How to download history data in MT5

Quoting ztdep

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dear friends: How to download history data in MT5 Regards

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Quoting colyske

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Hey, am sure you already found the solution by now but basically you just press Ctrl + U then Click on 'Ticks' Tab, and from there am sure everyone will know what to do next.. Good Luck Everyone!!

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//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                  Export_History_Positions_V2.mq5 |
//|                                        Copyright :copyright: 2018, Amr Ali |
//|                             https://www.mql5.com/en/users/amrali |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#property copyright "Copyright :copyright: 2018, Amr Ali"
#property link      "https://www.mql5.com/en/users/amrali"
#property version   "2.000"
#property description "The script exports history of closed positions ordered by close time from a retail hedging account to .csv file"
#property script_show_inputs
#include <CHistoryPositionInfo.mqh>
//--- input variables
input  datetime InpStartDate = 0;                       // Start date
input  datetime InpEndDate   = D'2038.01.01';           // End date
input  string   InpFileName  = "MT5Data.csv"; // Filename
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Script program start function                                    |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnStart()
  {
   if(AccountInfoInteger(ACCOUNT_MARGIN_MODE)!=ACCOUNT_MARGIN_MODE_RETAIL_HEDGING)
     {
      Alert("This script can be started only on a retail hedging account (Forex).");
      return;
     }
//---
   if(InpStartDate>InpEndDate)
     {
      Alert("Error: The start date must be earlier than the end date");
      return;
     }
   if(ExportHistoryPositions(InpStartDate,InpEndDate,InpFileName))
     {
      //--- open the .csv file with the associated Windows program
      Execute(TerminalInfoString(TERMINAL_DATA_PATH)+"\\MQL5\\Files\\"+InpFileName);
      Print("History is exported to ",TerminalInfoString(TERMINAL_DATA_PATH)+"\\MQL5\\Files\\"+InpFileName);
     }
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                                  |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
bool ExportHistoryPositions(datetime from_date,datetime to_date,string filename)
  {
//---
   ResetLastError();
//--- use FILE_ANSI to correctly display .csv files within Excel 2013 and above.
   int handle= FileOpen(filename,FILE_WRITE|FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_CSV|FILE_ANSI,',');
   if(handle == INVALID_HANDLE)
     {
      Alert("File open failed, error ",_LastError);
      return(false);
     }
   FileWrite(handle,
             "Open Time",              
             "Ticket",
             "Symbol",
             "Type",
             "Volume",            
             "Open Price",
             "S/L",
             "T/P",
             "Close Time",
             "Close Price",
             "Commission",
             "Swap",
             "Profit",
             "Profit Points",
             "Balance",
             "Magic Number",
             "Duration",
             "Open Reason",
             "Close Reason",
             "Open Comment",
             "Close Comment",
             "Deal Tickets");
   ulong s_time=GetMicrosecondCount();
   double Balance=0;
   int    allCnts = 0;
   double allVols = 0;
   double allComm = 0;
   double allSwap = 0;
   double allProf = 0;
//--- variable to hold the history position info
   CHistoryPositionInfo hist_position;
//--- Retrieve the history of closed positions for the specified period
   if(!hist_position.HistorySelect(from_date,to_date))
     {
      Alert("CHistoryPositionInfo::HistorySelect() failed!");
      return(false);
     }
//--- now process the list of closed positions
   int total = hist_position.PositionsTotal();
   for(int i = 0; i < total; i++)
     {
      //--- Select a closed position by its index in the list
      if(hist_position.SelectByIndex(i))
        {
         datetime time_open         = hist_position.TimeOpen();
         datetime time_close        = hist_position.TimeClose();
         long     type              = hist_position.PositionType();
         string   type_desc         = hist_position.TypeDescription();
         long     magic             = hist_position.Magic();
         long     pos_id            = hist_position.Identifier();
         double   volume            = hist_position.Volume();
         double   price_open        = hist_position.PriceOpen();
         double   price_sl          = hist_position.StopLoss();
         double   price_tp          = hist_position.TakeProfit();
         double   price_close       = hist_position.PriceClose();
         double   commission        = hist_position.Commission();
         double   swap              = hist_position.Swap();
         double   profit            = hist_position.Profit();
         string   symbol            = hist_position.Symbol();
         string   open_comment      = hist_position.OpenComment();
         string   close_comment     = hist_position.CloseComment();
         string   open_reason_desc  = hist_position.OpenReasonDescription();
         string   close_reason_desc = hist_position.CloseReasonDescription();
         string   deal_tickets      = hist_position.DealTickets(",");
         int      deals_count       = HistoryDealsTotal();   // of the selected position
         //--- sums
         Balance+=profit+swap+commission;
         allVols+=volume;
         allComm+=commission;
         allSwap+=swap;
         allProf+=profit;
         allCnts+=1;
         //---
         SymbolSelect(symbol,true);
         int digits=(int)SymbolInfoInteger(symbol,SYMBOL_DIGITS);
         double point=SymbolInfoDouble(symbol,SYMBOL_POINT);
         //---
         FileWrite(handle,
                   (string)time_open,
                   pos_id,
                   symbol,
                   type_desc,
                   DoubleToString(volume,2),                  
                   DoubleToString(price_open,digits),
                   (price_sl ? DoubleToString(price_sl,digits) : ""),
                   (price_tp ? DoubleToString(price_tp,digits) : ""),
                   (string)time_close,
                   DoubleToString(price_close,(deals_count==2 ? digits : digits+3)),
                   DoubleToString(commission,2),
                   DoubleToString(swap,2),
                   DoubleToString(profit,2),
                   MathRound((type == POSITION_TYPE_BUY ? price_close - price_open : price_open - price_close) / point),
                   //
                   DoubleToString(Balance,2),
                   //
                   magic,
                   TimeElapsedToString(time_close - time_open),
                   open_reason_desc,
                   close_reason_desc,
                   open_comment,
                   close_comment,
                   deal_tickets
                   );
        }
     }
//--- footer
   FileWrite(handle,"");
   FileWrite(handle,"Closed Positions",IntegerToString(allCnts));
   FileWrite(handle,"Total Volume",DoubleToString(allVols,2));
   FileWrite(handle,"Total Commission",DoubleToString(allComm,2));
   FileWrite(handle,"Total Swap",DoubleToString(allSwap,2));
   FileWrite(handle,"Total Profit",DoubleToString(allProf,2));
   FileWrite(handle,"Total Net P/L",DoubleToString(Balance,2));
//---
   Print("Total closed positions = ",hist_position.PositionsTotal());
   PrintFormat("Time elapsed = %I64u microsec",GetMicrosecondCount()-s_time);
//---
   FileClose(handle);
//---
   return(true);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                                  |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
string TimeElapsedToString(const datetime pElapsedSeconds)
  {
   const long days = pElapsedSeconds / PeriodSeconds(PERIOD_D1);
   return((days ? (string)days + "d " : "") + TimeToString(pElapsedSeconds,TIME_SECONDS));
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//|                                                                  |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
#import "shell32.dll"
int ShellExecuteW(int hWnd,string Verb,string File,string Parameter,string Path,int ShowCommand);
#import
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//| Execute Windows command/program or open a document/webpage       |
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void Execute(const string command,const string parameters="")
  {
   //shell32::ShellExecuteW(0,"open",command,parameters,NULL,1);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+

Quoting RaptorUK

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{quote} Scroll left on your chart until the history stops arriving . . . if you need more History get a different Broker.

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