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Trade History Analyzer MT5 – User Manual

22 September 2026, 19:05

Current manual version: v4.14

Trade History Analyzer MT5 is a read-only account analytics and trade-history utility for MetaTrader 5.

It is designed to help you understand what has happened on your trading account, how different strategies and symbols have performed, where profits and losses have occurred, and how current positions affect the account.

The utility can also be configured for prop-trading accounts, where it provides a dedicated dashboard for monitoring configured loss limits, targets, trading days, consistency rules and other programme conditions.

Trade History Analyzer does not open, close or modify trades.

1. Quick Start

After installing Trade History Analyzer MT5:

Open MetaTrader 5.
Open any chart.
Attach Trade History Analyzer MT5 to the chart.
The Settings screen opens.
Choose either:
- STANDARD ACCOUNT
- PROP ACCOUNT
Review the settings.
Press OK.
The utility opens on the LIVE ACCOUNT screen.

The symbol and timeframe of the chart used to host the utility do not limit the account data being analysed.

For example, the utility can be attached to a USDJPY M1 chart while analysing trades from many different symbols.

2. Standard Account or Prop Account

Trade History Analyzer has two account modes.

Standard Account

Choose STANDARD ACCOUNT for a normal personal, trading, investment or algorithmic account.

Standard mode gives access to the main analytics areas:

Live Account
Performance
Trading Patterns
Breakdowns
Trade History

Prop-specific rules and the Prop Dashboard are hidden.

Prop Account

Choose PROP ACCOUNT when the trading account is being used with a proprietary trading programme.

Prop mode keeps all the normal analytics features and adds:

Prop Dashboard
Daily-loss monitoring
Overall-loss monitoring
Profit-target progress
Reset countdown
Drawdown model settings
Consistency monitoring
Minimum trading days
Open-position risk
Monitoring events
Alerts
Funded-account payout settings

The prop system is configurable because different programmes can use different rules.

Do not assume the default values match your prop firm. Always check the official rules applying to your account.

3. The Settings Screen

The Settings screen opens when the utility is genuinely loaded or restarted.

Changing chart timeframe does not normally reopen Settings.

At the top of Settings you can choose:

STANDARD ACCOUNT

PROP ACCOUNT

You can return to Settings later by pressing the ... button in the top-right corner.

4. General / Display Settings

The left side of Settings contains the general controls.

Refresh seconds

Controls how often the display refreshes.

A shorter refresh time gives more frequent updates but requires slightly more processing.

The default value is suitable for most users.

Tester demo data

This is mainly used when demonstrating or testing the utility in MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester.

For normal live account use, leave this OFF.

UI scale %

Changes the size of text and interface elements.

You can also change the scale using the percentage button on the main screen.

Asia session start

Sets the broker/server-time hour used as the beginning of the Asian trading session.

London session start

Sets the broker/server-time hour used as the beginning of the London trading session.

New York start

Sets the broker/server-time hour used as the start of the New York session.

New York end

Sets the broker/server-time hour used as the end of the New York session.

These session settings are used by time and session analysis.

Tick chunk hours

Controls how the utility reads historical tick information when performing detailed trade-movement analysis.

Most users should leave this at the default value.

Max trade-movement sample

Limits how many trades are examined when detailed historical movement calculations are required.

This helps prevent very large histories from taking excessive time to process.

Annual risk-free %

Used in some advanced performance statistics such as Sharpe-related calculations.

If you do not specifically need a risk-free-rate adjustment, leaving this at 0.00 is reasonable.

5. Main Screen Layout

The top section of the utility is always available when the full interface is open.

It contains:

Symbol filter
Source / Magic filter
Entry Comment filter
Side filter
Time-period controls
Main navigation
Export buttons
Theme control
UI scale
Settings
Minimise button

The current account type or workspace is also shown near the top.

6. Symbol Filter

The SYMBOL filter controls which symbols are included in most historical analytics.

Examples:

EURUSD only
USDJPY only
Several selected symbols
All symbols

Use ALL SYMBOLS when you want account-wide historical analysis.

Selecting a symbol does not change your MT5 account. It only changes what the analytics screens display.

7. Source / Magic Filter

The SOURCE / MAGIC filter is particularly useful for accounts running several Expert Advisors.

A Magic Number is normally used by an EA to identify its own trades.

The filter can therefore be used to analyse:

one Expert Advisor
one Magic Number
several Magic Numbers
manual trades
all trading sources

Manual trades are normally identified separately from EA trades.

