Improved OrderHistory mq4 script to display trade history on charts

This is great work. I use it slightly differently - to calculate lines I want drawn in Excel and plot them automatically on the charts and it's perfect.

Thanks P4L

I think it would have to be a EA to keep running. Does anyone know of a script or EA that I can apply say Before I go to work on Friday that will close all order, and positions, and pending orders at a specific time and turn EA's off so no more order would be made?

Thanks for the great effort and work you have done on this Indicator. I love it!. I changed the default text colour to MediumSeaGreen which shows up great on both dark and light charts and is a bit easier on the eyes on dark charts than the reds. The red is also a bit invasive but I like text as the default so another good reason to use this green. Try it out and see what you think.

Thanks for a great tool pips4life... I've recently started playing around with EAs and it would be great if you could analyse EA results with something like this. If anyone knows of a way to do this I'd be very appreciative

nolube

I'm looking for a script which will display how many lots is being traded.

Hi, Pips4life,
Thanks for your great work!
now I can easily see my order history in chart.

but I have a problem for outputing and inputing data from/into MT4, I did not find a .csv file in expert/files when I drag P4L to chart for my order history.
I have some order history data from my friend, it is saved as a .csv file, but I don't know how to input them into MT4

Could you please paste some pictures which show how to use it step by step.

Many thanks,

Limuc

I wish to leave a work for you to let you know that i really appreciate your orderhistory indicator. I have been looking for it for alomst 2 weeks. Mainly, because I didn't know what it is called and googling does not turn up any relavant results. I kept searching for "open / close order indicator" and all sort of unrelevent results comes up. And today i search for "mq4 marking open close order" and i found you. I am glad that google is doing its work well.

I also use your p4l world clock. It is an excellent indicator too. If you can combine it with dailydata, it can be even more powerful. I am sure you can integrate it with ease.

Dear pips4life,


Thank you for your work: your script is simply amazing. After 10,000 hours of applying myself to programming I may only hope to be one day as good as you are!

Is there any way this script can be included in an EA and used to display the history of trades opened/closed in backtesting?


Thank you for help

Hi,
Thanks for doing this script which is really useful. I can get it working fine with the account history but I can't seem to get it to work with a csv file. I have a file with the following headings to match MT4.

TicketOpen TimeTypeSizeItemPriceS/LT/PClose TimePriceCommissionTaxesSwapProfit

I've then set the parameters that I believe should load a csv file ( see attached ).

However I get the following set of error messages.

2013.01.23 15:34:38P4L OrderHistory EURUSD,M1: Alert: No trades displayed for this chart symbol! Open the View->Terminal window. Select AccountHistory tab. Change CustomPeriod.
2013.01.23 15:34:38P4L OrderHistory EURUSD,M1: Alert: ... Also confirm any custom Start_Date_OR_Number_of_weeks and End_Date_OR_Number_of_weeks variable settings are the correct range.
2013.01.23 15:34:38P4L OrderHistory EURUSD,M1: Alert: ... If using input file(s), check for correct name, format, 1st-data-header-line, delimiter, symbol, etc.
2013.01.23 15:34:38P4L OrderHistory EURUSD,M1: Alert: FYI: A persistent way to input files is to create a Label named InputFiles with Description=...filename(s)


Any suggestions as to what I might be missing?
Best regards Steve

You didn't provide any sample of your input data file. Most likely there's some problem with it, because the process works for me.

Compare your input file to the sample one attached. I created it by making an output file, but I did trim the file to the 1st 14 columns.

I see no problem with your settings. I used a completely identical set (except for my input filename) and it worked.

Open an AUDUSD H1 chart and try loading my file. The dates are GMT-5, so when you input the data, use an appropriate value for "Shift_Input_TimesBy_Hours", if not zero. It will display one trade, presuming your broker uses the very same symbol name, "AUDUSD".


P.S. To you, and the previous posters over the last year or so... You're welcome. I didn't notice those older posts at the time.

Thanks the only difference I have is that my dates are separated by a / and not a . and I have the text "sell" instead of a number in the column Type. ( file attached ).

I can't get your file to work either though, although it may be a time offset problem - I always get confused with them. My broker is currently GMT+2, so I'm trying with Shift_Input_TimesBy_Hours to 7.

I get the following set of errors with your sample file.

