUI I managed to improve performance a little, although clearly MT4 wasn�t intended for this hardware. Still, for simple EAs it can work. I�m more concerned about stability when I�m operating with real money. Does anyone know how to make Wine better handle MT4 processes?
I used a Pi to run crypto nodes, but never for MT4. If you manage to make it stable, I make you the wave. But don't expect miracles: MT4 is optimized for Windows, not for Linux over ARM.
Really, so much trouble saving you 10 euros a month from VPS? A Raspberry isn�t for this, brother. You�re going to lose more trades than you�d earn by not paying hosting.
I find your experiment interesting. Maybe you can try MT4 on ExaGear (although it is no longer updated).
Have you tried MetaTrader Web? It�s not the same, but if it�s just for EAs monitoring it might serve you. The Raspberry can run a browser perfectly.
The big bottleneck of the Raspberry is the I/O. MT4 launches many readings to the disk by logs and indicators. If you use a normal microSD, you already lost. Try SSD via USB 3.0.
That's exactly what I did, and the performance went up a lot. Still, it's still not as fluid as on an old PC. But for 1 or 2 EAs it's pulling.
Wine + MT4 is a toxic relationship. The day you least expect it leaves you standing. But I respect your commitment, few are encouraged to so much just for the taste of trying.
And why not use a mini PC with native Windows? There are models that cost the same as a Raspberry + accessories and run MT4 without dramas. Yours is more of a geek challenge than anything else.