# Export your MetaTrader trade history, no code Independent and unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any broker or platform named here. Educational only: nothing here is advice, and nothing here recommends a broker or a trade. This is the markdown version of https://openbrokerapi.com/guides/metatrader-trade-history, written from the same records as that page. Risk warning: CFDs and spread bets are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You can lose money on these products, and each provider publishes its own loss figure under FCA rules. You should consider whether you understand how they work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Automated and API trading can amplify losses through bugs, connectivity failures and runaway orders. If your broker gives you MetaTrader 4 or 5, the desktop terminal can save your account history as a report file. MetaQuotes' help pages confirm HTML for MetaTrader 4, and HTML or PDF for MetaTrader 5. Works the same at every broker that runs MetaTrader. - Checked: 2026-09-18 - For: Non-coders ## Steps ### 1. Open the desktop terminal Log in to your account in the MetaTrader 4 or MetaTrader 5 desktop terminal your broker gave you. The history sits in a tab of the window along the bottom of the screen: Account History in MetaTrader 4, History in MetaTrader 5. Status: verified. Source: [metatrader4.com](https://www.metatrader4.com/en/trading-platform/help/overview/terminal/terminal_account_history), checked 2026-09-18. ### 2. MetaTrader 4: choose the period Right click in the Account History tab and pick All History, Last 3 Months, Last Month or Custom Period. Custom Period lets you set your own start and end dates. Status: verified. Source: [metatrader4.com](https://www.metatrader4.com/en/trading-platform/help/overview/terminal/terminal_account_history), checked 2026-09-18. ### 3. MetaTrader 4: save the report Right click again and choose Save as Report, or Save as Detailed Report for extra figures. Both save an HTML file and ask where to put it on your computer. Status: verified. Source: [metatrader4.com](https://www.metatrader4.com/en/trading-platform/help/overview/terminal/terminal_account_history), checked 2026-09-18. ### 4. MetaTrader 5: open the report Right click in the History tab and choose Report, or open Reports from the View menu. Status: verified. Source: [metatrader5.com](https://www.metatrader5.com/en/terminal/help/trading/report), checked 2026-09-18. ### 5. MetaTrader 5: save as HTML or PDF Save the report as HTML or PDF. The export commands sit in the File menu and in the report menu, added in build 4150 in January 2024, so update the terminal if you do not see them. Status: verified. Source: [metatrader5.com](https://www.metatrader5.com/en/releasenotes/terminal/2342), checked 2026-09-18. ### 6. Open the HTML file in Excel In the MetaTrader 4 or 5 desktop terminal, open the History tab (Account History in MetaTrader 4), right click and choose Report (Save as Report in MetaTrader 4). That saves an HTML file. In Excel, choose File > Open, set the file type to All files, pick the saved .htm file and Excel opens the report as a sheet. Then File > Save As > Excel Workbook keeps it as a spreadsheet. MetaQuotes does not list the columns, so check the totals against your broker's statement. Status: unverified. Source: [support.microsoft.com](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/file-formats-that-are-supported-in-excel-0943ff2c-6014-4e8d-aaea-b83d51d46247), no checked date recorded. ### 7. On the mobile app We have not confirmed a file export from the MetaTrader mobile apps. Use the desktop terminal, or ask your broker for a statement. Status: unverified. Source: [metatrader5.com](https://www.metatrader5.com/en/terminal/help/trading/report), no checked date recorded. ## Sources - Status: verified. Source: [MetaTrader 4 Help: Account History](https://www.metatrader4.com/en/trading-platform/help/overview/terminal/terminal_account_history), checked 2026-09-18. - Status: verified. Source: [MetaTrader 5 Help: Trading Report](https://www.metatrader5.com/en/terminal/help/trading/report), checked 2026-09-18. - Status: verified. Source: [MetaTrader 5 build 4150 release notes: trading report export](https://www.metatrader5.com/en/releasenotes/terminal/2342), checked 2026-09-18. - Status: verified. Source: [gov.uk: Self Assessment tax returns, deadlines](https://www.gov.uk/self-assessment-tax-returns/deadlines), checked 2026-09-18. ## Related pages - [Getting started with API trading](https://openbrokerapi.com/guides/getting-started-with-api-trading): What an API is, what you need and how to make a first call safely. - [All guides](https://openbrokerapi.com/guides): Step by step guides, each step with the page it was read on. - [Brokers](https://openbrokerapi.com/brokers): The record for each broker: access, limits, endpoints and error codes. - [Platform APIs](https://openbrokerapi.com/platforms): APIs that belong to trading software offered by many brokers. - [Error codes](https://openbrokerapi.com/errors): What each error means, and the fix where the source gives one. - [Compare two APIs](https://openbrokerapi.com/compare): The same fields from two records, side by side. - [Learn to code](https://openbrokerapi.com/learn): A learning track from a first script to a demo account call. ## Licence and how to cite The records behind this page are all rights reserved. This file is the page itself, at its own address, in another format. It is not part of the CC BY 4.0 downloads listed at https://openbrokerapi.com/data. Quote from it with a link to the page. Cite as: Export your MetaTrader trade history, no code. Broker API Hub, https://openbrokerapi.com/guides/metatrader-trade-history, newest check 2026-09-18. Where you rely on a single figure, cite the source and the checked date printed beside it as well. Where this page and a broker's own documentation differ, the documentation wins.