This makes it possible to analyse one strategy without having to create a separate trading account for each EA.

8. Entry Comment Filter

The ENTRY COMMENT filter allows trades to be selected using their trade comment.

This can be useful when:

one EA uses several strategy names
the same Magic Number trades different systems
trade comments identify setups
you want to isolate a particular trading group

9. Side Filter

The SIDE controls allow you to view:

ALL trades
LONG trades
SHORT trades

This makes it easy to check whether a strategy performs differently in each direction.

10. Time Period

The period controls allow the historical analysis to be changed quickly.

Available choices include:

TODAY
3 DAYS
WEEK
MONTH
QTR
YEAR
30D
90D
ALL
CUSTOM

Custom Period

Choose CUSTOM when you want to enter your own From and To dates.

This is useful when analysing:

a specific test period
a trading phase
a particular month
a challenge period
performance before or after a strategy change

11. Live Account

The LIVE ACCOUNT page shows the current state of the trading account.

Typical information includes:

Balance
Equity
Floating P/L
Open positions
Filtered open P/L
Margin level

The Account Status section also shows items such as:

Margin used
Free margin
Leverage
Observed equity peak
Current drawdown from peak
Maximum observed drawdown

The Open Exposure section shows currently open positions.

Depending on the available data, it can show:

Symbol
Source
Side
Lots
Floating P/L
Position age
Relative risk contribution

Double-click an open-position row where available to view more detail.

The Live Account screen uses current account information.

Historical filters do not alter the true account balance or equity values.

12. Performance

The PERFORMANCE area contains several sub-pages.

These include:

Overview
Advanced Stats
Charts
Trade Movement

13. Performance – Overview

The Overview page provides the main performance summary.

Headline figures include:

Closed trades
Net P/L
Win rate
Profit Factor
Maximum closed-trade drawdown
Recovery

The Professional Metrics section provides more detailed information such as:

Gross profit
Gross loss
Expected result per trade
Average winning trade
Average losing trade
Payoff ratio
Best trade
Worst trade
Relative drawdown
Daily Sharpe
Daily Sortino
SQN
Winning and losing streaks
Average duration
Maximum duration
Closed lots

A period comparison section allows results from different time periods to be compared.

The Long vs Short table separates results by trading direction.

This is useful for discovering situations where, for example, long trades perform well but short trades do not.

14. Profit Factor

Profit Factor is one of the figures displayed throughout the utility.

In simple terms:

Profit Factor = total profits divided by total losses

A value above 1 means gross profits are larger than gross losses.

A value below 1 means gross losses are larger than gross profits.

If there were profits but no losing trades in the selected sample, the display may show INF.

15. Win Rate

Win Rate is the percentage of completed trades in the selected sample that finished with a positive net result.

A high win rate does not automatically mean a strategy is profitable.

Average win, average loss, Profit Factor and expectancy should also be considered.

16. Expectancy

Expectancy is the average net result per completed trade.

A positive expectancy means the selected historical sample produced a positive average result per trade.

A negative expectancy means the selected sample produced a negative average result per trade.

17. Drawdown

Drawdown measures decline from a previous peak.

Trade History Analyzer includes several drawdown views depending on the screen being used.

Historical closed-trade drawdown is different from live-account equity drawdown.

Prop-account drawdown can also use separate configured rules.

18. Performance – Advanced Stats

The ADVANCED STATS page provides additional statistical information.

Examples include:

Sharpe
Sortino
Ulcer Index
Recovery
Rolling Profit Factor
Winning months
Median trade
Median duration
Rolling expectancy
Long expectancy
Short expectancy
Commission impact
Swap impact
Trading frequency
Exposure
Relative drawdown
SQN
Best day
Worst day

These statistics are useful for deeper analysis, but users do not need to understand every metric to use the rest of the utility.

19. Performance – Charts

The CHARTS page provides graphical performance analysis.

The main realised P/L chart shows cumulative historical trading results for the active filters.

The top chart also shows summary information including:

High
Low
Ending value
Maximum drawdown

A separate drawdown chart shows how far the historical result fell from its running peak.

The Monthly P/L section shows performance by month.

Click supported charts to open a larger version.

20. Performance – Trade Movement

The TRADE MOVEMENT page analyses what happened while a trade was open.

It can be used to examine:

adverse movement against the trade
favourable movement in the trade's direction
how much of the favourable move was eventually captured

This is commonly described as MAE/MFE analysis.

