Exporting Trading History From MT5: Step-by-Step Guide

Every month, thousands of traders achieve 60-70% win rates yet still lose money. The problem isn’t finding winning trades — it’s the invisible factors that turn wins into breakeven months and small losses into account killers.

Mathematical analysis of complete trade sequences reveals these profit destroyers with surgical precision. What feels like bad luck is usually measurable behavioral patterns that repeat predictably.

Here’s how to download your MT5 trading report for proper analysis:

How to Export Trading History from MT5

Step 1 

Go to the Toolbox. To do so click View -> Toolbox. Alternatively, locate it at the bottom of the platform, find and click on the Toolbox window, or press Ctrl + T on your keyboard.

Step 2 

Select the History tab in the Toolbox. Click on it to display your MT5 trading report.

Step 3 

Select the MT5 trading history depth to export. Right-click anywhere inside the History tab and filter the data using a “Custom Period” option, or choose any of the other popular choices: “All History,” “Last Month” or “Last 3 Months”.

Step 4 

Generate the report. Right-click again in the History tab and select “Report.” Choose HTML format for optimal compatibility with analysis tools.

Step 5 

Save the report. Select a location on your computer and rename the file if desired, then click Save.

How to Analyze MT5 trading report?  

Ready to discover what your performance data reveals?

Now that you have your MT4 trade history exported, you can unlock insights that manual review simply cannot detect. Our free MT4 trade report analysis system examines over 20 performance patterns in your actual trade data, identifying profit-draining behaviors and optimization opportunities with mathematical precision.

Most traders discover they’ve been leaving significant profits on the table due to hidden inefficiencies. Your exported data is the key to finding and fixing these costly patterns.