2013.01.24 10:28:09P4L OrderHistory AUDUSD,H1: Alert: No trades displayed for this chart symbol! Open the View->Terminal window. Select AccountHistory tab. Change CustomPeriod.
2013.01.24 10:28:09P4L OrderHistory AUDUSD,H1: Alert: ... Also confirm any custom Start_Date_OR_Number_of_weeks and End_Date_OR_Number_of_weeks variable settings are the correct range.
2013.01.24 10:28:09P4L OrderHistory AUDUSD,H1: Alert: ... If using input file(s), check for correct name, format, 1st-data-header-line, delimiter, symbol, etc.
2013.01.24 10:28:09P4L OrderHistory AUDUSD,H1: Alert: FYI: A persistent way to input files is to create a Label named InputFiles with Description=...filename(s)
2013.01.24 10:28:09P4L OrderHistory AUDUSD,H1: Alert: ... HOWEVER, must still manually enter Shift_Input_TimesBy_Hours value!
2013.01.24 10:28:09P4L OrderHistory AUDUSD,H1: Alert: ... Create a new output file, scaled and/or shifted, then create a Label to read that new input file
2013.01.24 10:28:09P4L OrderHistory AUDUSD,H1: FYI: 60/20 iATR is: 0.0015 TextOffsetBase: 16 TextOffsetDelta: 6
2013.01.24 10:28:09P4L OrderHistory AUDUSD,H1 inputs: _INFO_Version="V7 on 2011-NOV-04 by pips4life"; _INFO_Suggestions="Use F8 to toggle: Show Object Descriptions"; _INFO_In_Terminal_Window__="...set desired Period in Account_History tab"; _INFO__WHEN_YOU_ARE_DONE__="...Rerun&Set DeleteCreatedObjects to True"; DeleteCreatedObjects=false; _INFO_Date_syntax="#weeks(0=all), or YYYY.MM.DD [HH[:MM[:SS]]] (optional between square brackets)"; Start_Date_OR_Number_of_weeks="0"; End_Date_OR_Number_of_weeks=""; RequireCloseWithinDate
2013.01.24 10:26:09P4L OrderHistory AUDUSD,H1: loaded successfully

Best regards Steve

You didn't attach your file if you intended to.

Assuming when you read my input file that you said "Comma" for the delimiter, it should have read it in. Try re-downloading the script from post#1 in case you made an accidental change to the code.

Having a timeshift of 0 should still read the file. It will display in the wrong place on the chart but it proves it can read the file. (Fyi, I did notice a bug when using a non-zero timeshift, namely that the last record in the file may show up on the chart twice, and the 2nd time will be DOUBLE-timeshifted. There's some MT4 bug with respect to no properly detecting the end of a file, so it doesn't exit as expected. When I tested with a timeshift, it displayed my trade twice and that's when I noticed it. Eventually I'll post an update to the code but for now ignore it. Manually delete the objects for the extra "trade").

Date formats work with either "." or "/" as the delimiter. yyyy.mm.dd or yyyy/mm/dd both worked for me.

If your file says "sell" (or "buy", etc.) using lowercase letters, then it should still work fine instead of the equivalent number (i.e. OP_SELL, OP_BUY, etc.).

What broker are you using? Sometimes the MT4 differs between brokers, although that's unusual. You could try downloading a demo from another broker to see if it works. (I use MBT).

What MT4 version? I'm using the latest 4.00 build 451.

I'm afraid I have no more time to speculate about what may be the problem, although you're welcome to post further updates.

P.S. You didn't say if you're using Windows 7 or 8, or using XP. If 7 or 8, be sure to run MT4 from a location NOT in the "Program Files (x86)" folder. For myself, I use "C:/Users/Kent/my_MT4/"

If you use the Program files folder, things get very complicated with respect to virtual files. You might think you are reading some file that you *think* is in the right place but it's reading some other file (maybe an empty one) in a totally different location.

Best to use the "Users" location, IMO.

Hi,
File attached.
I'm using Windows 7 64 bit. I'm using Alpari, build 4.38. It's installed in the standard program directory.
It's been modified to enable using Birt's Tick Data Suite.

I haven't accidentally modified the script, although I did review it to check how it works.

I'll try moving my MT4 directory and see if that helps.

Thanks for the suggestions.
Best regards Steve

Hi pips4life,

Thanks for the script.

could you help me out that the text is not displayed anymore
I have only the big text in red but not the small text in white anymore.
yours,
shunfeng

Hit the F8 key.
Select the "Common" tab.
Turn on "Show Object Descriptions".

That should do it. If that's not it, I have no idea what else it might be.

Hi Kent,

What a brilliant programmer you are! I've used your YourEAHistory v2 for several years and had it edited recently by my coder as it quit updating, then had him add a dozen more magic number lines. It's been very helpful! I thank you immensely for your generously sharing it with the world!

P4L script is just the trading helper I've been searching for since 2009! Thank you very much!

God bless you more!

Kale

thats stop working too with the new MT4 update!
any solution or equivalent EA ?

Hi Royal Trader, try compiling your old indicators in the new Build.