I understand how tedious it can be to have to manually write all the trades out.
And MT4 is the worst at making your trade history accessible.
This script will produce a csv file of your entire account history. It will enable you to ask some pertinent questions and work out relevant stats. You'll find details on calculating the right trade-stats in the blog posts on this site.
The output is stored in the C:UsersXXXAppDataRoamingMetaQuotesTerminal<Funny Hex Number>MQL4Files directory. To access this simply go to the File Menu in MT4 and select Open Data Folder, and go int the MQL4Files directory. The output file is called TradeReport.csv
| File |
|---|
| TradeLogs_vn3.mq4 |
| Version | 3 |
| Download | 79 |
| Stock | ∞ |
| Total Files | 1 |
| Create Date | February 1, 2016 |
| Last Updated | December 3, 2016 |
Hi Corvin
I downloaded the MT4 Tradelog Extractor, and placed it in scripts, however when I open it, or drag it on to the chart, nothing happens? Is there a trick that I’m missing?
Regards
Mark
Hi Mark,
You’re not missing anything. The script runs and ends, and saves the csv file to the MQL4\Files sub-directory. To get there, in the File Menu choose the Open Data Folder section, which will open a Windows Explorer, and then you should see the MQL4 subdirectory, and within there the trade report sits in the Files sub-directory.
I should put a dialog box in the script to make the user aware that the script finished running. That’s true!