In simple terms, it can help answer questions such as:

Did winning trades first move heavily against me?
Did losing trades ever show meaningful profit?
Are exits giving back a large part of favourable movement?
Are stops unusually wide compared with normal trade behaviour?

This analysis may require historical tick data.

If sufficient data is not available, some trades may not have complete movement information.

21. Trading Patterns

The TRADING PATTERNS page looks for measurable behaviour in the selected trading history.

It is intended to help identify patterns rather than simply report profit and loss.

Headline information includes:

Pattern Score
Classification
Loss Escalation
Revenge Clusters
Overtrade Days

22. Pattern Score

The Pattern Score combines several measured behaviours into a simple score.

The classification bands are shown on the page.

A higher score means more of the measured patterns were detected in the selected historical sample.

It is an analytical indicator, not a psychological diagnosis.

23. Loss Escalation

Loss Escalation looks for situations where position size increased after losing trades.

This may help identify whether risk tends to increase following losses.

24. Revenge Clusters

Revenge Clusters look for groups of qualifying trades entered following losses.

This is intended to highlight repeated historical patterns that may be worth investigating.

It does not attempt to determine the trader's intentions.

25. Overtrade Days

Overtrade Days identifies days where trading frequency was unusually high compared with the trader's normal activity.

This can help locate periods worth reviewing in more detail.

26. Risk / Reward Boundary

This section compares:

Payoff ratio
Break-even win rate
Actual win rate

The break-even win rate estimates the win percentage required to break even at the measured average win/loss relationship.

27. Breakdowns

The BREAKDOWNS area provides several ways to divide the trading history.

Available pages include:

EA Dashboard
Symbol Mix
Strategy Cards
By Symbol
By Magic
Time Heatmap

28. EA Dashboard

The EA Dashboard gives a visual overview of performance.

It includes symbol cards showing items such as:

Number of trades
Win rate
Net result
Profit Factor
Average trade
Mini performance curve

It also includes:

Profit by Hour & Day
Day of Week Performance

Cards and panels can be clicked to open larger detailed views.

Despite the name, the page can still be useful when analysing mixed or manually traded account history.

29. Symbol Mix

SYMBOL MIX shows how trading activity and results are distributed between instruments.

It can help answer questions such as:

Which symbols are traded most often?
Which symbols contribute most to results?
Is one market dominating the account?
Are losses concentrated in one instrument?

Charts can be enlarged where supported.

30. Strategy Cards

STRATEGY CARDS creates a card for each trading strategy or Magic Number.

Each card gives a quick visual summary of that strategy.

This is useful when many EAs are running on the same account.

Selecting a strategy can also make it easier to analyse that strategy elsewhere in the utility.

31. By Symbol

BY SYMBOL compares trading statistics for each symbol.

This is useful for finding:

profitable instruments
weak instruments
differences in win rate
differences in average trade
concentration of losses

Column headings can be used to sort the table where available.

32. By Magic

BY MAGIC compares performance by Magic Number or trading source.

Typical columns include:

Source / Magic
Trades
Win %
Net P/L
Profit Factor
Average trade
Costs
Lots
Long result
Short result

This is one of the most useful screens for multi-EA accounts.

Click a column heading to sort.

Click it again to reverse the sort direction.

33. Time Heatmap

The TIME HEATMAP shows trading results by:

Day of week
Hour of day

Depending on the selected metric, it can help identify:

profitable times
losing times
heavily traded times
strong or weak sessions
differences in historical performance across the week

Click the heatmap to open the larger detailed view.

34. Expanded Heatmap

The expanded heatmap displays the weekday/hour matrix in a large window.

Cells can show information such as:

P/L
Trade count

Positive and negative cells are colour-coded.

This view is useful when looking for time-based patterns that are difficult to see in a normal trade list.

Press CLOSE to return to the previous page.

35. Trade History

The TRADE HISTORY area contains:

Closed Trades
P/L Calendar
Open Trades
Data Info

36. Closed Trades

The Closed Trades page shows the reconstructed closed-trade journal.

Typical columns include:

Close time
Symbol
Source
Side
Lots
Entry price
Exit price
Points
Net P/L
Duration
Closing reason

The table can be scrolled.

Most column headings can be clicked to sort.

Double-click a trade row to open the full Trade Details screen.

37. Trade Details

The Trade Details window shows more information about a single completed trading episode.

