Trade Transaction Trace Logger MT5 - expert for MetaTrader 5

Trade Transaction Trace Logger MT5

Trade Transaction Trace Logger is a read-only Expert Advisor for diagnosing the lifecycle of MT5 orders, deals, and positions. It records OnTradeTransaction events in their arrival order to a local CSV file and can mirror a compact line to the Experts Journal.

What it records

• Monotonic event sequence and server time.
• Transaction type, symbol, and resolved magic number.
• Order, deal, and position tickets.
• Order type, state, deal type, price, trigger, Stop Loss, Take Profit, and volume.
• Trade request action and server result retcode/comment.

When an event does not carry full context, the included core resolves the symbol and magic number from the request, live order, order history, deal history, or position when available.

Inputs

• InpSymbolScope: trace the current chart symbol or all symbols.
• InpMagicFilter: use -1 for every magic number, or specify one exact magic number.
• InpCSVFileName: name of the local CSV report.
• InpUseCommonFolder: save in the terminal Common Files folder when true.
• InpPrintJournal: mirror compact event lines to the Experts Journal.

Usage

1. Attach the EA to any chart. No specific symbol or timeframe is required.
2. Choose the symbol and magic-number scope.
3. Reproduce the placement, modification, fill, cancellation, or history transition you want to diagnose.
4. Remove the EA and inspect the CSV in the terminal Files or Common Files folder.

Safety and privacy

The public logger sends no trade requests and contains no DLL or WebRequest call. It does not place, modify, close, or delete orders. Review comments and ticket identifiers before sharing a trace file. Use a demo account first when diagnosing an unfamiliar trading workflow.

The attached TradeTransactionTraceCore.mqh include file contains the reusable context-resolution, filtering, and CSV-writing functions used by the EA.