Export Positions History V1 – script MetaTrader 5

The script exports history of closed positions from MT5 retail hedging account selected between two dates. The resulting file is CSV that can be opened/imported with any spreadsheet software.

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It supports only retail hedging accounts (Forex).

To export the entire trading history, keep Start date and End date at their default values.


The CSV file will be auto-opened with the associated Windows program (e.g., Microsoft Excel or Ron’s CSV Editor).

The output CSV file can be located at: Terminal > File > Open data folder > MQL5\Files\<Filename>

Following data columns are exported:

  • Open Time
  • Ticket: this is the position ID
  • Type
  • Volume
  • Symbol
  • Open Price
  • S/L
  • T/P
  • Close Time
  • Close Price
  • Commission
  • Swap
  • Profit
  • Profit Points
  • Balance, this includes the running sum of all profits, swaps and commissions from previous trades
  • Magic Number
  • Duration, this includes duration of the position expressed in (hh:mm:ss) format
  • Open Reason, this includes reason of opening the position (client, mobile, web, expert)
  • Close Reason, this includes reason of closing the position (client, mobile, web, expert, sl, tp, so, …)
  • Open Comment, this includes comment of the deal in for position
  • Close Comment, this includes comments of all the deals out for position
  • Deal In Ticket, this includes ticket of the deal in for position
  • Deal Out Tickets, this includes tickets of all the deals out for position
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The closed positions are reconstructed in a more convenient representation than the History tab of the MetaTrader 5 terminal.

The CSV file can be opened with Microsoft Excel or better with  Ron’s CSV Editor.

Note:

To be able to calculate the running Balance in the correct chronological order, the option “Order positions by: ” has to be set to “Close time“, so that the list of positions is ordered by the time of closing (not by the opening times).

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