Improved OrderHistory mq4 script to display trade history on charts

Could you edit it so the text only says how many pips for trade without all the other info?

Thanks for your mq4. I am a new MT4 user and I don't know how to input trade history from a CSV file. Could you give some instructions? Thank you very much!

Thank you very much for your hard word pips4life.

Ioan

Guys
I have a question on the Order History tab of the MT4 terminal. The OrdersHistory shows balance and commission rows also. How do you access only the order?
Thank you

Hi there,

It fails to open in my build 902 (Oct 2015).

Any ideas?

Thanks

Is it possible to code just a rectangular box by the "close" with a +- value of the trade?

See post#1 for the latest release.

2016-Mar-29: New "P4L OrderHistory.mq4" (V12) released.

 

1. Fixed significant bug related to use of Input Files. Mixed-case symbol names are now supported (e.g. "EURUSDc", "EURUSDpro", etc.)
2. New "DEBUG_inputfiles" (false) option. Set to "true" to help a little when input files don't work as expected.
3. Default input/output delimiter is now "Comma", for ease of directly opening it with MS Excel.
4. Auto-force-mapping of any output-delimiter-string occurring in the "Comments" field to be a literal "." instead.
5. NOTE: OLDER files with "Tab" delimiter work fine, but be sure to specify the input delimiter accordingly.
6. A few more updates due to new "MQL45" (MT4 build>=600), including filename path corrections to /.../MQL4/Files/in_out_name

1. Renamed an option to: Make_Dollars_LotSize_Etc_SECRET (false).
2. New minor options: Comments_Are_Considered_SECRET (false). If you want "SECRET" to suppress the trade comment field, make this true.
3. OrderTicket_nums_Are_Considered_SEC RET (false). (Use "true" to replace with a simple counter; also, any comment with "#" (usually followed by an OrderTicket number) is suppressed without forcing all other comments to be suppressed).
4. The AccountNumber field is forced to "1234" when using SECRET.
5. Note: The purpose of the "SECRET" option is to encourage traders to SHARE their trade history (symbol, entry, exit) without having to disclose private trade details like size/$/acct#. (DOUBLE-CHECK the output file to ensure that private details have been removed before you share the output; report any details I may have missed that you expect should have been kept SECRET but weren't).

thanks for the update!

great script, thanks!

Any idea if this can be an indicator that is on all the time instead of a script? Thanks.

This Trade Plotter indicator is all I needed, it shows the trade history on charts in the same way as when you drag them from the MT4 account history window (Terminal) onto your charts: just two small colored arrows and a dotted trendline per trade. I downloaded a similar indicator from the 'TraderWill System' which worked in the same way (the indicator was called 'Show Every Trade Ever Made' - or something like that), but I accidentally deleted that one. If anyone still has this indicator I would very much appreciate him or her posting it here too...

The only thing I didn't like about this Trade Plotter indicator is the red upwards arrows (code 1) plotted onto the charts with every trade, so I've commented them out and attached the modified indicator below.

Cheers!

can someone add an email alert to this indicator please? thanks

This a great tool. Currently using. I like the scissors..
Thanks for making it.

Hi, I installed "order history" under scripts, but when I opened the script to the chart then press ok after the parameter set, MT4 freezes every time. and doesn't show order history. I would like to see order histories with profit pips..

What's wrong?? Or any other ways to show profit pips for my trades?

My MT4 is 4.0 Build 950 for mac.

Please help me~!

I use Windows 10 x64.
I have the latest MT4 build 1010, though it has worked fine on previous builds also.
I recompiled it and it runs just fine on my PC with my Broker feed.
It doesn't hang, and it shows the latest trades on my chart.

Did you change any of the defaults? Do you have recent trades for the chart you ran the script with?

You have a Mac which is fairly new for MT4. There are bound to be bugs and issues. Maybe this is one of them.

Sorry, can't help you.

hmm... yeah it might be mac MT4 problem....
Thanks for the replying anyway

1/ Can this script "Read" from a .csv (Excel) file Completed trades (Date/Long/Short Price to Exit Price) (delimited) and write/Plot the Completed trades (Date/Long/Short Price to Exit Price) trades on the MT4 chart as a arrow ?

2/ Can it "Read" .xlsx files and Plot to the Mt4 chart if (Date/Long/Short Price to Exit Price) is entered in Excel ?

Thanks

Thank you for your effort!..
I couldnt make it work :/ ...

did following;

/* Instructions for use:
1. Copy this script to the location:
C:\Program Files\<your MT4 name here>\experts\scripts
2. Exit & restart MT4 (This is usually the surest way although there may be an alternative).
3. Open a new blank chart that you have done historical trades on.
4. From the Navigator window, expand "Scripts"
5. Drag-and-drop this script onto the chart.
6. Change the chart timeframe as desired to see detailed points of entry. The M1 or M5
charts are usually more informative and easier to read.

When I drag a closed trade,, I just see the old line showing without profit. If I try to exit the M1, it asks me if I want to stop the script.. So I know the script has been implemented. I just cant see the correct lines showing profit.

I would appreciate if anyone could help me. thank you all!

Fxmazing,

(A mixture of irritation and compassion comes to my mind. I can't decide which one is stronger).

