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Check trade history

On MetaTrader4 (MT4) / MetaTrader5 (MT5), you can check your trade history from the "Account History" or "History" tabs in the Terminal/Toolbox. By customizing the period, you can check all trade history right from the beginning.

Here we will look at how to check your trade history on MT4/MT5.

Switch between MT4/MT5 tabs to check the steps for each.

Step 1

Click the "Account History" tab in the Terminal. You will see your past trade history.

Number	Item name	Descriptions
1	Order	Order number.
2	Time	Entry time.
3	Type	Position type: sell or buy.
4	Size	Trade volume of the position in lots.
5	Symbol	Symbol name.
6	Price	Entry price.
7	S/L	Stop-loss (S/L) level.
8	T/P	Take-profit (T/P) level.
9	Time	Exit time.
10	Price	Exit price.
11	Swap	Swap.
12	Profit	Profit/loss in the base currency of the account.

Step 2

To show more items in the "Account History" tab, right-click in the Terminal and choose the items you wish to add.

Number	Item name	Descriptions
1	Commissions	Commission that has been charged.
2	Taxes	If taxes are charged on the transaction, the amount will be displayed.
3	Comments	Assigned comment.

Step 3

To change the period for the history, choose a period on the context menu.

To create annual account statements

If you need annual account statements to file your taxes, select "Custom period" to set the period that the tax return covers. For example, if you wish to file your taxes for 2020, specify the period as January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.

Step 1

Click the "History" tab in the Toolbox. You will see your past trade history.

Number	Item name	Descriptions
1	Time	Entry time.
2	Symbol	Symbol name.
3	Ticket	Ticket number.
4	Type	Position type: sell or buy.
5	Volume	Trade volume of the position in lots. Related article: Show trade volume in prices
6	Price	Entry price.
7	S/L	Stop-loss (S/L) level.
8	T/P	Take-profit (T/P) level.
9	Time	Exit time.
10	Price	Exit price.
11	Profit	Profit/loss in the base currency of the account. Related article: Show P/L in points
12	Change	Percentage of the price change from the entry to the exit prices.

Step 2

To show more items in the "History" tab, right-click in the Toolbox and hover the pointer over "Columns" to choose the items you wish to add.

Number	Item name	Descriptions
1	Market Value	Current price multiplied by trade volume.
2	Commission	Commission that has been charged.
3	Swap	Swap that has been charged.
4	Fee	The second commission is shown if there are two or more types of commission.
5	Magic Number	Order number by Expert Advisor (EA).
6	Comment	Assigned comment.

Step 3

To change the period for the history, choose a period on the context menu.

To create annual account statements for tax filing

If you need annual account statements to file your taxes, set the period that the tax return covers. For example, if you wish to file your taxes for 2020, specify the period as January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.

Related article: Save and print trade history report

Step 4

You can also choose the trade history to show.

Number	Item name	Descriptions
1	Positions	Closed order and deposit/withdrawal history.
2	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.
3	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.
4	Orders & Deals	Order and execution history.
5	Symbols	All the trade history for the selected symbol.

Created

: 2022.09.15

Last updated

: 2024.08.27

Writer

Takayoshi Nakamaru

Manual production consultant, MBA

Nakamaru is a manual production consultant at FINTECS, a company that specializes in creating manuals for their clients.
With a wide range of experience from fintech to entertainment, he presents what user-friendly manuals should be like.
He works with numerous large corporations as an external manual production project manager.

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Akira Takagi

Systems engineer, MetaTrader administrator

After graduating from Computer Science at the Uninove, Brazil, in 2014, he has worked on various systems development projects.
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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