Headline values include:

Net P/L
Side
Lots
Points
Duration
Closing reason

The Trade Identity section may show:

Symbol
Source
Magic Number
Entry comment
Position ID
Cycle
Entry ticket
Exit ticket
Entry deal count
Exit deal count
Flags

The Execution & Accounting section may show:

Open time
Close time
Entry price
Exit price
Gross trade P/L
Commission
Swap
Fees
Net P/L
Entry Stop Loss
Entry Take Profit

This screen is useful when you want to understand exactly how one reconstructed trade contributed to the account history.

38. P/L Calendar

The P/L CALENDAR groups realised trading results by closing date.

Each day can show:

realised net P/L
number of trades

You can move between calendar months.

Where supported, double-clicking a calendar day opens a more detailed view of that day's trades and performance.

The calendar uses the broker/server date.

39. Open Trades

The OPEN TRADES page displays currently open positions.

The historical date filter does not apply to open positions because they have not yet closed.

Other filters, such as Symbol, Source/Magic, Comment and Side, can still be used.

The table may include:

Symbol
Source
Side
Lots
Open price
Current price
P/L
Swap
Age
Stop Loss
Take Profit

40. Data Info

The DATA INFO page provides additional information about the account, calculations and available data.

It is useful when you want to understand how a particular statistic was created or whether enough historical information was available.

41. Sorting

Many tables have clickable column headings.

Click a heading once to sort by that column.

Click it again to reverse the sort order.

This makes it easy to find, for example:

highest-profit strategies
worst-performing symbols
largest trades
longest trades
most active Magic Numbers

42. Scrolling

Long tables include scroll controls.

Depending on the screen, you can use:

scrollbar arrows
scrollbar thumb
mouse wheel

Only part of a large dataset may be visible at once, but the remaining rows are still available by scrolling.

43. Expanded Views

Several charts, cards and analytical panels can be clicked or double-clicked to open a larger view.

These enlarged views make it easier to inspect detailed data without permanently cluttering the main dashboard.

Use CLOSE to return to the previous screen.

44. Prop Dashboard

The PROP DASHBOARD appears when the account purpose is set to PROP ACCOUNT.

It is designed to provide one clear account-wide view of configured prop rules and progress.

Prop calculations on this page use the whole trading account.

The normal Symbol, Magic Number and Comment filters must not be relied upon to reduce prop-account compliance calculations.

45. Prop Headroom

At the top of the Prop Dashboard you will see values such as:

Daily headroom
Overall headroom
Reset countdown

Headroom means the estimated amount remaining before the configured loss threshold is reached.

For example:

Daily USD 145.85

means approximately USD 145.85 of configured daily-loss room remains under the current calculation.

46. Daily Headroom

Daily Headroom shows how much remains before the configured daily loss limit is reached.

The exact calculation depends on the rules entered in Settings.

47. Overall Headroom

Overall Headroom shows how much remains before the configured maximum overall-loss threshold is reached.

48. Realised Target

The Realised Target figure shows progress toward the configured profit target.

It is based on realised performance rather than simply treating floating open-position profit as a completed target.

49. Reset Countdown

Reset Countdown shows the estimated time remaining until the configured daily reset.

The accuracy of this depends on the reset time, UTC offset and DST settings entered by the user.

50. Challenge / Phase

The Prop Dashboard shows the configured programme and phase.

Possible phases include:

Evaluation
Verification
Funded

The exact terminology used by individual prop firms may differ.

51. Starting Capital

Starting Capital is the baseline account size used for the configured prop calculations.

Enter the correct starting capital for the current challenge, phase or funded account.

52. Challenge Start

Challenge Start defines the beginning of the relevant prop-account period.

This helps keep challenge calculations separate from older account history.

53. Daily Loss %

Enter the permitted daily loss percentage if the programme defines its limit as a percentage.

54. Daily Fixed Loss

Use this when the programme defines the daily loss as a fixed amount rather than a percentage.

When a fixed amount is configured, it can override percentage-based calculations where applicable.

55. Overall Loss %

Enter the maximum overall loss percentage allowed by the programme.

56. Overall Fixed Loss

Use this when the programme defines its maximum loss as a fixed account-currency amount.

57. Profit Target %

Enter the profit target required for the selected phase.

58. Daily Basis

Prop programmes do not all calculate daily loss in the same way.

The Daily basis setting allows the configured model to match the applicable rule more closely.

