MT4 history problem - not updated as usual

Hi , this is also a beginner question about MT4 ... but i can not solve it ... please see attachment below. the chart of EU did not updated as expected for some time frames. i go to Tools=>History center. I see some data is not updated, it is "jumped". after i delete the new data, it works fine for time frame M1,M5..., it will update as usual. but, this is not happened to time frame D1 (the chart looks so strange ... ). the same problem can be find also at "XAUUSD" time frame "W1/ D1 . the price of OHLC? also not updated as usual.
Please look at image: the data of date 20-07-2023 is moved to the right ... , and this cause the candles only shown up at top of chart ... so strange ...
as we can see at other image, the data in history center is actually there ....
and if i add moving averages lines there, it seems that there is other data with zero (0) value ???
how to solve this ?
thank you in advance ...

What broker are you using, it could be a broker problem. Sometimes scam brokers will go offline to fix prices and that could be what happened to you.

Hi YvonneTrades,
thanks for your reply. i just use a Demo account, so i don't think that the broker will do like that to just a demo account .... or ???

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hey newhope..... this happens more than people realize......

the best way might be to close all charts..... all charts.....

then do the history data delete as you mentioned ..... delete from the most current bar back past the break..... a few additional bars.....

then shut down the platform and restart..... open that pair and cycle thru the timeframe..... see if that clears it up......

some charts are stored in your recently deleted folder but rarely do those cause a data problem.....

it's a good idea to every so often make a copy of your data folder..... save these..... better still, save the entire terminal folder......

a new platform will only have a few thousand bars available except for a couple pairs..... later you can import older data you saved into newer platforms..... or import missing data as in the picture below.....

some of us have saved data back to mt3......h
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hi Hayseed,
Got it, it works now. thank you very much for your very clear steps. fortunately i still have an old backup of history file, so ... i just delete the history of D1 (file: EURUSD1440.hst ) and replace it with old one ... it runs perfectly now, really great...

Do you realize that you may be dealing with 2 different databases?

https://www.metatrader4.com/en/tradi...history_center

As someone who has encountered and suffered from this situation over the years, I have finally found the solution which I will share here, enjoy! Need more HELP, just ask and I can post pictures.

Just FYI as someone who use to do what you describe here; I know the pain you are experiencing trying to download historical data.

There is a better way to get the data from the server from your broker and that is:

Step 1: Open an M1 chart (M for Minute, not Month)

Step 2: Go to History Center (press F2)

Step 3: Navigate to the currency pair and the "1 Minute (M1)" history data for the chart you have open in your terminal (be sure to "double click" the "1 Minute (M1)" selection in history center so it becomes the active selection)

Step 4: Then left click once on any of the data rows in the right-hand window of the History Center (it doesn't matter which one)

Step 5: Click the "Edit" button, this pops up another window titled "Bar" and the default selection is on the "year"

Step 6: Push the down arrow on your keyboard until the year reads something silly like 1970

Step 7: Then select "OK"...this doesn't actually edit the data you selected but rather it creates a new bar with the timestamp and price info you just edited...don't worry about this as you will delete this fake bar in the end

Step 8: Now select "Close" in the History Center

Step 9: Navigate to your M1 chart of interest and then from the terminal menu select "Charts -> Refresh"...this will refresh the chart and attempts to fill any time gaps in the chart data (which now includes your year 1970 data point) with server data

Step 9 continued... Now your chart will have pulled anywhere from 2048 to 65536 M1 bars from your broker's server (not MetaQuotes server) and is usually far more data than you can get the broker to cough up when you try and manually scroll your M1 chart back in time

Step 10: Go back to History Center (press F2) and navigate to your currency pair and its M1 data

Step 11: scroll down the data to the bottom of the list, your will see your 1970 candle there, click it once and then click the "Delete" button in the History Center window

Now you have really quickly downloaded all the broker's M1 data on your currency pair that the broker is going to let you have, much faster than holding down the home or page-up key for minutes and minutes to download even less data. It works with charts of other timeframes as well.