Metatrader 5 Scripts | sHistoryExport - handy script to export the historical data in the МetaТrader 4 form…

Fresh MQL5 code release – perfect for enhancing your MT4/MT5 strategies.

Script for historical data export.

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Step 1: Set up

Load script in the "terminal_data_folder\MQL5\scripts\".

Load libraries CheckHistory and String to the "terminal_data_folder\MQL5\Include\komposter\".

Compile the script.

Step 2: Set the depth of the history

Go to the menu "Tools - Options" (Ctr+O), or on the tab "Charts" specify how many bars you want to export ("Max. bars in the window"). History of М1 per one year it is about 370 000 bars.

Click "ОК" and restart МТ.

Step 3: Set the instruments list

If you want to load the history on many parameters at once, add them to "Market Watch", and hide the unnecessary instruments:

Step 4: Run script

Drag the script to any chart and set the external variables value:

• SymbolsList: A list of symbols divided by a comma (for example, "EURUSD,GBPUSD").
  If you set "all", all the characters from the "Market Watch" will be used;
• TimeFramesList: time frame list divided by a comma (for example, "M1,M5,M15").
  If set "all", all the МТ4 time frames smaller D1 will be used .
• BarsToDownload: number of bars to export.
  If set 0, all bars visible on the chart will be exported ("Max. bars in the window").

Click "ОК", and waiting for the shutdown message . The progress you can follow on the "Expert Advisors" tab of the terminal:

Step 5: Done!

Loading all the necessary history, the script displays a window with information and exits. The name of the folder where the files are stored, you can copy directly from the Alert window:

csv-files, written by a script, ready to import in MetaTrader 4 ("Quotes archive - Import"):

The history of changes

2013.03.25:

• [*] If there is no sufficient depth history by the instrument/timeframe on the server, the script will download and save the whole available history (before it outputted an error and didn't save anything).
  

2013.03.28:

• [+] Write to "hst" is added.

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