Make sure this matches the official programme documentation.

59. Drawdown Model

The available drawdown models include:

Fixed
End-of-day trailing
Intraday trailing

Fixed Drawdown

The loss threshold is based on a fixed reference level.

End-of-Day Trailing Drawdown

The threshold can move based on qualifying end-of-day account values.

Intraday Trailing Drawdown

The threshold can move with qualifying intraday account values.

These rules vary considerably between firms.

Always configure the model using the official rules for your programme.

60. Trailing Stop Floor

Some trailing drawdown rules stop moving after reaching a particular level.

The Trailing stop floor can be used where this applies.

If the programme does not use such a rule, leave the value according to the appropriate configuration for your account.

61. Reset Hour and Minute

These values define the programme's daily reset time.

Enter the time specified by the prop provider.

62. UTC Base Offset

The UTC offset allows the reset calculation to be related to the programme's timezone.

63. DST

DST controls daylight-saving handling for reset calculations where required.

Because prop providers may use different timezone rules, check their current documentation.

64. Minimum Trading Days

If a challenge requires a minimum number of qualifying trading days, enter that number here.

The Prop Dashboard can then show progress toward the requirement.

65. Consistency %

Some programmes limit how much of the total profit may come from the best trading day.

If your programme has such a rule, enter the applicable percentage.

If it does not, leave the consistency rule disabled.

The dashboard can estimate:

best-day contribution
whether the rule is currently satisfied
additional profit that may be required to satisfy it

66. Limits & Open Risk

The Prop Dashboard contains a section showing configured limits and open-position risk.

This may include:

Daily threshold
Overall threshold
Drawdown model
Trailing peak
Loss to existing Stop Losses
Positions without Stop Loss
Headroom if Stop Losses are hit
After-reset preview
Daily basis

67. Loss to Existing Stop Losses

The utility can estimate the additional loss that would occur if currently configured Stop Losses were reached.

This is an estimate.

Actual results may differ because of:

spread
slippage
gaps
execution conditions

68. Positions Without Stop Loss

The dashboard shows how many open positions do not currently have a Stop Loss.

This is especially useful when account loss limits are important.

69. Headroom if Stop Losses Are Hit

This estimates the remaining prop headroom if the currently configured Stop Losses were executed at approximately their expected levels.

It is not a guarantee of execution price.

70. After-Reset Preview

The After-Reset Preview estimates how much room may remain after the next configured daily reset if the current account situation continues.

It is provided as an analytical guide only.

71. Monitoring / Events

The Prop Dashboard keeps a record of important monitored events.

Examples can include:

rules being changed
monitoring gaps
observed threshold events
changes in monitoring state

Recent events appear in the MONITORING / EVENTS panel.

72. Continuous Monitoring Status

The dashboard may show a message such as:

CONTINUOUS SINCE LAST OBSERVED CHECK

This means the utility has not detected a monitoring gap since the previous recorded observation.

73. Monitoring Gaps

If MetaTrader 5 or the utility was not running, Trade History Analyzer cannot know every intraday equity movement that occurred during that period.

It may therefore report a monitoring gap.

This is important because closed-trade history alone cannot prove that an intraday prop limit was never temporarily breached.

74. Prop Alerts

The Prop Settings ALERTS / PAYOUT page allows warning thresholds to be configured.

The utility can provide informational alerts when remaining headroom becomes low.

Alerts do not automatically close positions.

Trade History Analyzer remains a read-only analytics utility.

75. Rules Source and Verification Date

You can record:

Rules source
Last verified date

This is useful because prop firms can change programme rules.

Recording the source and date makes it easier to remember which rules were used when the account was configured.

76. Funded Account / Payout Settings

Prop mode also includes funded-account settings such as:

Payout cycle days
Profit split %
Minimum payout days

Payout tracking becomes relevant when the selected phase is FUNDED.

These values are informational calculations based on the settings entered by the user.

Always check the prop provider's official payout rules.

77. CSV Pack

Press CSV PACK to export analytical data as CSV files.

The export is intended for users who want to perform additional analysis in software such as:

Excel
Google Sheets
databases
statistical software

The exported information may include areas such as:

Summary
Trades
Daily performance
Symbols
Strategies
Trade-movement information
Compliance information

The export uses the active analytical selection where applicable.

78. HTML Report

Press HTML REPORT to create a local HTML analysis report.

The report is designed to provide a portable summary that can be opened in a normal web browser.

