# MT5 Python history_deals_total()

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Returns how many deals are in the account's trading history between two dates.

- Function: `history_deals_total()`
- Interface: MetaTrader5 Python package
- Group: History
- Status: verified. Source: [mql5.com](https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/python_metatrader5/mt5historydealstotal_py), checked 2026-10-12.

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## Signature

The form of the call on the vendor's page, with the vendor's comments taken out.

```python
history_deals_total(
  date_from,
  date_to
)
```

## Arguments

- `date_from` (type datetime or int, required): The start of the interval. The page says it is given as a datetime object or as a number of seconds since 1 January 1970.
- `date_to` (type datetime or int, required): The end of the interval, given the same way.

## Return value

- Type: `int`
- What comes back: The count. The page gives no more than that it is an integer.

## Sample

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```python
from datetime import datetime, timezone
import MetaTrader5 as mt5

if not mt5.initialize():
    raise SystemExit(f"initialize() failed: {mt5.last_error()}")

start = datetime(2026, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
end = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
print(mt5.history_deals_total(start, end))

mt5.shutdown()
```

## Related MT5 Python functions: History

- [history_deals_get()](https://openbrokerapi.com/platforms/metatrader-5/functions/python-history-deals-get): Returns deals from the account's trading history: those between two dates, optionally filtered by symbol, or those of one order, or those of one position.
- [history_orders_get()](https://openbrokerapi.com/platforms/metatrader-5/functions/python-history-orders-get): Returns orders from the account's trading history: those between two dates, optionally filtered by symbol, or the one with a given ticket, or those of one position.
- [history_orders_total()](https://openbrokerapi.com/platforms/metatrader-5/functions/python-history-orders-total): Returns how many orders are in the account's trading history between two dates.

## More on MetaTrader 5

- [All MetaTrader 5 functions](https://openbrokerapi.com/platforms/metatrader-5/functions): 78 documented here, grouped by what they do.
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