MT5 History Tab and Account Statement: How to Read It and Save a Report

The short answer

• The History tab shows your past trading in three views: positions (one line per trade), orders (your requests) and deals (the actual fills). Pick a period at the top or in the right-click menu.
• To make an account statement on desktop: right-click in the History tab and choose Report. MetaQuotes’ help describes an HTML statement with orders, deals, open positions, a summary and statistics, and a newer visual report with tabs.
• Save a statement every month. You’ll want it for your journal, any complaint, a prop review and your tax records.

Where to find it

Desktop (Windows or Mac): the Toolbox window at the bottom of MT5 has tabs including Trade (open positions and pending orders) and History. If you can’t see the Toolbox, open it from the View menu.

Phone (Android and iPhone): open the app’s menu and tap History. MetaQuotes’ Android help says there are three modes, Orders, Deals and Positions, switched at the top of the screen.

The three views, in plain words

From MetaQuotes’ help on account history (read 5 November 2026):

Positions: one line per trade

MT5 collects every deal that belongs to one trade (opening, adding, partial close, full close) and shows one record with:

• open and close time (first and last deal),
• volume (and the original volume if you closed part),
• the weighted average open price and the close price,
• the total result of the trade,
• the stop-loss and take-profit.

This is the view to read first. It answers “did this trade make or lose money?”

Orders: what you asked for

Every request you sent: market orders, pending orders, modifications. The Android help lists fields like type, requested volume, price, state (“Filled”, “Partially”, “Canceled”) and the S/L and T/P. An order that never filled still shows here, which helps with why my pending order didn’t fill.

Deals: what actually happened

Each actual fill: price, volume, direction (in, out, in/out) and profit. Entry deals show zero profit; the result appears on the exit deal. Swaps, commissions and deposits or withdrawals (“Balance” lines) also appear here.

Comments matter. MetaQuotes’ help says a trade closed by stop-loss or take-profit gets a comment like [sl price] or [tp price]. If a trade closed with neither, look for a stop-out comment and read why did my trade close automatically?

The missing trade trap

MetaQuotes’ help says a position is included only if its opening date or closing date falls inside the selected period. A trade opened before your period and closed after it won’t appear at all.

So if a trade seems “missing”, widen the period (for example, choose “All history”) before worrying.

How to make an account statement

On desktop

MetaQuotes’ help describes two report types:

1. The trading report (visual). Right-click in the history section and choose Report → Overview, or use Reports in the View menu. It has tabs: Summary (profit and loss, deposits and withdrawals, balance and growth), Profit/Loss (split into manual, algorithmic and copy trading, by month and year), Long/Short, Symbols and Risks (drawdown and deposit load). The first time it opens, it may take a while to load prices.
2. The classic statement. Right-click in the History tab and choose Report. The help describes an HTML statement with a header (broker, account number, name, currency, date), then Orders, Deals, Positions, Working Orders, a Summary (balance, equity, margin, free margin, margin level) and Details (gross profit and loss, net profit, profit factor, expected payoff, drawdowns and win/loss streaks).

Save the file somewhere safe and name it by month, for example statement-2026-11.htm. Menus can differ slightly between MT5 versions, so if you don’t see an option, check your own right-click menu.

On a phone

The mobile apps show history and totals but are less suited for full statements. Many brokers also send a daily or monthly statement by email or offer one in their client area. Keep those too.

Reading the numbers: a worked example

Example account (example numbers, checked by script): 40 closed gold trades in a month.

MetaQuotes’ help says gross profit and loss count each deal as profit minus commission, fees and swap, so costs are inside these numbers. That’s useful: a strategy that “wins” before costs can lose after them. See why my profit is less than the calculator said.

The three drawdowns

The statement shows three drawdown lines. Using MetaQuotes’ own example (deposit 5,000):

• Absolute drawdown: how far the balance fell below the first deposit. Lowest balance 4,000 → 1,000.
• Relative drawdown: the biggest fall in percent from a high. From 6,000 to 4,000 → 33.3%.
• Maximal drawdown: the biggest fall in money from a high. From 8,000 to 5,500 → 2,500 (31.25%).

The one most traders watch is the relative (percent) drawdown. Compare it with your plan’s limit, and with a prop firm’s limit if you trade one. The drawdown recovery calculator shows what gain you’d need to get back.

What to do with your statement

1. Journal check. Does your journal match the statement? Missing trades in your journal are usually the ones you didn’t want to write down.
2. Monthly review. Copy the key numbers into your monthly review template.
3. Costs. Add up swaps and commissions from the deals view. Big swap totals often mean you’re holding too long; see triple swap Wednesday.
4. Evidence. If you ever need to complain, statements and screenshots are your evidence: how to complain about a broker.
5. Records for tax. Keep statements for each year. See tax on trading profits: a general guide.

Our free trade journal tool can hold the same numbers if you prefer a simpler view.

Common questions people get stuck on

• “My net profit doesn’t match my balance change.” Deposits, withdrawals and bonus or credit lines are in the history too. Look for Balance lines.
• “The profit column looks bigger than my real result.” Check whether swap and commission are on their own lines in that view.
• “My statement shows a different daily time.” MT5 uses the broker’s server time. See gold’s daily candle close and server time.

Where next

You’re in stage 8 of the Gold Trader’s Journey. Related: MT5 on Mac and on a VPS and requotes and off quotes.

Educational content only, not financial advice. Platform details are from MetaQuotes’ help pages as read on 5 November 2026; menus can change between versions. Example numbers are labelled and checked by script.

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