The report uses the currently selected analytical dataset.

79. Dark and Light Themes

The button near the top-right allows the interface to switch between dark and light appearance.

When the button says LIGHT, pressing it switches to the light theme.

When it says DARK, pressing it switches back to dark mode.

Use whichever is more comfortable.

80. UI Scale

The percentage button near the top-right changes the interface scale.

This is useful for different:

screen resolutions
monitor sizes
Windows scaling settings

If text appears too large or too small, try another UI scale.

81. Minimise / Collapse

Press the - button in the top-right corner to collapse the full analyzer.

The utility becomes a compact strip containing:

Trade History Analyzer
Read-only analytics
EXPAND
Settings

The underlying MT5 chart becomes visible again.

Press EXPAND to return to the full dashboard.

Collapsing the interface does not remove the utility from the chart.

82. Changing Chart Timeframe

Changing from one MT5 timeframe to another, for example:

M1 → M5 → H1

does not require the utility to be configured again.

The utility preserves the current working page during MT5's chart refresh.

The Settings screen is not supposed to reopen simply because the timeframe changes.

83. Restarting the Utility

When the utility is genuinely attached, restarted or reloaded, the Settings screen opens first.

This gives the user an opportunity to confirm whether the account should be treated as:

Standard
Prop

Previously saved settings are retained where applicable.

84. Persistent Settings

Configuration is stored separately using the trading account and broker server.

This means different trading accounts can retain their own configuration.

For example:

Account A can be Standard
Account B can be Prop
Each can have separate settings

85. Account-Wide Prop Monitoring

This is important.

Normal analytics pages can be filtered by:

Symbol
Magic Number
Comment
Direction
Date

Prop limits, however, must represent the whole account.

A filter showing only one EA must not be used to assume that losses elsewhere on the account do not exist.

The dedicated Prop Dashboard is designed around account-wide monitoring.

86. Read-Only Operation

Trade History Analyzer is an analytics utility.

It does not:

Open trades
Close trades
Modify positions
Change Stop Losses
Change Take Profits
Change lot sizes
Perform automated trade management

This means the utility can analyse an account without taking control of trade execution.

87. Why Some Values Can Differ From MT5 Statements

Trade History Analyzer reconstructs completed trading episodes from MetaTrader 5 deal and position history.

Depending on how trades were opened, partially closed, reversed or modified, a reconstructed position episode may not always look identical to an individual deal line in the standard MT5 history.

The utility is designed to analyse complete trading activity rather than simply copy the MT5 History tab.

88. Commission, Swap and Fees

Where available, Net P/L includes:

trading profit/loss
commission
swap
fees

This is why Net P/L can differ from the raw price movement of the trade.

89. Manual and EA Trades

The utility supports both:

automated EA trades
manually opened trades

EA trades can normally be grouped using their Magic Number.

Manual trades normally appear as MANUAL.

90. Multiple EAs

You do not need a separate copy of Trade History Analyzer for every EA.

A single analyzer can examine an account containing many strategies.

Use:

SOURCE / MAGIC

or:

BREAKDOWNS → BY MAGIC

to analyse each strategy.

91. Multiple Symbols

The utility can analyse multiple instruments on the same account.

The chart symbol hosting the utility does not restrict the historical account analysis.

Use the Symbol filter and the Breakdowns pages to investigate individual markets.

92. Tooltips

Many controls and fields have tooltips.

Move the mouse over an item to see a short explanation.

These are useful if you forget what a statistic or control represents.

93. When No Data Is Shown

If a screen says there is no matching data, check:

selected date period
Symbol filter
Source / Magic filter
Entry Comment filter
Long / Short filter

It is possible to create a combination of filters that has no matching trades.

Return filters to ALL if you want to see the complete history again.

94. If History Takes Time to Load

Large accounts can contain many deals.

Trade History Analyzer reconstructs position cycles and calculates statistics from the available MT5 history.

A larger history may therefore take longer to load than a small account.

The current history load time is displayed near the top-right of the main workspace.

95. Trade Movement Has Missing Data

Trade Movement analysis requires suitable historical price or tick data.

If the required history is not available, some trades may show incomplete or unavailable movement calculations.

This does not mean the trade itself is missing from the normal trade history.

96. Prop Dashboard Shows a Monitoring Gap

A monitoring gap means the utility cannot confirm what happened continuously during part of the account's history.

