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How do I transfer my MT4 history data to a new MT4 install?

  • #1
  • First Post: Feb 25, 2020 2:00pm Feb 25, 2020 2:00pm
I need to transfer my MT4 data history to a new install of MT4 ........I DON'T want to download from the history center .....it doesn't have all the data .

I go into History , then my brokers folder and there I copy all the .hst files ...... but when I paste them in the new install of MT4 I'm not getting the data when I load a chart .
  • #2
  • Feb 25, 2020 3:54pm Feb 25, 2020 3:54pm
Quoting joeylegnon
I need to transfer my MT4 data history to a new install of MT4 ........I DON'T want to download from the history center .....it doesn't have all the data . I go into History , then my brokers folder and there I copy all the .hst files ...... but when I paste them in the new install of MT4 I'm not getting the data when I load a chart .
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Load MT4 price history application
  • #3
  • May 10, 2020 6:08pm May 10, 2020 6:08pm
Quoting joeylegnon
I need to transfer my MT4 data history to a new install of MT4 ........I DON'T want to download from the history center .....it doesn't have all the data . I go into History , then my brokers folder and there I copy all the .hst files ...... but when I paste them in the new install of MT4 I'm not getting the data when I load a chart .
I see two possibilities why it wouldn't work the way you tried.

  1. Make sure you are in the right history folder. Open the target MT4 and go to Main menu -> File -> Open data folder. Close the target MT4. Copy the files to the broker's folder. Copying history folders between different brokers may or may not work (depending on the symbol configurations of the two brokers).
  2. Make sure you copy history files when the target MT4 is closed.

Good luck.

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  • #4
  • Last Post: May 11, 2020 6:17pm May 11, 2020 6:17pm
Quoting emmzett
{quote} I see two possibilities why it wouldn't work the way you tried. Make sure you are in the right history folder. Open the target MT4 and go to Main menu -> File -> Open data folder. Close the target MT4. Copy the files to the broker's folder. Copying history folders between different brokers may or may not work (depending on the symbol configurations of the two brokers). Make sure you copy history files when the target MT4 is closed. Good luck.
use “Portable” mode and you will always be in the right folders

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