Before thanking me, but then making a post that you couldn't make it work... you -- and all newbies -- should put more effort into it first, before posting to my thread(s) or any others.

1. Always start by reading post#1. For the threads I've started, I keep most post#1's up-to-date. You *should*, however, read the entire thread to see if your question or problem has been answered already. Then you should re-read post#1 again (and again).

2. As you have never started a thread, and you have only 2 posts so far, you may be unaware that original-thread-authors can edit post#1, and after that, only very recent posts. Everything in between is potentially stale information that no one is allowed to edit.

Therefore, neither I nor anyone else can edit the September 2007 post#3 that you cut-and-pasted. The information is old and stale. Go back to post#1, or the content of the up-to-date script itself for better directions.

3. You made a reference to a completely old installation directory so I have no idea whether you actually installed it correctly or not:
Very old: C:\Program Files\<your MT4 name here>\experts\scripts
For the last 2+ years: C:\_some_variable_path_to_your_MT4_DATA_folder\MQL4\Scripts\
A folder into which you would put my script, named "P4L OrderHistory.mq4".

MetaTrader stupidly made it a very non-intuitive and hard to find location, but the best way to find it is:
a) Start MT4.
b) Go to the Files menu -> Open Data Folder
c) Click into "MQL4"
d) From there, since this is a script, click into "Scripts" folder, and copy the file there.

4. You say you started the script:
"...it asks me if I want to stop the script.. So I know the script has been implemented."

You get a popup.

The popup asks, "Do you really want to stop script 'PeriodConverter' ?"

Does it really not occur to you that it is asking whether you want to stop a script that is a completely different name than the one you think you are running??!

This thread is about a script, "P4L OrderHistory". What has that to do with 'PeriodConverter' ? Answer: Nothing.

The P4L script runs through once only and quits. It is not in any loop, so it will never ask whether you want to stop it or not. If your trade is visible in your trade history such that you can drag it onto your chart and see it, and if your trade falls within the date range you choose when you add my script, then my script ought to work.

Whether you can get it to work or not is up to you. It works fine for me and many others. Probably you are making some very basic error.

Good luck.

P.S.

Why my "irritation"?

There are rumors of 400,000 users of this site, the vast majority newbies. Maybe I'm similar to Hanover, though I'll speak only for myself...

I guess I'm tired of posts to my threads from newbies who notice one or more of my "free" programs. At the first sign of trouble, they make their VERY FIRST FF POST (or 2nd in your case) asking some... very basic, (sometimes dumb) question(s) that would be obvious if that person took any reasonable effort to investigate first.

I do not suffer fools nor those who do not put in the necessary effort.
(Example: The post just before yours (another 1st post by a new FF member, yippee) did not deserve any response as it was such a stupid question by someone who obviously didn't read post#1 even once).

(To those reading this...) If you're not willing to put in such effort, don't post in (any of) my thread(s).

If you show effort and ask serious/good questions indicating effort, I will probably help, but only as my limited time and interest allows.

Most of my comments above are directed towards others, before they post... At least you, Fxmazing, showed gratitude and that you had tried.

Why some "compassion"?

FX trading is not easy. Most should quit and walk away. MT4 is not easy to learn and use either. I've not learned everything yet, but I have put in many many 1000's of hours to train myself, and a very few have helped me on my journey. I'm not where I want to be yet, either, but I'm certainly on my way.

Pips4life,
Thank you for taking the time to respond to my newbie question. I understand your irritation, I would be as well as I see you put a lot of effort in keeping the #1 up to date. Much appreciated that you answered in a nice way and helped even if you felt 'here's another newbie'.

I would like to say that I read all posts before posting a reply. It took me 5-6min to go through the 6 pages,, and tried out some stuff. Since I could not find the answer to my question, so I posted. I did not know about the #1 was the most up-to-date.. I thought it would be the latest reply, but looking at the dates now, I can see it. Thank you for pointing that out.

I am running a mac with a emulator to run metatrader. The software creates a virtual path, which I thought was 'applications - metatrader - contents - resources - wineprefix - drive_c - program files - metatrader 4 - mql4 - scripts. So I placed your file in a folder here.

However, when I navigate to 'scripts' data folder via metatrader.. the folder/file doesnt show. even if I copied the files.
So apparently it is an issue with my 'wine' emulator / datafolder. Wine creates a virtual C drive which cannot be seen by mac. Well, you can see it.. but when you copy files into it.. Metatrader wont show it. ... After an hour of work, I figured it out.

When using a Mac, you need to copy and paste files through the 'Open Data Folder' window in order to register files in the the indicator/script files.


------ Solution for Mac with Wine Emulators ------
a) Start MT4.
b) Go to the Files menu -> Open Data Folder
c) Click into Z: (or the virtual drive for your Mac-Harddrive)
d) Navigate to the P4L file you have places locally.
e) Right click on it, and press 'Copy'
f) Navigate to the "MQL4" on the virtual C_Drive which the emulator has created.
d) From there, since this is a script, click into "Scripts" folder, and paste the file there.

This worked for me.


oh yea made a mistake about the periodconverter.. i guess it was magical thinking =).



again pips4life.. thank you for taking the time to respond and contributing with your knowledge and help. Yes this stuff is not easy, and mostly one has to go through the hard process for themselves to see if they are cut for it.. its good to have people like you to help through this journey.