Typical causes include:

MetaTrader 5 was closed
the EA was removed
the computer was switched off
the trading terminal lost connection
the utility was not running on the account

The software deliberately reports the gap rather than pretending continuous monitoring occurred.

97. Prop Rules Must Be Checked by the User

Trade History Analyzer does not guarantee that a particular set of settings matches a prop firm's current rules.

Prop companies may:

change programmes
change loss calculations
change reset times
change consistency requirements
change payout rules

Always compare your configured settings with the provider's official current documentation.

98. Stop-Loss Risk Is an Estimate

Any estimated loss to a Stop Loss assumes an approximate execution around the configured stop level.

In real trading, the actual result may be different because of:

spread
market gaps
slippage
fast markets
broker execution

Do not treat the Stop Loss estimate as a guaranteed maximum loss.

99. Historical Performance

Historical analysis describes what happened in the available account history.

It does not predict future performance.

A strategy that performed well historically can perform poorly in the future.

A strategy that performed poorly historically may also behave differently in other market conditions.

100. Frequently Asked Questions

Does Trade History Analyzer trade for me?

No.

It is a read-only analytics utility.

Can it close trades when a prop limit is near?

No.

Prop alerts and risk information are informational only.

Can I use it with manual trades?

Yes.

Can I use it with several EAs?

Yes.

Use Magic Number analysis to separate them.

Can I use it on a multi-symbol account?

Yes.

Does the chart symbol matter?

The chart hosts the interface, but the utility can analyse account history across multiple symbols.

Does changing timeframe reset the utility?

No.

The current working state is designed to be restored after a normal timeframe change.

Why does Settings appear when I load the utility?

This is intentional.

It allows you to confirm whether the account is Standard or Prop and review the configuration.

Can I change Standard Account to Prop Account later?

Yes.

Open Settings using the ... button and change the account purpose.

Can I change Prop Account back to Standard?

Yes.

The Prop Dashboard will then be hidden.

Does filtering one Magic Number change the real trading account?

No.

Filters only change what is displayed in the analytics workspace.

Do filters affect the Prop Dashboard limits?

Prop compliance calculations are intended to remain account-wide.

Can I export the results?

Yes.

Use CSV PACK or HTML REPORT.

Can I hide the analyzer temporarily?

Yes.

Press the - button to collapse it and EXPAND to reopen it.

Is Internet access required for the analytics?

The main analytics are based on data available through MetaTrader 5.

Does the utility guarantee that I will not breach a prop rule?

No.

It is an analytical monitoring tool, not a guarantee of compliance.

101. Recommended First-Time Setup

For a Standard account:

Attach Trade History Analyzer.
Select STANDARD ACCOUNT.
Set the desired UI scale.
Check session times if you intend to use session analysis.
Leave advanced processing settings at their defaults unless needed.
Press OK.
Start with LIVE ACCOUNT.
Open PERFORMANCE.
Explore BREAKDOWNS.
Use filters to isolate individual strategies.

For a Prop account:

Attach Trade History Analyzer.
Select PROP ACCOUNT.
Enter the correct programme/firm name.
Enter the challenge start date.
Enter starting capital.
Enter daily loss rules.
Enter overall loss rules.
Select the correct drawdown model.
Enter the profit target.
Configure daily reset time.
Configure UTC/DST rules.
Enter minimum trading days if required.
Enter the consistency limit if applicable.
Review Alerts / Payout settings.
Press OK.
Open PROP DASHBOARD.
Check that the displayed thresholds make sense before relying on the dashboard.

102. Final Important Notes

Trade History Analyzer MT5 is designed to make MetaTrader 5 account history easier to understand.

It provides tools for:

performance analysis
trade-history inspection
strategy comparison
Magic Number analysis
symbol analysis
behavioural pattern analysis
time-based analysis
open-position monitoring
prop-account monitoring
CSV export
HTML reporting

The utility should be used as an analytical aid.

It does not replace:

the broker's official account records
a prop firm's official dashboard
the prop firm's current rules
independent risk management
the trader's own judgement

Where continuous intraday monitoring matters, keep MetaTrader 5 and Trade History Analyzer running.

Always verify prop-programme rules directly with the relevant provider.

Historical trading performance does not guarantee future results.

Trade History Analyzer MT5
Read-only account analytics and trade-history analysis for MetaTrader 5.

Files:

TRADE_HISTORY_ANALYZER_MT5_V4.14.ex5 664 kb

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