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Check trade history report

In MetaTrader4 (MT4) / MetaTrader5 (MT5)'s trade history report, you can check your past trade history, deposits/withdrawals, positions, trading results, and more. You can use these reports for your tax return as well.

Here we will look at the data shown on your trade history report of MT4/MT5.

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Related article: Save and print trade history report

Step 1

Open the trade history report that you saved.

Number	Item name	Descriptions
1	Closed Transactions	History of the closed orders.
2	Open Trades	Current open positions.
3	Working Orders	Pending orders.
4	Summary	The account status at the time the report is saved.
5	Deposit/Withdrawal	Total amount of deposits and withdrawals.
6	Credit Facility	The amount of trading funds provided by the forex broker. Credits (bonuses) are for trading and cannot be withdrawn.
7	Closed Trade P/L	Total amount of profit/loss for closed positions.
8	Floating P/L	Total amount of profit/loss for open positions.
9	Margin	The amount of money required to hold positions.
10	Balance	Account balance. Floating P/L is not taken into account.
11	Equity	The amount of money available for trades. It shows the total amount of balance and credit, plus or minus the floating P/L if there are open trades.
12	Free Margin	The amount of equity minus margin.

Item name	Descriptions	Descriptions
1	Gross Profit	Total amount of profit.
2	Gross Loss	Total amount of loss.
3	Total Net Profit	Total amount of gross profit and gross loss. Total net profit = gross profit + gross loss
4	Profit Factor	The ratio of gross profit to gross loss. Profit factor = gross profit ÷ gross loss
5	Expected Payoff	The ratio of average profit per trade. Expected payoff = total net profit ÷ number of trades
6	Absolute Drawdown	Difference between the initial and lowest balances during the period. Absolute drawdown = initial balance - lowest balance
7	Maximal Drawdown	Maximum decrease in the balance in currency and as a percentage.
8	Relative Drawdown	Maximum decrease in the balance as a percentage and in currency.
9	Total Trades	Total number of trades.
10	Short Positions (won %)	The number of sell trades that resulted in profit and their percentage.
11	Long Positions (won %)	The number of buy trades that resulted in profit and their percentage.
12	Profit Trades (% of total)	The number of profitable trades and their percentage.
13	Loss trades (% of total)	The number of losing trades and their percentage.
14	Largest profit trade	The profit of the largest profitable trade.
15	Largest loss trade	The loss of the largest losing trade.
16	Average profit trade	The average profit of the profitable trades.
17	Average loss trade	The average loss of the losing trades.
18	Maximum consecutive wins ($)	The maximum number of consecutive wins and their total profit.
19	Maximum consecutive losses ($)	The maximum number of consecutive losses and their total loss.
20	Maximal consecutive profit (count)	The maximum total profit of consecutive wins and their number of trades.
21	Maximal consecutive loss (count)	The maximum total loss of consecutive losses and their number of trades.
22	Average consecutive wins	The average number of trades in a winning streak.
23	Average consecutive losses	The average number of trades in a losing streak.

Step 1

Open the trade history report that you saved.

Number	Item name	Descriptions
1	Positions	Closed orders.
2	Orders	Order history. The order history is displayed separately by entry and exit. So when you are holding positions, you can check the order history for the entry as well.
3	Deals	Execution and deposit/withdrawal history. The execution history is displayed separately by entry and exit. So if you are holding positions, you can check the execution history for the entry as well.
4	Open Positions	History of pending orders.
5	Balance	Account balance available for withdrawal.
6	Credit Facility	The amount of trading funds provided by the forex broker. Credits are for trading and cannot be withdrawn.
7	Floating P/L	Total amount of floating (unrealized) profit/loss.
8	Equity	The amount of money available for trades. It shows the total amount of balance and credit, plus or minus the floating P/L if there are open trades.
9	Free Margin	The amount of equity minus margin.
10	Margin	The amount of money required to hold positions.
11	Margin Level	The percentage of equity to margin.

Number	Item name	Descriptions
1	Total Net Profit	Total amount of gross profit and gross loss. Total net profit = gross profit + gross loss
2	Gross Profit	Total amount of profit.
3	Gross Loss	Total amount of loss.
4	Profit Factor	The ratio of gross profit to gross loss. Profit factor = gross profit ÷ gross loss
5	Expected Payoff	The ratio of average profit per trade. Expected payoff = total net profit ÷ number of trades
6	Recovery Factor	The index that quantifies the expected return (profit) relative to risk (loss). Recovery factor = total net profit ÷ balance drawdown maximal
7	Sharpe Ratio	The index that quantifies the profit efficiency. Sharpe ratio = average holding period return - (1 + risk-free rate) ÷ standard deviation of holding period return
8	Balance Drawdown Absolute	Difference between the initial and lowest balances during the period. Balance drawdown absolute = initial balance - lowest balance
9	Balance Drawdown Maximal	Maximum decrease in the balance in currency and as a percentage.
10	Balance Drawdown Relative	Maximum decrease in the balance as a percentage and in currency.
11	Total Trades	Total number of trades on a round-trip basis.
12	Short Trades (won %) / Long Trades (won %)	"Short Trades (won %)" shows the number of buy trades that resulted in profit and their percentage. "Long Trades (won %)" shows the number of sell trades that resulted in profit and their percentage.
13	Profit Trades (% of total) / Loss Trades (% of total)	"Profit Trades (% of total)" shows the number of profitable trades and their percentage. "Loss Trades (% of total)" shows the number of losing trades and their percentage.
14	Largest profit trade / Largest loss trade	"Largest profit trade" is the profit of the largest profitable trade. "Largest loss trade" is the loss of the largest losing trade.
15	Average profit trade / Average loss trade	"Average profit trade" is the average profit of the profitable trades. "Average loss trade" is the average loss of the losing trades.
16	Maximum consecutive wins ($) / Maximum consecutive losses ($)	"Maximum consecutive wins ($)" shows the maximum number of consecutive wins and their total profit. "Maximum consecutive losses ($)" shows the maximum number of consecutive losses and their total loss.
17	Maximum consecutive profit (count) / Maximum consecutive loss (count)	"Maximum consecutive profit (count)" shows the maximum total profit of consecutive wins and their number of trades. "Maximum consecutive loss (count)" shows the maximum total loss of consecutive losses and their number of trades.
18	Average consecutive wins / Average consecutive losses	"Average consecutive wins" shows the average number or trades in a winning streak. "Average consecutive losses" shows the average number of trades in a losing streak.

Created

: 2022.09.21

Last updated

: 2023.09.06

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He participated as a developer in the launch of forex services in 2019. Since then, he has also been involved in the development of MetaTrader plugins and APIs. He is certified by MetaQuotes as a MetaTrader5 Administrator and active in consulting and advisory as well.

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